I intended to write this post yesterday when we announced the closing of our website Carolina Cycling News. I wanted the end of 2012 to be focused on good-bye’s and the start of 2013 to be focused on new things emerging in the space created by letting go. However, life doesn’t really divide up in those tidy boundaries we create and of course, a new beginning happens every day when the sun rises.
It is tough to let go of something you poured your heart and soul into when you created it. I took a leave of absence from my graduate school program because of the work involved in creating and running the website. I was also excited about traveling around the Southeast covering bike races and watching Neil race. We did do some of that but 2010 turned out to be a really tough year starting with my dad unexpectedly dying the week after we launched the website and Neil’s dad passing away a few months after his shocking terminal lung cancer diagnosis. Despite Neil receiving the news shortly before we drove up to the Carolinas Cycling Association promoters meeting, we went anyway because we believed in helping race promoters do a better job in getting the word out about their races. Such a surprise to discover that the CCA Board considered our publication competition – what?!
