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I just read about this....Accident during cycle across america...
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Nowt wrong with being consistent - I expect you're consistently miserable. Well done. Have a lollipop.
I think we know who Mack Finger is.
I'm no fan of Mr Cracknell but I wouldn't wish this on anyone and I hope he makes a full recovery. Alarming to see that brain damage is suspected.
Plenty of people make a living ******** about - doesn't seem a reason to dislike them.
he's typical of many excellent athletes who have no other talent to fall back on but his fame and ability - sell yourself to the highest bidder as the period of earning a shitload of money from it is short. football pundits, athletics sports commentators etc are no different in many ways to Crackers - they're just names fronting the event who can make money from it.
anyway - there's been another thread in Clubarse about this since it happened - probably on about page 3 by now
as have many but that still doesn't warrant a reason to dislike him
He graduated from the University of Reading with a Bachelor of Science, Whilst also winning World Championships....
Wish I had a small brain and a thick skull.
Cracknell had been a international level rower for well over a decade when he retired, he missed Barcelona and Atlanta through injury/ illness, so only the two Olympic gold medals for him. i'm sure we can all agree that is a massive let-down
he is one of the many Olympians from the Reading Uni boat club, and i actually quite enjoy his journalism in the Telegraph. Rowers are generally better educated and more intelligent than footballers, so for once it's not someone who has his stuff written for him.
I'm sure they are generally better educated - education is often mistaken for intelligence.
yeah cos his wife is likely to make a "throwaway" comment about brain damage
I think he's great and I think Fogle is great (blah blah so shoot me), there are plenty of people out there doing similar things and we don't slag them off, just because these boys are in the media. Heaven forbid they actually inspire anyone to take up a similar challenge 
Its also worth pointing out that a lot of his adventures raise loads of money for charity
Maybe I am getting a touch sensitive but this thread is a bit tasteless in its overall tone. The guy was cycling, famous or not it could have been a member of your family, or a friend, triathlete or whatever.
You don't stick your trainers on or get on your bike and expect to get whacked by a frigging truck - so I wish him a speedy and full recovery and to everybody else, lets all enjoy our sports safely for many more runs.
I think JC should be a inspiration. Its never easy to leave a sport which been a part of
your life then suddenly have to find something. For James and many athletes, its the sense of
the challenge, the adverture that you want to keep going. That is what JC enjoys and he does
it for the challenge, the adverture for a good cause.
From one who knows how it feels to have a relative with brain damage. Its not nice, not
pleasant and the hardest is the recovery and support you need when you are out of hospital.
I feel for his wife and kids and hope he makes a good recovery. But from my experience, its not easy.