The Greg Hughes Podcast Ep44 : Mark English: The Making of His Best Years
Eight years to get 0.13 seconds faster. How do you keep believing when the stopwatch won’t budge?
Irish Olympian and European 800m champion Mark English knows the patience elite sport demands. After running a personal best in 2013, he waited until 2021 to improve it — a breakthrough that also broke a longstanding Irish record and secured his place at the Tokyo Olympics.
In this episode, Mark joins me to explore his journey from Donegal to international athletics, his early passion for sport and the challenge of pursuing medicine alongside competing at the highest level.
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