Do any of you NOT primarily identify yourself as a triathlete?

Triathlete when someone asks......and i say i have played hockey my whole life, and just got into triathlon at age 19....maybe cyclist, triathlon TT style, i love to bike and rollerblade more then anything! ...... but i always compete as a triathlete.....

so its final, im a triathlete. I have completed 4 triathlons my first year.

I'm a triathlete.  I spend 13-15 hours a week doing it.  Not nearly as much time doing anything else except for work.  Everything else is a hobby or just for fun.

I don't call myself a triathlete since I only race duathlons, but it just doesn't have that hang time like saying "triathlete" has. Most people I talk to about it quite honestly have no idea what a duathlon is (and evidently, either does my computer's spell checker) and confuse it with biathlon. People I work with refer to it as, "that marathon-thingy you do" which I think is cute, but I usually just say I'm a runner and like to bike alot. 

I "do" marathons (13th coming up) for fun, and I used to do triathlons (none this year, only 1 last year), and will start them again next year. I also love to cook, knit, and read.

Thats what I say.

I consider myself an athlete.

I do lots of different things but don't want to peg myself with a label.

A lot of times I'm forced to tell people that I'm a triathlete. Many people will ask why I shave my legs so then I just tell them, "I do triathlons" or "I am a triathlete."

I am, however, proud to say it.

I go through phases

During the winter months I turn into Surf-Bum/Skimboard-Bum mode where I surf and skim almost as much as I train.  I actually had the nickname "Hot Surfer RA" (RA = Residence Advisor = he/she who watches over first/second years in Residence), so if I didn't get the chance to say, I was identified as a Surfer.

Now, that said, I've only had one winter of training so far, and I've been MUCH better with the training this year.

When I'm swimming, and people stop and ask me why I'm fast (seriously, not trying to be cocky) I say I WAS a swimmer, but I'm now a TRIATHLETE.

Since i've started running cross country with my University's team, I've still said triathlete, even to those I run on the tea with.

So I guess final answer:

TRIATHLETE

I say "I do triathlons" but I don't feel comfortable calling myself a triathlete.  I guess it's because I've only been doing this for a year..... even though I'm 3.5 weeks away from my first HIM, signed up for IM, the addiction has taken hold and there's no end in sight.

Other people have referred to me as a triathlete and I'm perfectly willing to go along with that. 

Heh, I say the same thing Although I'm no where near my first HIM, so I have even more reason to be a little uncomfortable calling myself "triathlete". All in due time...