Nearly 1,500 New York runners whose race was canceled when Hurricane Sandy devastated the route have been given a second chance with entries into the Philadelphia Marathon.
All 1,454 runners who registered with a lottery were accepted for the Philadelphia contest November18 at 7 a.m. EST, said marathon spokesman Randy Giancaterino in an e-mail. The lottery had 3,000 spaces for the 47,000 runners who had verification that they were entered in the New York City Marathon on November 4.
“All of the runners who registered ultimately were selected for our race,” Giancaterino said.