Rob Mullett: finished sixth in the recent European Champs and now heads to Rio
MARK SHEARMAN
IDON’T pay too much attention to the criticism of current steeplechase standards. I think a lot of people still think it’s an easy event, and don’t give it the respect it deserves. It is a really hard discipline because you need to be relatively fast but, more importantly, really strong — both in an endurance sense and also being able to physically stand up to the pounding on your legs. Anyone that tells you it’s easy probably hasn’t tried steeplechase.
My dad was successful in the event.
He drew me to try it. [Bill Mullett ran 8:40.8 over the barriers when he represented Great Britain in 1969 – a mark that survived as a Sussex record for nearly 20 years – and ran for Scotland in the World Cross Country Championships in the same year.] I competed over the barriers as an under-17 and under-20, but I moved away from it for a few years because I didn’t feel
I was strong enough. It wasn’t until I came to the end of my time in America as a student in 2010 that I felt I could make it in the event and earn a GB vest.
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