Heffernan targeting 50km step-up

ROBERT HEFFERNAN will have a new spring in his step when he lines up for the 5,000m walk at the Woodies DIY All-Ireland indoor championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast this afternoon.

The teak tough Corkman is officially the leanest person ever to pass through the NCTC in Limerick, according the new Dextro machine which has been installed there. It gives not just weight breakdown, but readings of the breakdown of all the individual muscles as well bone density.

“It lets you know if there is any muscle loss or if there are individual muscles that need to be worked on,” Heffernan said. “It is new but very soon it will be indispensable for every athlete.”