There are plenty of reasons to love LBI’s annual 18 Mile Run, which will kick off for the 41st time on Sunday, Oct. 13 with runners crossing the starting line at 10:30 a.m. in Holgate. In fact, we had no problem coming up with 18 of them.

ONE: It is an 18-mile race. That may seem like a trip to the moon for armchair athletes, but experienced distance runners know that when running a marathon they typically “hit the wall” and deal with physical exhaustion and mental disorientation at about the…