Unfortunately this decision does the exact opposite for me. After years of wanting to do this race but having irreconcilable conflicts each year -- I have even ridden/run the course in anticipation of doing the race -- I had finally committed in my mind to doing it in 2018. But I'm not doing a watered down version of this thing. No Killer Miller? Lame.

I wish we as a sport could keep races like this, but in my opinion this isn't the way to save them.