Marquez celebrates 27th birthday with motocross training return
Marc Marquez says he “couldn’t have been given a better present” on his 27th birthday than returning to motocross trai🉐ning as he steps up his recovery from shoulder surgery.
The Repsol Honda rider has endured a frustrating winter in rehabilitation 🦄from a second shoulder surgery in the space ꦺof 12 months having undergone a similar operation on his right shoulder to the one he had on his left shoulder at the end of 2018.
Marc Marquez says he “couldn’t have been given a better present” on his 27th birthday than returning to motocross trainin꧅g as he steps u🐲p his recovery from shoulder surgery.
The Repsol Honda rider has endured a frustrating winter in rehabilitation from a second shoulder surgery in the space of 12 months having undergone a similar operation on his right shoulder 🌞to the one he had on his left shoulder at the end of 2018.
After returning to two wheels for the first time only a week before the Sepang pre-season test, training on a BEON 45 at a local♉ karting track, Marquez completed a limited testing programme in Malaysia to ease himself back into action without causing further problems to his shoulder.
Muchas gracias a todo@s por las felicitaciones! 27 No podía tener mejor regalo que volver a subirme a una moto de MX después de tres meses
— Marc Márquez (@marcmarquez93)
Thanks to everybody for all your birthday wishes! 27 I couldn’t have a better pre𝔍sent than rid🀅e a MX bike after three months
Having notched up a total of 131 laps over the three-day Sepang test, Mar⛄quez has continued his rehabilitation back at home as part of his preparations for the Qatar test later this week (February 22-24).
To celebrate his birthday, Marquez posted his return to motocross training on social media:꧑ “Thanks to everybody for all your birthday wishes! 27, I couldn’t have a better p𝔉resent than ride a MX bike after three months.”
Speaking at the😼 end of the Sepang test, Marquez said he expected to ‘suffer’ due to a lack of strength from his shoulder only two months on from a surgery which a regular p🌜erson would require six months to recover from.
“We did a [muscle] test be🐽fore coming here and specifically the deltoid muscle is around 60%. But the other muscles are closer to the top,” Ma⭕rquez said at Sepang.
“It affected [me] a lot.🐻 This is one of the more difficult circuits physically and I suffered during these three days. But I need to suffer now if I want to be ready in Qatar.”
𒁏Later this week Marquez will head to the Losail International Circuit to take part in the🍃 final pre-season test before the Qatar circuit hosts the 2020 MotoGP opening round on March 8.
