Runners Protest The 2012 NYC Marathon In The Face Of Sandy

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>>Runners Protest The 2012 NYC Marathon In The Face Of Sandy
By Eric Brown | November 02 2012 2:03 PM
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Two days before the annual New York City Marathon is set to begin, the race is seeing considerable opposition from both runners and city officials who feel that a marathon after Hurricane Sandy is a waste of city resources.

The New York City Marathon will require use of the city’s generators, volunteers, and police force in order to operate after Hurricane Sandy. Because many residents in lower Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island are without power or shelter, many are against Mayor Bloomberg’s decision to continue on with the race.

Many runners who registered to compete in the marathon have altered their plans in the light of Hurricane Sandy and will now spend Sunday volunteering in storm-battered areas of Staten Island. The Facebook group NYC Marathon of Relief Efforts (NYC MORE) has organized almost 400 runners in a charitable protest of New York City Marathon.

From the NYC MORE Facebook page [1]: “Runners will show up at the starting line, but will break off en masse at different points of the city to deliver supplies to places hardest hit and without power. This will mean departing from the race, to head to various buildings, running up and down stairs delivering water and canned goods, etc.”<<

http://www.ibtimes.com/runners-protest-2012-nyc-marathon-face-sandy-858254

[warrior1]

1. wow

I'm impressed.

[Skidmore]

2. Bloomberg is flat out wrongheaded on this one.

It is just wrongheaded. Normalcy will come when transportation and distribution networks start being reasonably functional, not because a bunch of runners are in town.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

3. How wonderful and generous.