Summary
JAMES CRACKNELL began his 32nd birthday by making a packed lunch at 6.15am, taking care not to disturb his wife Beverley, or their baby son Croyde.
The day ahead would be stained with the sweat of riding an exercise bike to nowhere and lifting weights. Sandwiched in between would be a meeting with doctors.See the full content of this document
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I'm Not in This to Be Popular. I'm in It to Win Gold in Athens ; James Cracknell Reveals the Tensions That Have Made His Games Build- Up a Time of Torment
Cracknell's stress fracture of a rib meant he was unable to travel with his British rowing team-mates to Poland for this weekend's World Cup regatta in Poznan, the first critical port of call ahead of the Olympic Games in Athens, 96 days away.
To outside eyes, Cracknell's inju...See the full content of this document
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