Max Plaxton

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Career Highlights:

2006 Bronze Medal U-23 World Championships

2 X Pan-American Champion

2 X World Relay Champion

5 X National Champion

8 X Norba Pro Podium including 1 win

Wisconsin Pro XCT

June 29, 2010

Wisconsin Pro XCT round 4: wicked crowds and exciting racing

As happy I am to be heading to Colorado and some nice dry air, I gotta say the racing was pretty damn fun. I can't remember a race in the USA with that many people watching and cheering. It really makes the racing funner, and harder at the same time. Maybe Mont Saint Anne tops this one but that is at a whole different level. Good Job WORS, keep it up and come back next year with a C1 :)

Anyway, after a pretty long travel day I met up with the rest of the team Thursday night at a tiny little airport in Appleton-WI. The day actually started off with a knock on the door at about 7am and right away when you hear it you know who it is, CCES looking to collect some urine. I had to go to the airport and couldn't go pee, so I made them take me to the airport while I pounded water. I got them a nice sample after I checked in before going through security, nice way to start the day eh! Not.

The course was pretty sweet down in WI, pretty east coast style and fast but not too technical. It was super hot and humid too so almost even worse then Austin. We haven't really had much of a warm summer yet in Victoria so it's a bit of a shock to the body for me. Despite the weather, the legs felt pretty good and more importantly, I could barely feel the rib pain which took me out of the Test of Metal the weekend before.

The race Saturday didn't start until 3:30 pm which is pretty darn late. I got out for a little 30 min spin and the legs felt good but again the humidity was just killing me.

I took the hole-shot at the start but didn't want to lead much since the heart rate was pretty high right away. Myself, JHK, Sam and Todd got a bit of a gap right away and that pretty much stayed together most of the race. I felt OK, but not great for most the race. It was a hard course with little rest and super fast, I would of liked a little more climbing but overall a really tough course. I tried an attack on the last lap but just couldn't shake the guys behind me and ended up 2nd to a very deserving Sam Schultz. Big congrats to him, the 1st is always one of the sweetest! In 2nd overall now heading into the finals where I won last year. Pretty excited for that one as it's a stage race too. Great job to Ty, Johny and Paul for keeping things smooth and of course to Scott for making this a reality.

Overall I was happy with the race, and looking forward to getting to Colorado and hanging out with Ned and Todd. Going to be tough at first with the altitude, but by Colorado Springs Pro XCT in 10 days, I should be feeling pretty good. Stoked to get some good mountain biking in!

I will send a report next week on how Durango is treating me. Thanks for your support and sorry about the long blog, airplane rides are good for that!

Cheers,

-Plax

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