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Healthy Kidney 10-K Summary Video Posted by NYRR
Posted May 18th, 2008 at 9:30 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Road Racing
Salmini Films has produced a short summary video of yesterday’s Healthy Kidney 10-K in Central Park.
It is posted on the website of the race organizers, New York Road Runners (NYRR), at this link:
http://www.nyrr.org/resources/video/proracing/2008/healthy_kidney.asp
Marathon Ace Goumri Added to Healthy Kidney 10-K
Posted May 12th, 2008 at 6:00 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Road Racing
One of the world’s top marathon runners, Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco, has been added to the field of next Saturday’s Healthy Kidney 10-K, the New York Road Runners announced today. Goumri, who turns 32 on May 21, was the #2 ranked marathoner in the world last year according to Race Results Weekly, finishing second at both the Flora London and ING New York City Marathons.
“Abderrahim returns to New York and the center stage against this formidable field for another step in a career that has been steadily on the rise the past few years,” said NYRR president and CEO Mary Wittenberg through a prepared statement.
Goumri was added to the field in the wake of defending champion Dathan Ritzenhein’s withdrawal due to injury. The speedy Moroccan hold’s his nation’s record for the marathon which he set last April when he finished third at the Flora London Marathon in 2:05:30. He’s no slouch at the 10 km distance, either, also holding his nation’s 10,000m record of 27:02.62. He’s also run 28:34 on the road.
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Injury Forces Ritzenhein Out of Healthy Kidney 10-K
Posted May 8th, 2008 at 3:30 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Road Racing
Defending champion and event record holder Dathan Ritzenhein has been forced to withdraw from the 4th annual Healthy Kidney 10-K scheduled for Saturday, May 17, in New York City.
“We’re very disappointed not to be able to return to New York for the Healthy Kidney 10-K,” Ritzenhein told reporters on a conference call today hosted by the New York Road Runners, the founders and organizers of the race. “With a whole array of ailments, it hasn’t come together in time for me to take on the great field that’s been assembled for the race. Knowing that it might set back my preparation [for Beijing], it was with regret that we made the decision to withdraw.”
Ritzenhein, 25, of Eugene, Ore., said that the injury to the third metatarsal of his left foot, which he sustained at the USA Cross Country Championships in February, has persisted.
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Dathan Ritzenhein Returns to Action to Defend Title at 2008 Healthy Kidney 10K
Posted April 29th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results
U.S Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein will return to the roads of Central Park to defend his title in the Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday, May 17, it was announced today by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg.
Ritzenhein will face stiff competition from an international field that includes ING New York City Marathon 2006 champion Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil and 2007 IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships silver medalist Patrick Makau of Kenya.
Race sponsor Embassy of the United Arab Emirates has once again established a prize-money purse of $23,500—$7,500 for the champion—plus a $20,000 bonus for breaking the Central Park 10K record of 28 minutes, 8 seconds, which Ritzenhein set at last year’s race. Ritzenhein donated his 2007 first-place check of $7,500 to the National Kidney Foundation.
3-Time Champ Loken to Lead Trio of Elite Masters Women at More Marathon on Apr 6
Posted March 28th, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Masters
A trio of leading women over the age of 40 will headline a field of more than 7,000 runners expected to compete in the More® Magazine Marathon + Half-Marathon on Sunday, April 6, in New York’s Central Park, it was announced today by Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York Road Runners. The fifth-annual event is the world’s first marathon exclusively for women over 40.
Two-time Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier Kelly Keeler Ramacier of St. Paul, MN, will take on the hills of Central Park for the first time in the marathon. Three-time defending More Marathon champion Susan Loken of Phoenix, AZ, will put in her final miles before competing in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women’s Marathon on Sunday, April 20. Loken will team with reigning USA masters cross country champion Jody Hawkins of Frisco, TX, in the half-marathon. Runners will be vying for a $12,000 total prize purse, with the marathon winner and the top half-marathon team each earning $2,000.
