I'm out in Madrid for the 1st stop on the SuperCross calander. Preperations have been pretty crap leading into the race.
I caught a cold off Shanaze on the way back from the US which restricted what i could in terms of training, then on our last track session before we came out here i crashed pretty badly over the bars at Plattfields and took the whole impact on my back and ended up having xrays and was in A&E for 2hrs!! Add to the that an ear infection which i got on the flight over here too.......Perfect!
But.....it is what it is and i can't change any of it. All i can do is do the best i can with whatever i've got in the tank.

We went to check out the track earlier today, the arena is super impressive. Really tight and could imagine the atmosphere come race day is gonna be pretty special. Can't wait to hear my new choice of TimeTrial song being smashed out over the speakers!! Jay-Z - On To The Next One.....OR.....Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing. Gonna have to decide tomorrow but both are gonna be huge!!!

The track looks TIGHT!! They've done well to even squeeze a track on the floor plan available but it seems to work well in there. The track builders have come up with a new jump for the event, it's basically a launch up onto a table kinda thing then a drop off to a landing, the initial jump onto the top of the box is around 20ft long but 7ft high. It's definatly gonna be interesting to see how it rides. We'll see tomorrow as thats when practice kicks off, 4.30pm over here, then TT's and racing on Saturday afternoon/evening. It's gonna be nuts!!!

Check back tomorrow for an update on practice

Marcus