Good quote:

“The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion…when no one else is watching”

Comes from an interview with the sprint coach at the University of Washington, whose 4x100 team won the Pac-10 title last year and had a 400m runner run 44.82 seconds...

http://trackshark.com/features/john/270/Fall+Training+Update%3A++University+of+Washington+Huskies.html

Good excerpt from it talking about lifting:

"I tend to come at things from a strength and athleticism philosophy, so the weight room to us is truly a second home. With that being said, the routines need to be sport and event specific, and not just about moving the most amount of weight possible. Making movements slower, doesn’t seem to make a ton of sense to me for the explosive events, so there is a premium on the Olympic lifts, as well as explosive auxiliaries.

Right now, we have the sprint/hurdle group in 3 times a week. I see no reason they shouldn’t be able to handle this now, and we emphasize that they should be door to door in 45 minutes or so. As the season progresses and the nature of our phases shift, our time in the weight room will change in both quantity and quality"

- Andrew