Eric, I think his best 2k score was 5. I definitely would say there was an element of expectation fatigue. It weighed quite heavily on me at times, almost that fear of losing as opposed to the excitement of winning. HB : I basically started training for this before I left the Olympics in Rio, more or less a couple of days after the final, I was straight on the trainer.
Obviously I was in great physical condition. For the Olympics I rowed at 90kg. HB : We did a little cycling as cross training. Probably the last time I cycled seriously was in , when I raced domestically. That racing season did pique my interest, though, so I wondered how good I could be if I gave it my full focus and full attention. So to flip that on its head has been quite challenging. I mean when I was rowing and I was hungry I would just eat, whereas now I just eat to perform not for satisfaction anymore.
My food now has to be for a reason. HB : Ultimately the Tokyo Olympics. I have sort of given myself a time horizon. HB : Internationally, yes. Few people would be brave enough to take on the terrifying prospect of dancing live for the nation every weekend, but for former Olympian and brain injury survivor James Cracknell, his effort is even more extraordinary. Rower and double gold medallist James Cracknell suffered a serious brain injury in when he had a road traffic accident whilst cycling across America.
Following the accident, he was put into a medically induced coma for 10 days and his brain injury left him with lasting epilepsy and frontal lobe damage. The frontal lobe is the part of the brain which controls empathy, motivation, mood, reasoning and judgement. Unsurprisingly, damage to this part of the brain can be life-changing.
James has been very open in the media about the impact that his injury has had on his life and his family. He has described himself as having a completely different personality since the accident, something his family have struggled to adjust with.
Unfortunately it was announced in March this year that his marriage had ended and he commented how the effect of his brain injury had contributed to his marriage breakdown.
Despite the adversity that he has had to face James has clearly refused to let his injury define him and continues to challenge himself by setting himself extraordinary goals.
Considering the physical and emotional impact that his brain injury has had on him, it is even more impressive that he is one of the 15 of contestants signed up to take on the daunting prospect of gruelling rehearsals, sequinned outfits and dancing in front of four professional judges! Many brain injury survivors find that hobbies involving music such as dancing, being part of an orchestra or singing in a choir can be a great help in rehabilitation and therapy.
Charities such as The Silverlining and Headway regularly organise a range of fun social activities and services in groups spread across the UK, which any one recovering from a brain injury can get involved in.
Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa with a win each from their previous bouts fight in an empty gym just so they can know who the best really is. So I chose not to go, on the one hand I had a fun summer, on the other I lost my funding so had to combine training with a job as I prepared for the Atlanta Olympics.
The difference between being a full-time athlete and combining work with training is not the volume of training but the available time to let the body rest and recover. I went to the Atlanta Games and caught tonsillitis probably due to a suppressed immune system on the day of the opening ceremony so spent the Olympics in quarantine. Even my elementary mathematical skills worked out they needed another two people. The selection process is objective rather than subjective, rather than a case of seeing who fit best alongside Wayne Rooney in attack.
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