Heffernan’s stamina decisive as he runs away with cross-country title

THE stamina of the world class racewalker was underscored at Inchigeela yesterday when Robert Heffernan turned in a power-packed display of front running to win the Cork senior cross-country championship title.

National record holder at every walking distance below 50k, the Togher athlete, who runs once a week with his clubmates to break the monotony of walking the roads around Cork city, had no difficulty transferring his class to cross-country running once clubmate, Ted Murray, sent the field on its way.

By halfway he had a lead of 34 seconds with Garrett Barry (North Cork) and the newly crowned Munster under-23 champion, Brian McMahon (Carrignavar) in a titanic struggle for what appeared to be second place.