Swim Rant

I agree. This one is much more humorous than infuriating. My observation has been that anyone who could actually beat me wouldn't actually stoop to doing this, thus I pretty much always "win" these "races." The other guy certainly expends a lot more energy, though! My favorite was the time I was 8 months pregnant and swam at this little college pool in the mornings. I'd inevitably be in the middle of a long set when this one older guy would get in the water in the lane next to me and proceed to wait until I got to the wall to "race" me on his first 50. I thought it was a coincidence the first couple of times. After that I would just take pleasure in trying to take nice long strokes and still beat him to the wall as I'd turn and keep swimming. Seriously, was he going to go home and brag to his friends that he beat an 8 months pregnant woman???

I agree. This one is much more humorous than infuriating. My observation has been that anyone who could actually beat me wouldn't actually stoop to doing this, thus I pretty much always "win" these "races." The other guy certainly expends a lot more energy, though! My favorite was the time I was 8 months pregnant and swam at this little college pool in the mornings. I'd inevitably be in the middle of a long set when this one older guy would get in the water in the lane next to me and proceed to wait until I got to the wall to "race" me on his first 50. I thought it was a coincidence the first couple of times. After that I would just take pleasure in trying to take nice long strokes and still beat him to the wall as I'd turn and keep swimming. Seriously, was he going to go home and brag to his friends that he beat an 8 months pregnant woman???