My wife is faster then me!
There are some days, when you come to the realization that you are not actually as good as you thought you were.
And then there are days when your mental self image is completely shattered.
So this morning my wife and I are sharing a lane in the swimming pool. I am going fairly fast and my wife is swimming 5 seconds behind me, or about 10 yards. During the swim she touches my foot with her hand, which is the universal swimming indicator to get the hell out of the way. So I stop and let her pass. We we finish our swim, I am only 4 seconds off the pass I wanted to keep for a 5 minute swim, and I probably lost 10 seconds letting Brook pass, so I felt I was going fairly fast. But she not only started behind me and passed me, she also finished the swim well ahead of me.
For anyone with swimming knowledge, we were doing a 400 free, and I was trying to hold a 1:20 pace, and was holding about 1:18 when I was passed around the 200. I finished on a 1:21 pace, even after stopping. Brook ended up going about a 1:15 pace. The fastest 100s sets either of us do would be on a 1:20.
How am I dealing with this? Rather poorly, but the first step is admitting that you have a problem. I have a problem with my wife STILL being faster then me, 4 months after I have been back in the water. My next step is therapy, and hopefully I can follow that up with couples counseling.