I decided to sign up for marathon #9 in Mobile, Alabama in August when I got done through hiking the Appalachian Trail. I wanted redemption from the two crappy races I had at the beginning of 2018. The Melbourne (Florida) marathon in February turned into a disaster when the temperature climbed into the upper 80s on race day. The marathon in Atlanta a month later wasn't much better and I was frustrated. In April 2018 I began my Appalachian Trail thru hike and assumed that I would have to begin my run - and triathlon - training from square one, eliminating all the progress I had made.
