Running from a police officer is considered obstructing, and is illegal. However, it requires you to know he is a police officer. If he didn't identify himself, your actions were not illegal.
I doubt that was a police officer, it was probably the land owner wanting to put a scare into you. A plain clothes officer would have shown you an ID. A real officer would not have tolerated you refusing to give your name, either.
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