I haven’t sprinted in almost two years but a study at my university needed subjects so I thought what the hell - I’ll put my hammies on the line.
60m: 6.92s
I might put an advert in AW - ‘Get fast without running’
Hand time or FAT?
electronic
David i must say that is impressive… so you havent done any running in how long and when was the last time you were timed and what can you run? if you ran a 6.92 with NO sprint training what do you think you can run if you trained? off the top of my head id say at least 6.7? and that is exeptional.
woody:
nice work!!! 
any chance of running masters track?
any thoughts of taking up sprinting? (again?)
Maybe indoors next winter - 100m is a marathon!
do you know what the study is testing yet or is it s/d blind?
How did you feel during the run? Were you able to hold form for the last 7-10 meters? If not and you ran that well, maybe you should start running again. Good job!
velly good glasshopper…seriously though, well done. btw, if you don’t mind, what are your stats: age, height, weight, real eval. on your own condition, breed: i.e. doberman, irish wolfhound, etc. BRAVO:clap:
That is l i g h t e n i n g fast. If you had lived in Norway you’d be on the national team, without no prob.
Good work David! Surely now superdave has to make an appearance indoors next season…
I hope to get a 60 m time sometime this year, will be interetsing how my turns out 
Just a tip Col, if you want to put up a good time, you’ll need to spend a little bit more time at the track and a little less time in the gym than you currently do
Originally posted by Neospeed
Just a tip Col, if you want to put up a good time, you’ll need to spend a little bit more time at the track and a little less time in the gym than you currently do
Well I’ve never really been a speed demon. If weights can make me faster then that’s a sign of good things 
Originally posted by David W
I haven’t sprinted in almost two years but a study at my university needed subjects so I thought what the hell - I’ll put my hammies on the line.60m: 6.92s
I might put an advert in AW - ‘Get fast without running’
David,
I seem to recall from a previous thread that you had been doing a bunch of snatch-grip deadlifts recently. Do you think this contributed to your time. That is, what have you done with your overall program recently to explain your performance?
xlr8
Originally posted by David W
electronic
Did the timing start from the gun or was it a contact pad system or timing light system?
David, I’m looking forward to hearing more about how you’ve been keeping in shape this last year. Also, have you allways been exceptionally fast? when you was a kid at school, did you almost allways win sprint races, was you fast on the field/court? Without a doubt, you must have a great power development program, so I’m also interested in any strength/conditioning work you have included this last year. have you almost entirely relied on weights? Have you played football/soccer or anything in last 12 months? You enticed us with your 6.9 electronic non sprint trained 60m :o, so we wanna know more!
xlr8, re: Sn DL
Yes, I feel snatch deads have been an important component in recent weight room progression. Last week I began P.cleaning and today managed a pb double at 115k. I will maintain low volume snatch deads (3x3) at 105-110% clean max - greater loads or intensities would probably be too stressful.
I’ve never seen a great correlation between squat and sprint performances. Power clean however is a scarily good indicator (for athletes who are technically proficient)
Goose - A brief DW history:
At school I initially ran 100/200 but the combination of being a late maturer and having friends in the distance group meant by 15 I was running predominantly 800s (1.58). I attended Bath University but pretty much pissed away the first two years. In the third year I returned to track running 4’s (I hated mileage) and was very average (pb: 50.3s). My (Canadian!) track coach introduced me to weights late in my third year, at the time I had absolutely no understanding of strength science. I hated squatting (so didn’t) and my power clean form was hideous. Before graduation I somehow managed a 95k power clean at 74kg.
I have been very fortunate to continually find myself around knowledgeable people. I lived for 6 months in Bristol and was coached by '96 Olympian (& Commonwealth silver medalist) Anthony Arthur. He tidied up my technique and made me start squatting. At the end of that period I entered my first competition doing power versions on both lifts: 75, 102k. I was still training three times weekly for track at this time and was really flying going into Xmas. Unfortunately I had to move with my job to Glasgow and more or less quit training.
My second lucky break was moving to Woking where I found an old, eccentric but hugely knowledgeable BWLA senior coach. Since then I’ve trained 100% for WL and haven’t touched a track in over two years. I might this winter…