This week I was able to speak to Jim Ciccarello, Girls Track and Field Coach at La Cueva High School. He has 53 years of experience with APS and coaching, starting out with age groupers with the Duke City Dashers and the Albuquerque Track Club. He is a member of the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame and has multiple coach of the year honors, but listening to him, it's not about that. It's about his love of the sport.
We talk about his start in the sport and the history of the sport in Albuquerque. He talks about getting started with coaching track and field, even though his original plan was to coach high school basketball.
He talked about motivating runners, picking staff, and staying in contact with his runners during this last year. We talk about what rebuilding might look like over the next year as well.
It was a fun conversation with one of the legends of the sport and we only scratched the surface. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Enjoy the warm weather, stay hydrated, and keep running, New Mexico.
Episode 74 - Stephen Pino, Runfit Founder and Leader
Episode 73 - Adriana Tatum, 2021 5A NM Track Champion and High Point Girl
Episode 72 - Doug Dorame, Former Albuquerque High Athletic Director, Girls Basketball, & Track Coach
Episode 71 - Laurynn Sisneros, 2021 Cross Country and 3200 Track Champion
Episode 70 - Traci Kinney, Local Runner Training for her First Marathon
Episode 69 - Josh Kerr, Brooks Beast and 1500 American Soil Record Holder
Episode 68 - Curtis Beach, Former Pro Decathlete and current Volunteer Coach at Duke
Episode 67 - Mikaela Osler, ColoradoTrail FKT
Episode 66 - Charlotte Prouse, Canadian Steeplechaser for UNM T&F
Episode 65 - Victoria Martinez Collins, former USATF qualifier and DII Champion
Episode 64 - Lauren Green, Nevada Wolfpack
Episode 62 - Adam Kedge, Albuquerque Academy XC and Track Coach
Episode 61 - Kurt Coonrod, President of the Albuquerque Road Runners
Episode 60 - Jackie Martinez, NMAA Assistant Director of Sports
Episode 59 - Rio Rancho Girls, 2021 5A NM XC Champs
Episode 58 - Ric Rojas
Episode 57 - Kathy and Rob Hipwood
Episode 56 - Dr. Ron Maestas
Episode 55 - Erica Larson Baron
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