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Fri 03 Mar 2007Going could hinder home favourite CullenATHLETICS/Cross Country National Inter-club Championships:After the fast and furious excitement of the European Indoor championships it's back to more old-fashioned running at tomorrow's National Inter-club cross-country championships - where the heavy, soggy Sligo Racecourse will demand all the classic traits of the cross-country specialist.David Gillick, the European indoor 400-metre champion, actually tried cross-country during his early years at Dundrum South Dublin, but it's hard to imagine him handling this ground, even if he were there in the last 400 metres to deliver his trademark finish. Whoever emerges with titles in Sligo tomorrow will have triumphed with endurance more than speed and will definitely have earned them after a hard-fought slog.