Would people who play basketball once or twice every week tell everyone they are basketball players?

I dont even mind that eggnog gives me gas. Nothing like having a glass at night then waking up and blasting off a bunch of farts

Running shoe and apparel companies. Their ads and media want people to associate as a runner so they will buy all the gear.

This is only part of the story though.

Relax. It doesn't matter what others do or call themselves.

Just enjoy your running.

Apparently running one marathon also makes you a marathoner. I personally wouldn't qualify someone as a marathoner unless the marathon was their best distance even if they had ran multiple. If a miler runs a marathon they are still a miler. If a hobbyjogger jogs a marathon they are still a hobbyjogger.

who cares what they call themselves. Anything that gets lazy America off the couch for some activity is ok in my book.

They are basketball players.

Zzzzzzz.If some 30-something guy plays a rec league game every weekend, practices with his team once during the week, and puts "basketball player" in some online profile (or wherever it is your acquaintances apparently announce they are "runners"), I literally could not care less.

gadfiugadgd wrote:

Would people who play basketball once or twice every week tell everyone they are basketball players? Unlikely.

However, I notice that people who run maybe once a week or every two weeks and 2:30 half-marathons are quick to call themselves runners.

I wonder why this is?

Technically if you run twice a week you would be a runner so I'm not sure what the problem is. When someone says they are a basketball player I don't immediately clarify by asking them how many times per week they play basketball.

Guy I work with plays hockey once a week in a rec league.

Everyone at work considers him a hockey player.

Do they play basketball? Yes? Then that's your answer.

FWIW, most people who run 2:30 halfs probably do run most days. Just very slowly. Nobody runs a half on one day of training per week.

To is, or not to is wrote:

Relax. It doesn't matter what others do or call themselves.

Just enjoy your running.

You're new here, aren't you?

gadfiugadgd wrote:

Would people who play basketball once or twice every week tell everyone they are basketball players? Unlikely.

I don't know. What I am sure of is that actual basketball players wouldn't care one whit if they did.

Yes, they are basketball players. They probably would just say "I play ball" though. They are still bona fide athletes in the game, if only committed to pick-up games twice a week.

I am a track coach and also hold certifications for coaching basketball and soccer. That does not mean I'm Loren Seagrave, Billy Donovan, or Arsène Wenger. But without people involved in sport at all levels, sport itself would markedly suffer.

Hheeeegs wrote:

I dont even mind that eggnog gives me gas. Nothing like having a glass at night then waking up and blasting off a bunch of farts

Will you be running this year's eggnog mile? How many eggnogs a week are you putting in?

I once put two squirrels in a barn and hoped they would make licorice. I was disappointed.

I agree with op. By some measure, everyone would be a runner. Running a few feet to get out of the rain? During pe as a kid? Runner, I think not.

I was a YMCA noontime star for a few years.

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gadfiugadgd wrote:

Would people who play basketball once or twice every week tell everyone they are basketball players? Unlikely.

However, I notice that people who run maybe once a week or every two weeks and 2:30 half-marathons are quick to call themselves runners.

I wonder why this is?

Guy goes golfing once a fortnight and he can claim to be a golfer. Get over yourself. Stop taking your hobby so seriously. Anyone can call themselves a run if the do it periodically and enjoy it.

Hob-basketball-y players can't. dunk.