Hard work and sacrifice pays off for marathon man Sean Hehir

A runner always thinks they can do better when they run a personal best but there wasn’t much more Sean Hehir could do after his breakthrough performance at the London Marathon last Sunday.

It was the Clare man’s tenth marathon and there was literally no pebble left unturned.

He savoured the moment down the Mall breaking 2:17 for the first time with 2:16:18 being the first Irish man across the line and sealing a place for the World Championships in London in August.