SONIA O’SULLIVAN may have to join the exclusive club of women who have run under two hours and 20 minutes if she is to win the New York City Marathon tomorrow.

A BITTERLY cold wind swept across Manhattan's Central Park yesterday but inside the Tavern on the Green it was blatantly obvious New York had warmed to Sonia O'Sullivan as the assembled media swarmed around her like bees to honey.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN is wise not to set any targets in advance of the New York Marathon, according to Olympic medallist, John Treacy.

Thousands of runners today set off on the New York City Marathon, pledging to ‘‘strike a blow to terrorism’’.

Thousands of runners were today taking part in the annual New York marathon, the city’s biggest event since the World Trade Centre atrocities.