Do I believe that it was wrong to wait this late to cancel? Absolutely, it should have been done two/three days ago. But people are forgetting so many different variables. Could you argue more people are now homeless because of the storm than there are runners in the entire NYC Marathon?? I hope the runners who made the trip try and turn this in to something special instead of acting upset about it. Take a ferry and go help clean up Staten Island! What goes around comes around. The respect one would receive if they went over to SI and helped volunteer with a 2012 NYC Marathon jacket would mean the world to some people.
To the people who suggested move the course to four loops around Central Park, sure it sounds like a feasible and great idea, except you forget Central Park took a hit too. My brother lives 2 miles away and said the park is closed because of all the fallen tree damage.
I feel for everyone who traveled, I really do, but this marathon is not above the destruction that Sandy left behind. Help out the victims in any way possible.