You know actually make it somewhat a challenge... I mean some players might not like to so they can be captured quickly, but others might just want to make the "hunt" more dynamic. I mean the humans can fight but what good would that do? The only humans capable of possibly defending themselves are Cyrus (who can't fight worth a **** right now) and DeepImpact's characters, and even then they are not strong enough to deal with most Pokemon (why do you think I only mention Cyrus fighting weak normal Pokemon). So the only thing the humans have for defense is evasion and running, which most pokemon should be able to out run the humans anyway.
I understand your thought pattern on making sure they get caught quickly to make sure the RP doesn't drag out. I feel a little too limited as a human player to be forced to just stand and wait to be caught looking like a complete idiot. I had to actually had to go against my character's normal personality to make that post since he essentially decided to risk his freedom to try in save his life. Something he is dead set on is he will fight to survive but he will not sacrifice his freedom to live.
In the end its not too much of a big deal just felt like we are purely forced there for the Pokemon player's sake.