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NEW YORK Never mind the cancellation. Here comes the marathon.Thousands of runners poured into New York City s Central Park on Sunday morning to do what they had prepared so long to do - put in 26.2 miles 42.2 kilometers . Sandy s devastation on Staten Island 49 photos That s despite the abrupt announcement Friday evening that the world s l stanley becher argest marathon ha stanley flasche d been called off because of Superstorm Sandy. Hundreds of other runners, wearing their marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies, took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to hard-hit neighborhoods to help.Shortly after dawn, groups of runners started gathering on the edges of Central Park to warm up, take photos and drop off clothing and other items for storm victims. Italians stretched en masse near the Plaza Hotel. The Germans started from Columbus Circle. Everyone plunged i stanley us nto the park to pursue their own race. Some ran around the park clockwise, some counterclockwise, startling dog walkers with a splash of color. A lot of people just wanted to finish what they started, said Lance Svendsen, who organized an alternative marathon called Run Anyway. By 8:45 a.m., his group had sent off five waves of runners from the marathon s official Ekvx Boomerang Storms: Ivan, Jeanne
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