David Mullarkey has started his senior Great Britain career with an 8th place in the men’s 5,000 metres race at the European Team Championships.
In Madrid, David ran in a 16-strong field which included some high profile athletes on the European stage.
The pace was modest in the opening laps, and David settled into a very comfortable third place and was mentioned several times by the commentators on the live stream.
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When the pace increased later in the race he fluctuated between sixth and eighth place, and on the last lap burn-up he held his eighth place very well and was only about 10 seconds adrift of the winner.
He was well clear of the ninth placed finisher in a race won by the formidable Niels Laros of The Netherlands.
David’s time was 13:53.31 in a tactical race on a very warm evening in the Spanish capital, about 30 seconds down on his personal best.
It was a great effort and it was wonderful to see someone who grew up running on the NSC track, and racing cross-country on courses such as Crossags, doing so well on the senior international stage.
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