Quote Originally Posted by Grog
(never considered myself a sports gal and still have identity issues surrounding that!)
And I thought I was the only one who had these thoughts! Of course, that's almost never the case, but it's nice to see some proof that it's not.

I don't think of myself as athletic, although I am trying to. Wife, daughter, sister, friend, teacher, cook, choir member, reader, intellectual (to a point)...but not athlete. Why is that?

I only recently have begun to think of myself as a cyclist. I completed 5 centuries last year, one of which was a stage of the Tour de France (and not a flat one, either!). I have recently completed my first three races ever (posted elsewhere); I always said I would never race, and don't think of myself as a 'racer type.'

This past winter I decided I should do some cross-training. (Okay, how can someone who contemplates 'cross-training' not be athletic?) In about three months I went from no running to running 5k--not fast, but doing it. And I'm signed up for a 10k on April 1.

Why can't I seem to reconcile the person who does all these things with the rest of me? Grog, is this what you mean by 'identity issues'?