Ben Rosario Show

On this call with Coach Soles we had some early phone problems where his phone kept cutting out, so we lost the beginning of the first question in the recording. We were talking about how he took over the program that was a brand new program and how he had ambitious goals from day one. People called him crazy, but he stay determined. The first you hear Doug here he is talking about how he grew as a coach in building the program.    Topics discussed in this episode include things such as how he uses ladder drills and hit training. How often his team doubles. How he structures his week of training. How he build the program from scratch and the future of the team.

Coach you won 6 state titles in a row in Arizona with the Xavier girls xc team then the next two years, you won back to back titles at Desert Vista. Last year you just missed your 9th state title in a row, but you are back on top this year ranked 3rd by Flotrack. How does the team look this year?   With the girls used to winning state titles and falling a little short last year, what did you need to do differently this year to get them ready?   How do you balance the science that you know with teaching the kids but not overwhelming them?   What does your HIIT training look like?   How often are you doing HIIT’s and how many do you do? 6x150 with full recovery 3x in a 22-weektraining cycle. After a moderate intensity or recovery distance run. One key is full recovery. You need full recovery so you can recruit more muscle fiber.   As soon as any coach becomes successful the peanut gallery starts talking about how the team is overtraining, recruiting or any other excuse for a teams success. In a few selected cas

Interview with Gaylerd Quigley, coach of Nerinx High School in St. Louis Mo. We talk about his daughter running in the Olympics and the coaching philosophy that has lead to three straight podiums in the Missouri State Race. Tell us about this summer and Colleen’s Olympic experience. What was it like as a parent watching your kid at the Trials? At what point in that race did you realize that she was going to make the team? What went into the decision to not coach your son Dan in high school, but you did coach daughter Colleen? What was it like when your daughter went to college and your parent/coach relationship with her college coach? How do you handle calls from your daughter or prior runners who have questions after they are in college? You coached at an all boys school and an all girls school. What did you find the differences in strength training? What specific exercises are you doing with these girls to help with injury prevention and shin issues? When you have injury issues, what is your go to cross tra

Coach of Loudon Valley in Virginia. Drew Hunters mom. Her and her husband Marc coach the team. Took over cross country program in 2014 so going into third year. Never had a state title in 50 years of school, won last year and second on girls side. School about 1200, have 120 kids now on team. We know you as a successful coach and the mother of some successful runners. How did you get started in running? You mentioned you used to be high intensity, low mileage. When did that change? You had a lot of success as a masters runner, tell us about your achievements with this training. You took over the XC program at Loudon Valley in 2014. What lead you to wanting to get into coaching?  How was it taking over with Drew on the team, was he on board with it? You took over a program and turned it around quickly, what were some of the things you changed when you took over the program? One of the things we are seeing from doing this podcast, in people taking over programs you are getting a good bump in the number of kids

Big weekend where your boys won Woodbridge Invite and your girls were 4th, tell us about the weekend race. Woodbridge is unique because it is a big meet and it is also very early in the season. Do you taper and really get ready to peak at this meet? You were originally in Missouri, how did you end in Colorado? What was the program like before you got there? Tell us about Mountain Vista as a school You took over in 2007, how long was the turn-around before you started having success? That is a quick turn around in a state like Colorado. What did you do to get the culture changed so quickly? With a large team of different commitment levels, how do you deal with keeping everyone on the same page and not having resentment? What is your philosophy for training there and maybe include some talk of mileage? Give us a sample structure for a 6-day week. What is the focus this year? State? NXN? Do you notice any difference between the girls and boys when getting them ready for a big meet like state? You had a very youn

  Matt Lincoln is the cross country and track distance coach at chandler high school and has completely turned around the program. First Matt lets talk about your running. Can you tell is about your career as a mid-distance runner at Penn State. What did he learn at Penn state that he has taken into his coaching career. After he graduated, what was his running career like. He took over the Chandler High Program in 2014, a year after they did not make state and lead the girls team to 10th at state. What were some of the big challenges taking over a program that had not been dominant in a while? How did he get buying from the athletes? For a large school the team was not that big, what did you do as far as recruiting and growing the numbers. In 2015, your second year, there was not a lot of talk about Chandler pre season. We train together so I saw what was happening, and a few coaches were starting to recognize your success. But in your second year you ended up winning the team title.  Jeff Messer had coached

CBA training in depth, pressure of taking over a solid program. Let’s start out with getting to know you a little bit. You were a successful runner at Princeton, can you tell us about your high school years and what you learned from those years that you are using now? Coach Tom Heath was the long-time legendary coach who won 26 state titles, an NXN title and 343 dual meets in a row. He has announced his retirement and the program is now under your helm. You had a successful coaching career yourself before joining CBA a couple of years ago, so what is going to be the biggest challenge in carrying on this tradition? What will you change and keep from tradition Dual meets are interesting because while  they are going away, it is a great way to learn how to race for younger kids without as much experience.  Run the same 1.5 mile loop every day for your distance runs? A lot of the preseason writeup have you as one of the favorites in the NE this year. How did you train this summer to get ready for those expectatio

Host Bern Rosario and Dean Ouellette Coach Joe Newton decided he was going to make this his last year, how did you hear about the news? - Coach Kern talks about how this is not the first time Newton has talked retirement.  How has the news been received among the York community?  Are there any big farewell events planned at upcoming meets so Newton gets the Jeter/David Ortiz treatment? The Chicago metro area has to be one of if not the most competitive metropolitan area in the country. With that landscape how hard is it for you guys to going to go out on top? It is getting harder and harder to win in Illinois. You will be taking over a legendary program.  What changes may be coming or what is your vision for the future of the long green line? - Coach Kern focuses on rest, course workload and some of the training will change because his training philosophy is a little different.  You mention rest. Some of these high school kids are not getting enough rest and are getting sick. What do you do to encourage them