Creepy old man

Walking the trail today, I found myself directly behind, then directly ahead of, then behind, then ahead of (and so on) a woman walking her dog. The dog kept wanting to mark bushes and she kept acquiescing, which made her pace very erratic. Hence the dance. Also, she was talking to someone on her phone quite loudly, so even though both my ears were occupied with earbuds, I still could hear her and it was getting weird being slow-circled in this way while involuntarily eavesdropping on her conversation.

Finally, as she was about to pass again, I stopped walking. Just stopped. This drew a quick glance, but the idea was to disentangle myself. I walked very slowly for a while thereafter and did manage to put about 100 yards between us, but I doubt she ever understood what the problem had been. She kept glancing back and back until she disappeared from view, probably thinking my maneuver was all about trying to ogle her ass.

Creepy old non-jogging, non-cycling, baggy-pants man that I am.

Whatevs.