I just launched a new site for a friend of mine. Todd's a fellow bike racer. He called me a few weeks ago and said he'd been awarded the state championship race this year. That's a big deal, especially for a race in only it's third year.

I wasn't surprised to hear that news though. Todd had done a great job running Le Tour de Ste. Genevieve Road Race its first two years.

As is many times the case when you get good news, it's accompanied by a new set of problems. Todd was calling me about one of his problems. He needed help with his web site.

I took one look at what he had and nearly fell out of my chair. The site had been hosted on one of those advertiser supported "free" sites where you enter some text into a few fields, pick a layout/theme from a list, and hit the "Publish" button. Todd needed help.

Le Tour de Ste. Genevieve Road Race has only taken a couple of weeks to put live. We'll no doubt have more to add as we get closer to the race, but it's already getting good reviews and traffic. All the basic information is there and with a click of the home page.