The UAE Healthy Kidney 10K was an annual

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event over 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) that took place in May in

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in the

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. The event featured both an elite-level men's race and a general mass race for

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ners. Almost 8000 runners took part in the event each year. Its course is situated entirely within

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. It was one of two major annual 10K races held at the venue by the

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Club, alongside the women-only New York Mini 10K.Grotewold, Sam (May 2009
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''Running Times''. Retrieved on 2012-05-19. The event was launched in May 2005 by New York Road Runners with the sponsorship of the Embassy of the

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Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, زَايِد بِن سُلْطَان آل نَهْيَان, Zāyed bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati politician, statesman, and philanthropist who served as ...

, a former president of the country, received treatment and a kidney transplant at the

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in 2000. He lived until November 2004 and the event was created in his honor soon after, with proceeds from the race going towards the

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. The course for the race was a single-looped circuit on the paths and roads within the park, comprising a little over one full lap of the park in a clockwise direction. Runners started in the south-west corner of Central Park, heading north past

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and

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via West Park Drive. It looped southwards past

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at the 5 km (3-mile) mark and went south on East Park Drive, passing the Reservoir and

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. The course reached the 5-mile mark just before Central Park's Bandshell. Runners turned back north after Wollman Rink, reached the 6-mile mark at the start line, then crossed the finish line near the

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. The first two editions of the men's race were won by

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became the first American to win the race and Patrick Makau became the first African the year after. Ethiopians

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and Gebre Gebremariam ran course records under 28 minutes to win in 2009 and 2010. Phoenix Kipruto of Kenia set the course record at 27:08 minutes in 2018, the fastest record eligible 10k ever run on US soil. The event does not actively invite an elite women's field, due to the proximity of June's New York Mini 10K women's race, but elite level female athletes who are resident in the area typically take part. Ethiopia's Senbere Teferi holds the women's course record of 30:59 minutes, set in 2019. The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the

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. It was not held in 2021 either. In 2021, the NYRR were in a crisis due to COVID-19 related revenue drops, layoffs and accusations against senior management. After changes in management, NYRR planned to cull races if sponsor do not align with the organization's values. It decided in fall 2021 not to hold the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K in 2022, which may be related to the UAE's human rights record., November 6, 2021 The event has not returned since. NYRR introduced the ''NYRR Manhattan 10K'' in 2022, which also takes place in Central Park, but in February. Other races by NYRR held in Central Park are the ''NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K'' in January and ''Grete's Great Gallop'', a 10-kilometer race in August commemorating

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Past winners

Key:

Race finishers

References

;List of winners
Healthy Kidney 10 km
Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-05-23). Retrieved on 2012-05-19.

External links

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