S2 E7: Trina Painter

Trina Painter

Won both the boys and girls State Titles for Arizona Division 2. Trina talks about both State meet races for the girls' team and the boys' team.

Trina talks about her running history which included several Olympic Trial qualifiers.

Trina talks about her experiences at the Olympic Trials in 1996, 2000 and 2004.

Flagstaff is a D2 school with 1600 students total. They typically have 75-80 total athletes on the cross country team.

With a successful program that wins so many state titles in a row, how hard is it to make sure that fire stays lit and the kids stay motivated to win the next one?

Trina talks about how it has been coaching her own kids.

How much of a benefit is it for the high school students to be training at altitude?

Flagstaff needs to run their state meet in Phoenix, where it is often 100 degrees in the first week of November. How does she get her kids ready for that?

She mentioned that she has club soccer players on her team. How does she balance it with the kids who want to be part of the State team and play club soccer?

As a successful runner in everything from the 3k up to the marathon, how does that translate into a running philosophy as a coach?

What does a training week look like in the middle of the season, what are the workouts?

How they keep summer running interesting and keep participation high with fun activities.

Trina discusses what it is like to train in Flagstaff with all the world-class talent that makes their way there.

Teams down in Phoenix head up to Flagstaff in the summer for team camps, what do Flagstaff teams do for summer camps?

Trina shares her experience of running with the team at Buffalo Park.

Does Flagstaff have a staple workout they do a few times during the season?

How often do varsity race?

What type of race strategy does she have with her athletes and does it differ in a regular meet vs. the State meet?

How often does she run with the kids?