NEW YORK ‑ The 26 miles might be the easy part. The biggest challenge for this New York City Marathon on Sunday could be getting to the start, not the finish.
Report by Boston.com
City and race officials said on Tuesday the race is still on, but flying in runners from out of town will be tricky and there may not be a subway to get everyone to the starting line.
Superstorm Sandy shut down transportation, closed airports, flooded streets and left scores of neighbourhoods without power.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it could be four or five days before the subways were running again, which means they may not be available on race day.
Commuter trains may not be operating normally, either.
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The starting line is on Staten Island and about half the entrants normally would take the ferry and others would take buses through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. Both were closed because of flooding.