An NYRR spokesman said the organization declined to comment, and Wittenberg couldn't be reached for comment.
Casey Wittenberg and Ryan Palmer also were at 9-under and still had to finish their rounds.
Wittenberg qualified for the trials in 1988 as a 25-year-old attorney fresh out of law school.
As it stands, adjustments may need to be made to the plans for Sunday's race, Ms. Wittenberg said.
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In the past Ms. Wittenberg said the race has used 1, 500 police officers.
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They were joined by Jason Gore, Casey Wittenberg, Aaron Barber and Scott Parel.
Wittenberg attended the Boston Marathon last week, even sitting in the stands on Boylston Street across from where the explosives detonated.
One notable reaction came from Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, who runs a global management consultancy, 20-first, that helps companies achieve greater gender balance.
Since joining NYRR in the 1990s, when Rudolph Giuliani was mayor, Wittenberg said that its character has been shaped by political leadership.
Take Wittenberg, a university town where Luther started the Reformation, and where Prince Hamlet, allegedly, studied with his chums Rosenkranz and Guildenstern.
By the time that happened, about four hours after the race had begun, Wittenberg was on board a train back to New York.
As Wittenberg points out, engaged employees are more likely to stay, put more effort into the job and handle ambiguous situations with greater integrity.
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According to Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland, two of the most prominent exponents of this position, it is not enough to smash the glass ceiling.
"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.
But the eyes of the marathon industry are fixed on Wittenberg, whose five-borough race features larger numbers of runners and spectators than any other in America.
Evan Wittenberg, vice president, people, at Box.com, reinforces that message.
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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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"If colleges do not adapt to shifting demographics and the weak economy making families more price sensitive, there will be fewer institutions, " Wittenberg President Laurie Joyner said in an interview.
At a press conference with NYRR CEO Mary Wittenberg, deputy mayor Howard Wolfson acknowledged that the controversy over the marathon had become a distraction, and played a role in its cancellation.
"It is with an especially heavy heart that we're here to say there will not be a 2012 New York marathon, " a shaken-looking Ms. Wittenberg said at an evening news conference.
Mary Wittenberg, director of the New York City Marathon, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal this week that she is "always touching base" with the NYPD to update their security plans.
"When you're out in front first, you get to define the territory, and CBS was amazingly successful with that, " says Wittenberg University's Matthew Smith, editor of Survivor Lessons: Essays on Communication and Reality Television.
Questions about security remain undetermined, said Wittenberg.
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.
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