Heffernan walking tall with Olympic preparations

ROBERT HEFFERNAN continues his Olympic preparations by competing in the 20k event at Sunday’s racewalking extravaganza in the Phoenix Park.

Heffernan, who posted the second fastest time of his career, 1:20:55, in La Coruna earlier this month admits to being extremely satisfied with his preparations ahead of his August 20 outing in Athens.

“There are a couple of good fellows coming to Dublin and it will give me a good idea as to where I am right now,” he said yesterday, adding that he has a definite training schedule in place for after the weekend.