A friend of mine was driving to the airport this morning to fly up and run the marathon. Listening to the news, he turned around and headed home. The NY Road Runners has offered all entrants the ability to run next year, so he is going to take them up on that offer.

I agree with the sentiment of refusing to be beaten by Sandy. On the other hand, I am quite doubtful they are in a position to pull off all the logistics and support required to put on a marathon in such a dense urban area.

I subscribe to the NY Times (one must monitor the enemy, Larry ) and read the NYRR does not use much in the way of police support, it's mostly volunteers now. So in that respect they would not be taking away from recovery efforts. On the other hand, with public transit still mostly non-existent, how would the volunteers even get to the race?

BTW, the race starts on Staten Island.