New York Road Runners puts on dozens of races a year, including the New York City Marathon.
If those services remain unavailable, New York Road Runners would need to bus runners from a Manhattan location.
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It's the biggest New York Road Runners race since Hurricane Sandy forced the cancellation of the NYC Marathon last fall.
The event is put on by the New York Road Runners, which also puts on the annual New York City Marathon.
But the fury was beginning to undermine a world-class athletic event, not to mention its organizing body, the New York Road Runners.
"It's so objective in a world that doesn't always have that kind of clarity, " said Mary Wittenberg, the president and CEO of New York Road Runners.
The New York Road Runners, host of this weekend's race, will go the extra mile to ensure its competitors have options available for their dietary needs.
Mary Wittenberg, chief executive of the New York Road Runners, had attempted to recast the marathon as a "Race to Recovery" highlighted by a fundraising drive to support relief efforts.
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More than 14, 000 runners started the race, the first major one put on by the New York Road Runners since their signature event, the New York City Marathon, was canceled by Superstorm Sandy.
As evidence of the latter, it was reported by the New York Times that, for the 2010 marathon, the New York Road Runners expressed a willingness to reimburse the police for more of its costs.
While that bid has failed to win approval, Lastoe foresees approval in time for a 2015 race, in part because he said he has received support from Mary Wittenberg, chief executive of New York Road Runners, which runs the ING Marathon.
The New York Road Runners Club, while leaving the ultimate decision to the mayor, has bestowed a new motivation upon the race, making it a tribute to the storm's victims, and creating a charity fund to raise money for post-storm relief efforts.
For most of the daylight hours, the wildlife of the place coyotes, ground squirrels, lizards, road-runners seek rare, small spots of shade.
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The 13.1-mile (21.1km) route started and finish in Anchor Road and takes runners on a harbourside route, which also passes twice under Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Marathons now account for about two-thirds of all road racing prize money, which has encouraged the most talented distance runners to focus on the distance from the start of their careers.
Granted, few runners have won the race on this particular stretch of the road, but several definitive surges on First Avenue have helped separate marathon champions from also-rans (literally).
It's only the eighth road race for the 38-year-old Lagat, who will be joined by 15, 000 runners.
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