Couch to 5k with a difference in memory of bus driver who died in freak crash

Bus Éireann driver Mark Wills died on August 3 last year while he was driving the 216 bus through Monkstown, Co Cork.

Kevin Hedderman, Michael Creedon, Rebecca Wills; Trevor Delaney, Ger Halligan, Stephen Wills, and Jim McEvoy, who are doing a 'couch to 5k' fundraising run for Marymount Hospice on April 3 from Highfield rugby club, Bishopstown, Cork, to Healy's Bar in Ballincollig in memory of Mark Wills. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Meet the pair of runners behind a poignant ‘couch to 5k’ charity run who have decided to bring the couch with them.

“We’ve all heard of the ‘couch to 5k’ idea — I just decided to put a different slant on it. At least we can have a rest on it when we finish,” said event organiser Michael Creedon, 54.