Quote Originally Posted by nolemom View Post
Several men that rode the cycling portion for their groups were shocked and even a little upset that I posted a better time. I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt since I was never very athletic and weighed about 15 pounds more when we worked together. However, now they are telling me and a lot of other people that they are gunning for me for next year. Why do some men seem to assume that they should be better than a woman (granted even a 46 year old) when they don't spend the time or effort to train as hard?
I don't know, it seems to me that just because they said they'd be 'gunning for you' next year- to me that doesn't mean they think that as men they should be better/faster than you....it just means they'll be trying to beat you next year as their goal. Isn't that everyone's goal in a race- to be faster than the others?
I don't see any big ego issues here unless there is more to the story that I don't know. Sounds like the usual "I'm going to beat your time next year" kidding/racing goal challenges that both men and women do all the time.