The annual NYC Marathon will be run on Sunday, November 4th but something new has been added - or subtracted - according to the Road Runners Organization. In the past the group would arrange to bring your personal effects from starting point Verrazano Bridge to finishing line Central Park. Last year this exercise in logistics required 76 UPS trucks to carry belongings of 47,000 runners. This created a traffic logjam around Central Park resulting in complaints from residents, etc. This year that practice will be discontinued. Instead, the runners will be offered a wrap, a fleece lined poncho and a kiosk to make that important phone call. These new amenities will be covered in the increased entry fee. On top of that the NYPD wants more for the services they perform. One has to think of all the runners who come from afar and have no valet or local contact to retrieve their effects. The earlier practice caused a bottleneck for all parties and the new rules are provoking vocal protests. So stay tuned for further developments.
tjs
Next - Will return after Labor Day holiday weekend.
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