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

Canada Cup 1, Baie St Paul Quebec

May 19, 2010

Well I was able to help my father out in Vancouver with his court hearing, and managed to get back home Wednesday night, despite getting lost in Vancouver rush hour! That city has really exploded....

Thursday I got out for a solid hard ride with some tough intervals on my new SL3. Man that bike is so nice, I feel like I don't deserve it, but it does make road riding A LOT better. The legs didn't feel too great having not been able to ride in a couple days.

Friday was an early morning catching a flight to Toronto and then Montreal where I met up with my bro Kris Sneddon of Kona and sidekick Stef Widmer of Rocky Mountain. We got a sweet Dodge caravan and drove up to Quebec City where we hooked up with one of my buddies Frederic, at his parents place. Fred used to race and is taking a hiatus from racing to do something they call school over in Germany.

We pre-rode the race course Saturday in Baie, St Paul, which for most people who have never heard of this place, it is a beautiful little town about 90 km east of the City and 50 km from Mt St Anne. The course was probably the best course I have raced on since last year's worlds, and the weather couldn't have been better. I wasn't feeling too great, but hoped by race day on Sunday I would be feeling better.

The race itself went reasonably well. I felt horrible right from the start, but just stayed near the front and gradually things improved each lap. I was able to stay with Norco's Andrew Watson who is riding really well right now; I attacked him on the last lap to cruise in for the win. The course was really rough, and technical, the Epic was flawless although I burped my front tire on the first lap and rocked around 17 psi for most the race.... sketchy! I felt good to get a W and get some good UCI points being a C1 race. Just happy I am fully recovered from the Guatemala weight loss bug.

I came up Monday to the family farm near Montreal with the boys. I have never seen such good weather here and I am pretty lucky to have this place to come to. This weekend's race is Canada Cup #2, in Mt Tremblant, only about 60 km from here. I love the course there and it looks like it is not going to be too muddy :)

Going to visit Specialized Canada, and Oakley Canada today after some hard training. Looking forward to seeing my aunt and uncle as they are coming up from Kingston Ontario. Uncle Bill is one of my biggest supporters, and a past avid road racer.

A plutot!

-Max

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