Ten Minutes With... John Mcguinness

We caught up with McPint to see where hes at, how the leg is holding up and if he fancies adding more wins to his TT tally

- Pretty Boy

FB: Where are you fitness-wise?

JM: Percentage wise, I have no idea really – I was never the fittest guy in the world anyway! I was dying to get the big cage off my leg, but when I did I only managed three weeks before re-breaking it walking on the beach… I wasn’t even doing anything daft. Even the surgeon was gutted and said it doesn’t usually happen. When it re-broke I lost a bit of heart and had a couple of months feeling down in the dumps, but now it’s healed I’ve been able to get back out on the bikes and do some stuff. Thankfully, it feels alright – the actual leg doesn’t hurt, the problem was I broke my back in four places and all my ribs, which hurts more to be honest. I used to spend loads of time doing motocross and minibikes and stuff to keep bike-fit, so it’s bloody hard work now I’ve had so long off.

FB: Can you get back to the same level of fitness?