From a press release issued by Castrol Honda:

CASTROL HONDA TEAM

LIFE’S COOL FOR HOME BOY EDWARDS

Edwards has taken advantage of the three-week gap between this year’s Misano and Laguna Seca rounds of the championship to take a hard-earned break in his native homeland.

COLIN EDWARDS: “This is what lifes about for me, I know I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do when I’m racing but when I’m home I’m just like anybody else work’s done and I’m home. In the past few years I’ve seen the need to break away from racing and settle back into home life. It’s not just the distraction from chasing a world title but it also recharges my batteries and fires me up to go racing again.”

A couple of weeks’ break at home is inadvertently offering him that change of approach only Sunday’s Laguna Seca action will prove its effectiveness.

Edwards recalls: “In the old days I was building up to every race for the full week before. I was miserable, focusing my mind, preparing my thoughts and training hard. That didn’t work for me. I’m not saying it’s the right way or wrong way but, for me, it wasn’t right. By the time I got to the races I was too wound up, anxious and under pressure before I even started practice it didn’t work. Now, I’m home, switched off and that’s the best preparation I can have. When I arrive at a race I’ve arrived just to race. From the moment I drive through the paddock gates theres no doubting what I’m thinking about that works for me.”