For John Kutner, Courtney Klecha, Eric Wilden, Tara Daly and Roger Borichewski, there were no mile markers to clue them in as to how far they’d run so far, no crowds cheering for them along Long Beach Boulevard, and no clock displaying their finishing time in the parking lot of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. The Long Beach Island 18 Mile Run had been canceled, after all.

“My uncle, who saw the announcement on Facebook, called to tell me Friday that the race was canceled,” said Klecha, who still…