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Wolfe decided on Friday after the race was canceled to run in Danbury. She created a Facebook page, and friends said they would donate $26.20 to support relief efforts. Wolfe created her own 26.2 mile course and wore a GPS watch to calculate her distance. She finished in five hours and 41 minutes.
In less than 24 hours, her Facebook page attracted nearly 250 fans.
“I’ve been training religiously for the last six months,’’ Wolfe said. “But ever since the hurricane came, it’s been hard to think about running the New York City Marathon. I had said all along I was going to do it, but I really disagreed with the decision to keep doing it. I was really glad when it was canceled.”
Wolfe formerly lived in the East Village of New York, one of the regions hit hard by the hurricane. She ran on Saturday so she could enjoy the rescheduled Halloween on Sunday with her children.
Saturday’s run was the first time she ran the distance. She began shortly after 11 a.m., and her route took her through many areas in Danbury.
“When you’re trying to map out 26 miles in Danbury, it’s really far,’’ she said. “And I made a really big mistake. I put Clapboard Ridge in at mile 20, and it’s a really big hill. Mostly I wanted to run on the routes I practiced on. I put a lot of miles on these neighborhood roads.”
Wolfe was supported by a “Wolfe Pack” that cheered her on and waited for her at the finish. At several points, friends joined her on the run. A friend updated her Facebook page throughout the run.
“It was amazing,’’ Wolfe said. “I’m really tired, I’m really sore, and really cold. But that’s nothing compared to the people who are working to rebuild everything they have lost.”
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