Maybe he's been at another tri in your area and recognized you - if you do enough races you start recognizing some people over and over.
What stands out to me and kind of sets off some alarm bells is that he mentioned he was going to watch the race just to see you. If it was just case of a guy recognizing you and stopping to say "hi", he would have said something like "I'm planning on watching that race because I know some people competing. Maybe I'll see you there". Instead he said he was only thinking of going if you're there, which is creepy.
The gym you work out at - is it a college gym, or is it a separate health club (like a Gold's Gym, Bally's, etc.)? You mentioned that this happened while walking from class to the pool - so this incident occur on the college campus? I ask these two questions because I'm assuming your school has some sort of security staff/dept (or if it's a large school, even it's own police dept). It might not be a bad idea to mention or report this to them. They might be able to have someone keep an eye out at the gym, pool, dorm, or other places you frequent. If your dorm has a "R.A." (or whatever it's called there), it may be a good idea to mention this to him/her. The worst that could happen is that they confront the guy, and it turns out he's harmless and gets his feelings hurt.
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Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.
What stands out to me and kind of sets off some alarm bells is that he mentioned he was going to watch the race just to see you. If it was just case of a guy recognizing you and stopping to say "hi", he would have said something like "I'm planning on watching that race because I know some people competing. Maybe I'll see you there". Instead he said he was only thinking of going if you're there, which is creepy.
The gym you work out at - is it a college gym, or is it a separate health club (like a Gold's Gym, Bally's, etc.)? You mentioned that this happened while walking from class to the pool - so this incident occur on the college campus? I ask these two questions because I'm assuming your school has some sort of security staff/dept (or if it's a large school, even it's own police dept). It might not be a bad idea to mention or report this to them. They might be able to have someone keep an eye out at the gym, pool, dorm, or other places you frequent. If your dorm has a "R.A." (or whatever it's called there), it may be a good idea to mention this to him/her. The worst that could happen is that they confront the guy, and it turns out he's harmless and gets his feelings hurt.
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Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.