Mark Wolfe is honouring his grief with an Ironman race

Mark Wolfe is taking on a personal sporting challenge to raise funds for a charity linked to his late dad, he tells Ellie O’Byrne

MARK Wolfe, managing director at Atkins Garden Centre, has set himself quite a challenge. He’s going to compete in his first ironman race in Killarney on August 23; a 3.8km swim, followed by a 180km cycle around the Ring of Kerry, followed by a marathon in Killarney National Park.

Mark is spurred on by a personal competitive drive and by a desire to raise funds for a charity of particular significance to him. The Wolfe family lost their father, Peter, to lung cancer in January 2014. Mark will donate his proceeds to the Irish Cancer Society having competed in the gruelling competition in memory of his dad.