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 training exercise?
You use Jack Daniels training, if you could give us a basic outline of your training philosophy.
How do you work the long run into that system?
What have you taken from Colleen and how she has been training, have you changed anything with your system?
What are you doing besides workouts to get the kids to really peak well at the state meet?
We talk about low Ferritin levels.