RUST Magazine: RUST#33

Taddy Blazusiak and Jonny Walker
doing the same thing. But indoor is
so intense and if you don’t do your
motos for a week you are already falling
back. Outdoor is different, you can
always cross-train and get away with it.
Indoors, if you don’t do your motos
and don’t do the intensity it all goes
out the window.
Jonny: But five years, you must have
got bored?
Taddy: Yeah, in the end I tired of it big
time. I could have lasted longer, maybe
if I had committed to just the one side
of the world, that would have helped.
But no regrets, I was there at the right
time and the money was amazing! But
racing America through the summer
and then going back to Europe and
starting again just two weeks later, then
finishing there in March and flying
back to the States to start again in
April, there was no time to stop, it was
like a matter of pounding out motos
non-stop. But that’s how you get the
focus, the intensity.
Jonny: Yeah, it’s hard to do both
indoor and outdoor because they’re
totally different styles of riding. You’ve
got your indoor races which are like
eight-minute sprints where you ride
all-out, then outdoors you ride lazy
on a bike as you try and save as much
energy as you can.
ON BEING PROFESSIONAL
RACERS…
Jonny: Nobody understands. They
think you go racing, do a bit of training
during the week, then lounge around.
But it’s hard work. I guess I used to
think the same, I couldn’t wait to be
professional, do a bit of riding here
and there, then f*&@ around. But it’s
not like that, and this last year it’s been
a nightmare, and it puts a strain on
my relationship with my girlfriend and
with my family. You explain it to them
but they don’t – can’t – understand.
My mum says, ‘just do this, don’t worry
about it!’ It’s hard for my girlfriend,
too, I come home and she’s like ‘what’s
wrong?’ And you’re pissed off, because
what? Your mechanic has put the
wrong spindle in the bike for the last
two months and your bike’s been riding
like shit! So yeah, it’s hard on both of
us. But my girlfriend loves it, and she
likes coming to the track with us and
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