9 to 5 : Margie Shapriro: Multi-tasking spells success for beyond-busy
triathlete
Author: Sarah Toland
Exerpt:
If such a book existed, the Cliff Notes version of How to Turn Pro by
Margaret Shapiro would read something like this: Train hard, raise
two kids, open your own business – heck, why not open two? – coach
running and tutor a few students on the side to finance your indoor
trainer. Four years ago, no one was asking Margaret Shapiro for advice
on how to turn pro, or event amateur for that matter. Then 26, the
formaer track and field collegiate walk-on had a passion for running,
a two-triathlon race resume and a two-year old son.
Things changed for the Virginian, however, when she entered Maryland’s
Columbia Triathlon in May 2002 – and won. Two months later, she
followed that teat with a second-place finish in her age group at USA
Triathlon’s world championship qualifier in Lake Placid, which
was followed by a trip to worlds in Cancun and another silver-medal finish…..
…“I thrive on being busy”, explains Shapiro when asked how
she can train three sports, raise two kids, run two businesses, coach a handful
of athletes and tutor half a dozen high school students in the span of the
same year.
She’s busy – and she’s efficient. The Georgetown grad
wakes up at 5 a.m. every morning to swim and run, doing her second workout
on her indoor trainer at home while watching her son and daughter eat…
“The most important people in my life are my kids and my husband, and
I don’t get overwhelmed with my own goals,” concludes Shapiro. “If
I’m setting up my indoor trainer and I can tell my children don’t
have the patience to watch me for another hour and a half, I opt out of the
workout for the playground instead.”
The lesson here? Never underestimate the training potential of the monkey
bars.
Inside
Triathlon / May 2006 Vol 21/Issue 5
Feature ad, Elite Bikes/Margie Shapiro, Page 5
Feature article, 9 to 5 with Master Multi-tasker Margie Shapiro
