Alright I'm not proud to admit it - but my week has been so bad and I'm in such a crappy mood that I just let two men on bikes really upset me. Did I overreact to their making fun of me for absolutely no good reason as they passed me ? Absolutely - totally, over-the-top lost it! But still, why would two grown men pick on another cyclist on a BIKE PATH when she's just trying to enjoy a short leisurely ride to work? And all just because a few minutes earlier she had the nerve to say "excuse me" when one of them was blocking the entire path while he stopped to take a cell phone call. That's it -- just a bright, friendly "'scuse me!" (I might add that he merely sneered at me and refused to move - but that's kinda beside the point.)

Pretty sure they were triathletes - or at least one of them - because he was wearing an Ironman jersey and had an aero rig. Since I've already given them the satisfaction of complelety losing it once I caught up to them (an inappropriate string of epithets - again, totally wrong, and pretty out of character), I might as well really make their day, and admit that their final comments to me - clearly in lieu of any sort of apology - were sufficient to actually bring me to tears. Good job guys!! I took the parkway path this morning to avoid assholes in cars - and instead had my day started off right by assholes on tribikes. Thanks!