The shape I’m in: Mark English, athlete

TOP Irish athlete Mark English has few illusions about his sport of choice.

“There is no magic formula. It’s about putting in consistent training sessions from one week to the next over the course of years. That’s what brings you on, bit by bit,”he says.

In what is regarded as one of the most unforgiving races, in March he won the 800m silver medal at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Prague.