agreed, Ryan...
whatever the reason was, there was something that didn't give enough people the ol' warm & fuzzy to get signed up for the race...
doing a race like this (from both prospective) takes more then 5 minutes worth of work, and isn't for everyone..
maybe it needs more then a 1 year break - give it some more time, and then see what happens...kinda like that breakup you really didn't want but know you need time to get things figured out