Pet peeves while training

I've no problem with other swimmers or water joggers at the local pool and I don't run on treadmills, not even in the dead of winter so I am okay with these two.  My pet peeve is with regards to assholes who feel a desire to scream or bark at me from their car as I pass by on my bike.  What kind of brain dead inbred jerk does that??????????

Mine is the guy at spin class that comes in fully decked out, barking at the instructor to turn off the lights and turn on the fan.  Then proceeds to bust *** for 5 minutes with no tension and calls it a day. Of course watching himself in the mirror the whole time.

As far as you guys with the pool problems, move to the barrio like me.  I have a nice 50 meter pool open Mon-Fri 6am - 8am just for laps.  Sometimes 5-6 people swimming but usually me and Lifeguard Nick. He is usually so bored he will count laps for me. Plus at 8 the olympic training team comes in and I get to see how I should be swimming.

Don't get me started on locker room shower etiquette.

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This is going to be a long thread.

When you doing a long training ride and out of nowhere someone begin to ride on your back wheel. The rider then pass you and a few min later you have to slow down cuz you catch up with him/her and now you have to pass to keep up with your training pace, but the rider thinks you are racing... arrgghh!

I don't understand why that bothers people.  Jealously?  Why worry about posers?  I figure if someone can afford the gear then it's okay with me.  They bought the stuff, it's not like they stole it from the back of the Discovery Team bus.   What about all the fat-a$$'s running around in NFL replica jerseys or wearing NASCAR team jackets?  Hey, if you're not fast, you may as well look good...  Plus, I figure the profit margin on all that high-end gear helps to subsidize the lower end stuff that I use.

Arrgh!  I'm no speed demon on a bike, but I encounter this a lot situation - everything IS a race for some people, as though everyone on the road is an inherent threat/challenge.  I get a real kick out of the guys who ride on my back wheel, then blast past me, only to die-off about 1/2 mile later as I zip past them while they're huffing and puffing.  Fortunately, I never see most of them again.  

I dislike getting shot at

I am not too big on flying pieces of sheet metal torn from barns due to windstorms making its way into my line of travel

Manure in the road is nasty

Mean dogs in the middle of a long climb = yuck

I'm usually getting out of the pool as the power-waders show up, so they don't confront me none

All the annoying "health-club crap" is just noise

The one pool beef I have is that my "Y" keeps the pool too warm...and the oldsters have the nerve to complain about it being too cold. I think that if it's too cold, you're not working hard enough.