The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun
Autor Sister Madonna Buder, Karin Evansen Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 oct 2014
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781439177495
ISBN-10: 143917749X
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 16 pp. b-w insert
Dimensiuni: 140 x 214 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10: 143917749X
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 16 pp. b-w insert
Dimensiuni: 140 x 214 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster
Descriere
The Iron Nun," a champion triathlete still competing at age 80, shares her inspiring firsthand account of achieving harmony between body, mind, and soul.
Notă biografică
SISTER MADONNA BUDER, also known as "the Iron Nun," "the Flying Nun," and "the Mother Superior of Triathlon," is a Roman Catholic nun. She began running in 1978 at age 48. As of 2009, has completed 38 marathons and 325 triathlons. An inspiration to athletes and non-athletes, the religious and the secular, she has appeared in such publications as Runner’s World, U.S. News & World Report, Sports Illustrated, AARP Bulletin, USA Today, the Seattle Times, the Denver Post, Competitor Magazine, Triathlete Magazine, Ironman Magazine, More Magazine, and numerous others She lives in Washington Sate.
KARIN EVANShas been a writer and editor at many major national publications, including Newsweek, Outside, and Health. Her writing has also appeared in such places as More Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. Her book, The Lost Daughters of China (Tarcher, Penguin/Putnam, 2000) was a national bestseller. With Amy Tan, she co-authored the text for Mei-Mei: Portraits from a Chinese Orphanage (Photographs by Richard Bowen, Chronicle Books, 2005).
KARIN EVANShas been a writer and editor at many major national publications, including Newsweek, Outside, and Health. Her writing has also appeared in such places as More Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. Her book, The Lost Daughters of China (Tarcher, Penguin/Putnam, 2000) was a national bestseller. With Amy Tan, she co-authored the text for Mei-Mei: Portraits from a Chinese Orphanage (Photographs by Richard Bowen, Chronicle Books, 2005).