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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: January 2012

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Art O Neill Challenge 2012. I was sitting on the bus to Dublin on Friday afternoon, less than 12 hours before the start of the Art O Neill Challenge. When it finally dawned on me what I was letting myself in for. I'd recced some of the course, I'd run some miles on the roads but tonight I was going to put it all together and cover around 34 miles from Dublin Castle to Glenmalure in the Wicklow Mountains. Check in was extremely smooth, number and timing chip collected, without...

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: January 2010

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Thursday, January 28, 2010. Training, Events and A Film Premiere. This the second (and last) week of my pre-marathon training (read easy! Was interrupted by a most enjoyable event. Myself, wife and son attended the premiere of Peter Jacksons new movie, The Lovely Bones. Starring the fantastically talented Saoirse Ronan. A quick bite to eat and into our finery. What should have been a short walk to the cinema turned into a taxi ride because of Bernies shoes (we'll say no more about that! Best shots. I...

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: Dublin City Marathon 2010

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Dublin City Marathon 2010. The Dublin City Marathon has been my main goal for 2010 and despite derailing my training plans by partaking in some adventure races I still held it as my main target. For the first time I started a 18 week marathon training programme with some miles under my belt, having run the Edinburgh Marathon in May. This year my target was to be the same as 09 at sub 3.30. Could I take 5 minutes off, could I take 10 minutes off? Those thoughts soon disappeared ...

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: May 2010

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Sunday, May 23, 2010. The weather in Edinburgh the day before the marathon was hellishly hot, not for sunbathing or sitting in a chair reading a book but for distance running. I was delighted on race day to open the curtains to a dull and overcast day, there was even a shower of rain as I had breakfast. Everything about the morning was relaxed, both myself and Sean had our gear sorted the previous night, our pre-booked taxi arrived on time and the starting area well organised. Yeah, but you feel good".

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: August 2010

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Saturday, August 28, 2010. Rockford Roof Tiles 4 Mile Road Race. Recently I was reminded of a football (Soccer - the real football) game that I went to watch some years ago. A Dublin team were playing a team from a village close to where I live. I knew some of the lads from the Dublin club so I wanted to go along and voice my support. My friend Sean made the trip from Dublin for the race. We set off from my house for the short journey, as always I enjoyed our chat on the way. I wonder does he know he sou...

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: May 2011

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Monday, May 23, 2011. The thing that I both love and hate about the marathon is that despite all preparations undertaken and training miles done I just don't know how the race will go until I start running on the day. I arrived in Edinburgh with my friend Sean on Thursday evening after an uneventful and calm journey. We hopped a bus on Friday morning to Holyrood Park to collect our race numbers, feeling better I scoffed a dirty big burger (carb loading! I'm certainly no expert on this, I can only speak f...

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: Dungarvan 10 mile road race

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Saturday, February 5, 2011. Dungarvan 10 mile road race. I used to be a competitive little fecker, I hated to lose at anything but especially sports. For many years basketball was my passion. When I think back to some of the unscrupulous things I did to gain any advantage in a match I wonder what sort of testosterone fueled fiend was I. The Dungarvan 10 mile road race was an exception to this. I'd just spent ages finishing this post when my computer crashed and I lost the whole thing. LIST OF EVENTS 2010.

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: October 2010

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Dublin City Marathon 2010. The Dublin City Marathon has been my main goal for 2010 and despite derailing my training plans by partaking in some adventure races I still held it as my main target. For the first time I started a 18 week marathon training programme with some miles under my belt, having run the Edinburgh Marathon in May. This year my target was to be the same as 09 at sub 3.30. Could I take 5 minutes off, could I take 10 minutes off? Those thoughts soon disappeared ...

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: February 2010

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010. The pleasure of riding Alan. I managed to ride Alan twice at the weekend and a couple of quickies yesterday and today. It's so long since I had a good ride that my nether regions were a little tender afterwards. Despite the soreness it was mostly enjoyable. Oh dear" I hear you say "has Chris gone to the other side? The answer is yes but not totally, I'm still running but I started cycling again at the weekend. Time is running short with Wicklow Adventure Race. If you find anyt...

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Chris Cassidy Training, Events & Things: Pre Edinburgh marathon 2011 - Journey and Excuses.

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Friday, May 20, 2011. Pre Edinburgh marathon 2011 - Journey and Excuses. It's been a long time since I've posted on this blog, early February to be exact. I've done no cycling events this year and only 3 road races, they were:. After these I plodded on for another few weeks getting some slow miles in, huffing and puffing, especially on any kind of hill, until I realised that if I wanted to have a chance of finishing the Edinburgh marathon I would have to make some drastic changes. The problem with increa...