Focus now on 50k walk . .
After a day of deliberation, recovery, rest and reflection, the tough Togher man last night made the decision, in consultation with Liam O’Reilly, his masseur and advisor; his coach, Ivonne Cassin; Irish team manager, Patsy McGonagle and Chris Jones, that he would take up the challenge.
Heffernan has had only one outing over the trip and that was his very first race of the season when he set a new national record at 3:50.08. He wanted the 50k as an option in the future but maybe not so soon.
