Runners hiring online witches to cast spells to help them crush Halloween-weekend NYC Marathon

‘Tis the season.Superstitious runners in this year’s New York City Marathon are calling on supernatural support to reverse what forecasters are predicting to be one of the warmest race days of the past decade.Dozens of athletes are hiring “Etsy witches” to work through Halloween and lower the expected 63-degree highs — matching similar temperatures that Chicago marathon racers anguished through earlier this month.Jessica O’Neill Lyublinksy spent $20 on a “perfect weather” spell from a “witch” on the website for her first-ever marathon after witnessing friends buy similar ones for other major life events — including one who bought a spell for her wedding day.“Half of running a marathon, you need a little bit of delusion to get yourself through it, so I’m pretty confident in the spell! Why not?” said O’Neill Lyublinksy, who also asked her witch to throw in some self-confidence and health for the big day.“I figured I’ve been training for this since June and what could hurt?” And the $20 is a small price to pay for the peace of mind — considering she’s spent countless money on sneakers, fuel packs, clothes and roughly $300 race entry fee.

“Manifestation! And some weird things and coincidences have been happening since I hired her,” said O’Neill Lyublinksy, who visited a random shop to buy a race day throwaway sweater only to find one bearing the name of her favorite college bar from her time at Penn State.Sunday is forecast to be warm and sunny with very little wind — and comes at the tail end of a dry stretch that will continue until light sprinkles of rain on Election Day, AccuWeather Senior Meterologist Bill Degger told The Post.Temperatures will be around 50 degrees when the first wave of runners kick off the day at 8 a.m., but will steadily rise to a high of 63 degrees at 3 p.m.That means this year could grab bronze in the race for hottest marathon of the past decade, behind an incredible 74 degrees in 2022 and 65 de...