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 Members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) team lined up to race in support of the National Kidney Foundation. Former UAE president Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan benefited from U.S. expertise and research when he received a kidney transplant in 2000. |
 The top qualifiers contemplate the race ahead: Martin Fagan, Matt Gonzales, Craig “Buster” Mottram, and Macharia Yuot. The match-up between two-time Healthy Kidney defending champion Mottram and 2005 USA 10K champ Dathan Ritzenhein garnered much media attention. |
 And they’re off! Ritz and Buster lead the masses’ charge. |
 A few minutes later, runners continue to pour past the line. |
 Yi-Joo Kwon, 61, Korean Road Runners Club, was all smiles. |
 Elena Arredondo, 31, and Rose Pasqua, 25, happily trucking along from the start. |
 Jesus Algarin, 54, waves a gesture that means: a) peace; b) victory; c) “This is so much fun that I want to do two races today”; d) all of the above. Fellow competitors include Stephanie Sherpherd, 23, Carla Brathwaite, 27, and Roy Han, 24, New York Fliers member. |
 Alyssa Hannah, 35, gives a preview of her crossing-the-finish-line pose, while behind her Blake Redding, 24, and Ryan Sylvester, 32, discuss the finer points of race strategy (or something equally compelling). |
 Elisabeth Gennis, 24, ahead of Joshua Levine, 53, both clearly experiencing a runner’s high. |
 A record 5,413 runners finished the race. |
 Putting on the Ritz: Dathan crosses the finish line in 28:08, taking the 10-year-old Central Park record with him. |
 Winner among women, Alemtsehey Misganaw, 26, Westchester Track Club, clocks in at 35:31. She has run all three editions of this race. |
 Two runners from the UAE team, Saif Hamad Salem al Rashedi, 30, and Bader Hareb Saif al Alawi, 23, run hand-in-hand. |
 Cheering from the sidelines encouraged runners at all levels. |
 Aye aye! Mohamed al-Kuwaiti, 31, finishes smiling in 46:47. |
 Erik Sulcs, 39, rehydrates while Andrejs Lazda, 34, New York University, mugs for the camera. |
 Thumbs up from Sachie Sumi, 33. |
 Representatives from the National Kidney Foundation at their booth in Mineral Springs. |
 As the runners rocked out on the course, the band played on. |
 Stephanie Fernandez, 28, down from New Haven, up on shoulders. |
 Leo Schonhaut may be 77, but he can still do 10K in under an hour. |
 The top female finishers (l to r): Michelle Rorke (third), Caroline Bierbaum (second), and Alemtsehay Misganaw (first). |
 The top male finishers: Demesse Tefera (third), Dathan Ritzenhein (first), and Craig Mottram (second). |
 Ritz and his record-breaking time. |
