10th week of marathon training

Tonight starts my 10th week of marathon training for the Missoula Marathon, which is on July 11th in Missoula, MT. Last year, while training for the San Francisco Marathon (which I registered for), I became sick with a tick-borne disease and was forced to stop training during week 9. Given last year's setback, completing week 9 this year felt like a huge accomplishment.

After reading the FAQ section of the Missoula Marathon's website and finding out that Missoula Marathon registrations can be transferred from one year to another in the event of extraordinary circumstances, I wrote the San Francisco marathon and explained to them what happened to me last year. A few days later, I received an email from the marathon stating that, in keeping with the "industry standard," it's the policy of the marathon to not allow the transferring of registrations from one year to another, but that, given my illness, the marathon would make an exception for me and allow me to run the 2010 San Francisco Marathon. Unfortunately, the San Francisco Marathon is only a few weeks after the Missoula Marathon and, also, a few thousand miles away. I haven't yet responded to the marathon about its offer, but I plan to decline it.