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Racing in the Lone Star State

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     So I came down to Texas to do a bike race and even though at first I was skeptical of the whole idea of traveling that far for a race, in the end it was worth it.  The race was this Sunday and Zach and I drove 26 hours south down from Pennsylvania to Texas to take part in Mellow Johnny’s Classic MTB race just outside of Dripping Springs Texas.  You may ask why the hell drive all the way down to Texas for a bike race?  Well the bike race was an excuse to come down here and gave us a destination, and once we leave he we will continue to travel the gulf coast and slowly take a week to work back up to good ol’ Pennysltucky and see places I have never seen and visit places I would never normally go too so Win-Win!     Yesterday Zach and I got pre-ride the course and check it out, and it was an awesome course!  I have only ridden mountain bike on the east coast and as much as I love it, it was good to see some new type of terrain and trails types.  On the east coast on the Appalachian