fat girl smokes fit guy at pool

So I'm at the pool and this really fit guy starts swimming at the same time I do...he was a few seconds behind me but pretty much kept pace for the first 200m then steadily dropped off, but not too bad. He would've flown past me, I think, if he could keep his legs from sinking. He drops out at 500m and I have the pool to myself for another 1000m, didn't think any more of it. Was a beautiful swimming day, warm air, cool pool, absolutely perfect and I think something FINALLY clicked with my swimming a couple days ago that let me drop from 2:20 to 2:11 / 100 yds. So I'm stoked. Not going fast, but definitely showing improvement.

I get out of the pool and Fit Guy comes over from watching his kids play in the other pool, to complement my stroke, my speed and just in general the swim. Wow. That has NEVER happened to me. I did tell him I'm not really all that fast or that good, but I've been at it for awhile. Turns out he and his buddy want to do a sprint tri, and he started asking me all kinds of questions. It was so cool. Naturally, I encouraged him to come here and check out the training plans.

Just had to share, because that kind of thing never happens to me. I hardly look the part, and I was in my tri top that really highlights all the extra weight I'm carrying around...of course, normal people don't swim in tri tops so that's probably what tipped him off.