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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

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Makau Wins, But Ritzenhein’s Record Still Stands

Posted May 17th, 2008 at 12:09 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

Given that it was his first trip to the United States, Patrick Makau wanted to make sure it was a memorable one. So, on a glorious spring morning in Central Park here, the silver medalist from last year’s IAAF World Road Running Championships bolted from the start of the 4th annual Healthy Kidney 10-K to attack Dathan Ritzenhein’s one year-old course record. A $20,000 bonus awaited him at the finish line if he could break 28:08, a very solid mark considering the difficulty of the course.

“The course record is not so hard,” Makau said at the pre-race press conference last Thursday.

The 23 year-old Kenyan from Ngong rocketed through the first mile –which is uphill– in 4:23, instantly opening up a big gap on the field. Makau didn’t let up, running the second mile in 4:24 and the third (which includes a significant climb in the north end of the park) in 4:31. By the time he hit the 5-K in 13:51 he was 23 seconds up on Ritzenhein’s record.
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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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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.

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Record for Ritzenhein in NYC; Tops Mottram & Khannouchi at Healthy Kidney 10k

Posted May 19th, 2007 at 11:39 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Dathan Ritzenhein broke a ten year-old record here today, winning the third annual Healthy Kidney 10-K in 28:08.

Ritzenhein, 24, of Eugene, Ore., ran the second half of the hilly one-loop course around Central Park in 13:54, shaking off two-time champion Craig Mottram of Australia in the final kilometer. Ritzenhein ran the final 400m uphill in 68 seconds to surpass Paul Koech’s 1997 Central Park record of 28:10 set at the Trevira Twosome 10-K on essentially the same course. He also bettered Mottram’s race record of 28:13 set last year, and his own personal best of 28:11.
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Podcast 51: Pre-Healthy Kidney 10k Interview w/ Khalid Khannouchi

Posted May 18th, 2007 at 3:12 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode 51 of The Final Sprint Podcast features an interview with Khalid Khannouchi, arguably the best marathoner in history, and also marks the beginning of TFS’ LIVE coverage of tomorrow’s Healthy Kidney 10k.

Khalid, a former marathon and 20k world record holder, is also the only man to ever run under 2:06 in the marathon on three occasions.

On Saturday, Khalid will make his NYC racing debut at the before mentioned NYRR Healthy
Kidney 10k in Central Park where will face a competitive field that also includes Australia’s Craig Mottram and U.S. Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein.

In the interview Khalid talks about how his health has progressed since an injury forced him out of April’s Flora London Marathon, a desire to turn his season around, preparing for the race and why it has taken so long for the NYC metro area resident to enter a race in the city.

Download the podcast to hear Khalid speak about these topics, as well as, his race strategy, what it’ll take to top Mottram and Ritz, plans for the rest of the season and this fall’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in NYC.

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Khalid Khannouchi
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 5.3 MB
Length: 07:36

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Healthy Kidney 10-K Start List

Posted May 17th, 2007 at 10:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

The following athletes are expected to start Saturday’s Healthy Kidney 10-K in New York City’s Central Park. A $20,000 bonus is on the line if the winning man breaks Paul Koech’s Central Park record of 28:10:

Mottram, Craig, AUS
Ritzenhein, Dathan, USA
Khannouchi, Khalid, USA
Kiplagat, Richard, KEN
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Khannouchi to make professional NYC road racing debut this weekend

Posted May 14th, 2007 at 12:37 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Former marathon world record holder and the only man to break 2:06 three times for the distance, Khalid Khannouchi, will make his professional road racing debut in New York City on Saturday at the third edition of the Healthy Kidney 10-K, event organizers announced today.

“At long last, America’s fastest marathoner will run here in New York City as our hometown favorite,” commented Mary Wittenberg, the president and CEO of the New York Road Runners.

At Saturday’s race, Khannouchi, 35, will face a stiff challenge from 2005 IAAF World Championships 5000m bronze medalist, Craig Mottram of Australia, and U.S. Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein. The field also contains American up-and-comers Matt Gonzeles, Patrick Gildea and Justin Young, plus a group of international challengers led by Michael Aish of New Zealand, Richard Kiplagat of Kenya and Andrew Letherby of Australia. Some of the top Tri-State club runners are also expected to take part.
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Mottram & Ritzenhein to face-off at Healthy Kidney 10-K on May 19th

Posted April 25th, 2007 at 9:26 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Two of the most promising young stars in distance running, Craig Mottram and Dathan Ritzenhein, will face-off at the Healthy Kidney 10-K on Saturday, May 19, event organizers announced here today. It will be the third edition of this popular road race which raises money for the National Kidney Foundation, Inc., and last year recorded nearly 5,000 finishers.

“Today we announce two of the brightest stars in the sport today,” said Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York Road Runners, which organizes the event. Speaking at a press luncheon at the New York Athletic Club she added: “Dathan and Mottram add a special spark.”

Mottram, the 2005 IAAF World Championships bronze medalist at 5000m, and Ritzenhein, the 2005 U.S. 10 km road running champion, have only faced each other twice in their young careers, and both times the tall Australian has had the upper hand. At the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Mottram finished 22nd to Ritzenhein’s 62nd, and at the Carlsbad 5000 the same year, Mottram finished second to Ritzenhein’s seventh.

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