Brenden Harrison hopes to return as strong as ever when 100 percent healthy. Image: Simon Makker/Makkreative.com.

Likeable Queenslander Brenden Harrison aims to return to national competition once 100 percent healthy, following a string of incredibly tough injuries in recent seasons.

The 23-year-old has had numerous surgeries to a troublesome femur injury that he first suffered in 2010, but it’s the thrill of winning races that has so far driven him to want to return when fully fit.

“I feel like I’ve had that much shit luck that I want to win again so badly,” Harrison told MotoOnline this week. “I’m so used to feeling down and I crave that feeling of being on top of the world again.

“The victory will be sweeter and I’m still training hard with upper-body workouts. My upper body is the strongest it’s ever been and once I start running again it won’t take my legs long to regain their strength.”

Determined to work his way back to the front-end of the sport in Australia, Harrison is riding on the motivation to compete in memory of his father in 2010. The will to win is also still large within himself as well.

“I guess a big part of it is to honour the memory of my old man and to win championships for him,” he added. “I don’t want people to feel sorry for me or anything, but we used to spend a lot of time together at the races and we grew really close because of it.

“I want to keep racing for myself as well, injuries are a part of motocross and a lot of people have told me they’d walk away in the same situation, but that’s not who I am. I just want to ride and I just want to win races.”

For a complete Five Questions Why interview with Harrison, click this link.