Indigenous runners' heartache over New York Marathon

After months of training, and with the backing of a large team of supporters through the Indigenous Marathon Project, six Indigenous men and two Indigenous women from communities around Australia were in New York for Sunday's event,

But there's been a last-minute decision to cancel it because of the effects of Super Storm Sandy.

One of the runners, Nat Heath, says he believes New York mayor Michael Bloomberg should have made a firm decision on whether to cancel the Marathon days ago.

He spoke to SBS Radio's Michael Kenny soon after learning of the cancellation.