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Sat 10 Oct 2007Courageous Power a warrior for all seasonsOn Athletics:I lived for a while in Providence, Rhode Island, studying hard but training a lot harder, and it was during that time I first came across the Clare athlete Séamus Power. We both ran in the 1992 NCAA cross-country championships in Bloomington, Indiana, and though I was running for Brown University and Power for East Tennessee we felt an immediate bond - two Irish youngsters dreaming about making the big time.It was a daunting race, but Power went up with the leaders from the gun, believing he could win, while I held back, not nearly as ambitious. Around the halfway point I passed Power, who had obviously "blown up", as we say in distance running. While I went on to finish 56th, Power ended up way back in 139th.