smile…life is good :-)

Margaret with Sister Madonna Buder after yesterday’s Ironman 70.3 New Orleans awards ceremony.  Both won their respective age-categories.  They are both Champions not merely because of their new shiny gold medals, but largely because they possess a Gold Medal attitude and smile with everything they set their minds to.  They both embody the Olympic motto: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." And they both have a heck of a lot of fun throughout the entire process of accomplishing this primary objective.
Margaret has drawn much inspiration from Sister Madonna as she progressed from her first triathlon, to first Oly tri, to first 70.3, to first Ironman and marathon.  Margaret is likely too humble to be fully aware of the fact--that many of us continue to draw inspiration from her.