Sister Madonna Buder will receive the Athlete of the Year Award at the 5th Annual Senior Awards
“Keep Trying, Your Effort in itself is a Success”
I am inspired by Sister Madonna Buder’s commitment and dedication to physical fitness, health, and nutrition. She is a champion for seniors and she “walks the talk”.
What she has been able to accomplish in her extraordinary life has been exceptional. Sister Madonna Buder has been selected to receive the Athlete of the Year Award at the 5th Annual Senior Awards Luncheon. She will share her journey and speak on healthy aging. She is an inspiration for seniors to keep moving.
What People Should Know About Sister Madonna Buder
- She began running on April 1st, 1978 (at age 47) for exercise and spiritual freedom.
- Her first race was the 1978 Bloomsday, a mere 5 weeks after she started running.
- She ran her first triathlon at age 52 and her first Ironman triathlon at age 55.
- She has run seven marathons including the Boston Marathon 5 times.
- She has competed in over 370 + triathlon races around the world.
- She has competed in 45 full “Ironman” triathlons (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle, and 26.2-mile run).
- She is an Ironman World Champion and World Record holder several times over.
- She is affectionately known as the “Iron Nun”.
- She is enshrined in several halls-of-fame.
- She has helped raise thousands of dollars for charity.
- She holds two Master’s degrees.
- She has published her autobiography.
- She is a Spokane Camera Club Lifetime member.
- She has continued to run races all over the world…and still runs!
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Sister Madonna Buder
“I’ve learned other life lessons along the way, but the ones that I’d look back and tell my twenty-something self now are: It’s not what you say, it’s what you do; don’t pay attention to how old you are, only focus on how old you feel; and be patient — one of my worst enemies is patience, I’m still trying to fine-tune it so that I’m able to stop and smell the roses.”