Record holder McKee targets Mardyke for his ‘comeback’

PAUL McKEE came through his first 400m race since 2003 without any problems on Tuesday night and now has his sights set firmly on the BUPA Cork City Sports at The Mardyke on July 2.

“That will be my first big 400m race - my comeback,” he said reflecting on the race at the Antrim Forum when he ran 48.2 secs in blustery, cold conditions.

“But I went through the first 200m in 22.2 secs and that is as fast as I have been running in training,” the Irish record holder said. “When I hit 300m I began to feel the pinch but that’s because I have not been running over the distance.”