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Torres, Flanagan Victorious at Central Park Challenge
Posted March 15th, 2008 at 12:50 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Road Racing
At the inaugural Central Park Challenge here today, which incorporated the U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship, Jorge Torres (Pictured) and Shalane Flanagan won their respective races convincingly. But the paths taken to their titles were completely different.
In the men’s race, all eyes were on U.S. mile record holder, Alan Webb, running in only his fourth professional road race and his first race of 2008. Webb was on the lead with Christian Hesch at the first mile (4:36), and was right behind Andrew Carlson at the two mile mark (9:05). Carlson began to push the pace in the third mile (13:37), but Webb and Christian Hesch surged through the 5-K mark (14:10) where primes were awarded for the top-3 men (Webb was first with Hesch just behind).
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Jorge Torres Edges Andrew Carlson for USA Men’s 8K Championship
Posted March 15th, 2008 at 11:30 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results
Building on a strong, second-place performance at the USA Cross Country Championship, Jorge Torres outlasted Andrew Carlson to win today’s USA 8K Championship in Central Park.
Torres earned the 8K national title with a time of 22:41.2, finishing 0.7 seconds ahead of Team USA Minnesota’s Andrew Carlson (22:41.9). Jason Hartmann (22:48), James Carney (22:52.5), and Fasil Bizuneh (23:02.1) completed the top five.
Alan Webb (23:31.3) finished a disappointing 16th in what was only his fourth professional road race and 2008 racing debut. However, David Monti reports that Webb was sick on Thursday night, probably the result of food poisoning. He and his coach, Scott Raczko, considered scratching him from the race, but Alan decided to start. There is little doubt that it affected his performance today.
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Shalane Flanagan Dominates Field at Women’s Invitational 8K
Posted March 15th, 2008 at 10:15 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results
At today’s Central Park Challenge in New York City, Shalane Flanagan continued her early season dominance and won the Women’s Invitational 8K in 25:40.
Katie McGregor finished second in 25:56 and Molly Huddle rounded out the top three (26:07).
Official Results (Top 10 Finishers):
1) Shalane Flanagan - 25:39.7
2) Katie McGrego - 25:55.7
3) Molly Huddle - 26:06.1
4) Amy Rudolph- 26:24.3
5) Carmen Douma-Hussar - 26:27.7
6) Erin Donohue - 26:28.0
7) Firehiwot Tesfaye - 26:31.9
8) Liliya Shobukhova - 26:33.6
9) Aziza Aliyu - 26:43.6
10) Julia Lucas - 26:45.2
Overcast Skies, Chance of Rain for U.S. 8k Champs in NYC
Posted March 15th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results
Weather.com is forecasting cloudy skies, temperatures around 43 degrees Fahrenheit, and 15mph winds for this morning’s 9am start time of the Central Park Challenge in New York City.
Hosted by the New York Road Runners (NYRR’s), the event includes the U.S. Men’s 8k Championship and a separate Invitational Women’s Race.
The top entrants in the men’s national championship are Alan Webb, who will be making his season debut, Jorge Torres, James Carney, Andrew Carlson, and Fasil Bizuneh. Shalane Flanagan comes in as the favorite for the women’s contest, but will face challenges from notables such as Team USA Minnesota’s Katie McGregor and Carrie Tollefson.
A total prize purse of $70,000 will be on the line, with $10,000 going to each race winner.
Torres, Webb lead field for USA Men’s 8 km Champs
Posted March 14th, 2008 at 12:30 PM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results
2005 8 km champion Jorge Torres (Boulder, Colo.) and American Record holder for the mile Alan Webb [Pictured] (Reston, Va.) lead the field for the USA Men’s 8 km Championship in New York’s Central Park this Saturday. This year’s championships, hosted by the New York Road Runners (NYRR) as part of the Central Park Challenge, will see a field of more than 50 U.S. men.
Torres, the 2006 champion at 10,000 meters, will use the 8 km as a final tune-up for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships two weeks later in Edinburgh, Scotland. While Webb will use his second “serious” road-race longer than a mile as he finalizes his base training phase in preparation to make the U.S. Olympic squad for 1,500 meters in Beijing this August.
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