Heffernan walks tall as everything goes to plan

ROBERT HEFFERNAN will head for his training camp in South Africa today in buoyant mood after a solid performance at the Woodies DIY Irish indoor championships in the Odyssey Arena where he retained his 5k walk title in 19:09.56.

It may have been well short of the 18:51.46 record he set back in the 2008 Olympic year but withoutserious competition it was a goodsolo performance.

“I was hoping the boys would go off with me,” he said. “But I took a quick glance after two laps and there was no one there. I was just holding it but then I dropped half a second and I knew it.