What a great thread! Thanks for posting your list, Lorri - it really gives a person some definition to what athlete means.

I would never have thought of myself as an athlete until my sister-in-law came along (she runs every day and raced in her youth). Now she has MS and struggles to maintain her daily fitness but she still feels she is an athlete. Isn't it amazing how a title like that can make you feel all daring and powerful!? Things I wouldn't have tried before, I do now, because in my mind I'm an athlete too.