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Published: 18th October 2007
Author: Gordon Crockard
A busted collarbone keeps Crockard planted right in front of his plasma
Big hello there! Reporting to you as a fan this month, more so than as a rider as I’m watching races mostly on the TV and not getting any track time in myself.
I was hoping that my injured collarbone would have been fixed in time for me to race the Motocross des Nations at Budds Creek. I had been training on the road bicycle and doing a little running to stay in shape in case my bones had healed enough for me to be able to take the risk of racing a motocross bike. I went for a scan on my shoulder a week before the MXdN and much to my disappointment it hadn’t fully healed. Two areas of the bone were not completely knitted and any impact would likely rebreak it so with that news I knew I was definitely not going to be riding the MXdN for Team
Moneyglass is confirmed for the MXdN next year and this is fantastic news for everyone involved in motocross in
For sure it’s a massive task to host this type of event and some good staff will need to be at their best and take advice from the right people who have experience in world level motocross. I wish them the best of luck. I’m actually heading to Moneyglass this Saturday to watch an
Last Saturday I entered a cross-country mountain marathon for mountain bikes – it was 55km in total and I finished in a time of four hours, 51 minutes. For the first two hours I was feeling strong on the hills and pushing hard on the pedals. Perhaps too hard as at the two-hour mark I got huge, huge cramp in my quadriceps (the muscles on the front of your legs). Full-on seizure! I was worried that the muscles might tear off the bone it was that bad. All I could do was lie down and focus on relaxing my legs until it cleared. This happened four times from then on and cost me so much time and places. My mistake was not carrying anti-cramp salt tablets with me but I’ll know for next time.
So the MX1 world title stays in
During my injury time I’ve been watching loads of races on TV – normally I haven’t got the time – and the AMA series gets good coverage on Motors TV. It was good viewing and the tracks mostly look inviting. Glen Helen in particular looked mega and really got me thinking I’d love to race it. I’ve rode a lot of practice days there over the years for pre-season prep but never a race.
Any day over the winter if you want to find me you can easily reach me as I’ll spend every day in the bar – more specifically Rocky’s Sports Bar in The Odyssey in Belfast. The owner has decked the entire bar out in sporting memorabilia and stood at one end of the bar is none other than the Crock Star himself! Full riding kit, helmet too! So I’m there every day so pop in and say hi! You may think I’m being rude by not saying hi back but it’s just because I’m a dummy – a real dummy, not the sort you think I am!
Apart from being in the bar every day I’ve been using my time to work on my house and sort out everything I’ve never had time to do when I’ve been flat out with racing. The weather is still dry enough to get all the outside jobs done before the hateful winter comes in so productivity is high.
I have another scan arranged for my shoulder in a while so that will hopefully be the final one and I can get the all-clear to get on with dangerous sports again. MTB races, the odd trial and some Euro supercross is about the height of the excitement I have pencilled in once I’m 100 per cent clear my bones are strong. I won’t be doing Weston as it’s still too soon but hopefully I can be ready to ride the Sheffield SX!
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