The organizers of the New Jersey Marathon have announced a campaign to help towns along the race course that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
The "Restore The Shore" campaign, race organizers US Road Sports & Entertainment say, will include funneling a portion of proceeds from races put on by US Road Sports elsewhere in the country to post-Sandy relief efforts. Those races included the already held Palm Beaches Marathon, January 27's Miami Marathon and March 23's 13.1 New York Marathon (a half-marathon held in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens).
In addition, race organizers say they'll donate at least $10,000 from New Jersey Marathon registrations to boardwalk-restoration projects and other relief work.
The race starts in Ocean Park and runs through eight towns along the Jersey shore, all of which were damaged by Hurricane Sandy in October. In the past, some of the race has been run on boardwalks. Because some of those boardwalks were damaged by Sandy, race organizers might have to alter the course for the 2013 marathon. Race organizers have said that at least 90 percent of the usual course will be used for the 2013 running.
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