Healthy Kidney 10K


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Healthy Kidney 10K
Distance running stars from around the world assembled for the third annual Healthy Kidney 10K (l-r): Ireland’s Martin Fagan, Matt Gonzales of the U.S., two-time defending champ Craig “Buster” Mottram of Australia, Macharia Yuot of Sudan.
Healthy Kidney 10K
Mottram, 2004 U.S. Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein, and six-time IC4A champ Richard Kiplagat of Kenya bolted to the front; American marathon record-holder Khalid Khannouchi ran off Ritz’s shoulder.
Healthy Kidney 10K
The “King of the Kidney,” Mottram, 26, had narrowly missed the Central Park record (28:10) in 2006, running 28:13 …
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… and he seemed determined to make it a three-peat this year, running at or near the front over the first half of the hilly course.
Healthy Kidney 10K
But Ritzenhein, 24, had other ideas, and made a bold move near the 4-mile mark, gapping Mottram by 10 yards.
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Ritzenhein was returning to competition following a stress reaction in his foot. He had stayed fit by running on a special treadmill designed to minimize impact—and he proved today that the training had paid off.
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Ritzenhein’s crossed the line in 28:08 for his first-ever win in NYC. He won $7,500 for the victory and a $20,000 Central Park record bonus from the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, the race’s sponsor.
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Mottram finished second in 28:25. "I ran well today," he said. "I just got beat by someone who ran better."
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The surprise third-place finisher was Demesse Tefera, a 24-year-old resident of the Bronx and member of the Westchester Track Club. A native of Ethiopia, he set a PR of 28:31 and led WTC to the men’s team title.
Healthy Kidney 10K
Chala Lemi, 20, of Ethiopia, ran 28:38 to finish fourth.
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Kiplagat, 26, the 2006 CVS/pharmacy Downtown 5K winner, was fifth in 28:41.
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Gonzales, 25, who missed much of the past year due to injury, was happy with his sixth-place finish, in 28:50.
Healthy Kidney 10K
Fagan’s time of 28:54 placed him seventh overall. The top seven men (all of whom broke 29:00) will be invited to run a 10K road race in the UAE in December.
Healthy Kidney 10K
Andrew Letherby, 33, of Australia, who sometimes trains with Mottram, finished eighth in 29:16.
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New Zealand’s Michael Aish, 30, a two-time Olympian, was ninth in 29:23.
Healthy Kidney 10K
A native of Long Island, 27-year-old Patrick Gildea lives in Tennessee but represents the New York Athletic Club and races in NYC when he can. He was 10th today, in 29:29.
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Stephen Chemlany, 24, of Kenya, placed 11th in 29:43.
Healthy Kidney 10K
Macharia Yuot, 25, a resident of Philadelphia, is a native of Sudan and fled that country during the civil war that would ultimately take two million lives. Yuot ran 29:49 to finish 12th today.
Healthy Kidney 10K
Khannouchi, 35, recovering from an injury that caused him to drop out of April’s Flora London Marathon, was 14th in a time of 30:06.
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Ritzenhein’s 28:08 eclipsed a 10-year-old Central Park 10K record. He donated his $7,500 champion’s prize to the National Kidney Foundation, the beneficiary of the race.