Morons! It was only canceled after the large public outcry. Not because the race officials or the mayor suddenly came to their senses! It is a big and an important event and what not, but it is like you are having a big event at work or a wedding to go to, if you are sick, you have to face the music and call it off ...
What really sucks is that the runners will already have gotten on their respective planes and possibly into the city by now. They sure could have been told earlier (it was pretty clear on Tues/Wed that this was a no-go). I have a guy in my running group that was scheduled to go and really torn if he should go or canel. I will be curious to hear next week if he finally decided to go and was turned around after his arrival today.
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