Healthy Kidney 10K Professional Gallery

[Race Coverage]

6,251 runners started the 2008 Healthy Kidney 10K, and the invited professional men’s field went quickly to the front.	Patrick Makau of Kenya went quickest of all: He ran his first mile in a scorching 4:22.	Makau was aiming for Dathan Ritzenhein’s 28:08 Central Park record, set in the 2007 Healthy Kidney race. A new record would come with a $20,000 bonus.	The chase pack included many local-resident Ethiopians and Kenyans; Richard Kiplagat (far left), from Kenya, attended Iona College and lives in New Rochelle, NY.
Makau went through halfway (5K) all alone in 13:54—well under pace for the record—but the Harlem Hills took their toll. He held on for the win in 28:19, 11 seconds outside Ritzenhein’s mark.	Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil, the winner of the ING New York City Marathon 2006, made up ground on Makau in the late stages. He took second in 28:31.	Kiplagat improved on his fifth-place finish in 2007 to third place this year in 29:08.	Wegayehu Tefera of Ethiopia, younger brother of 2007 third-place finisher Demesse Tefera, sprinted hard to hold down fourth place in 29:20.
Another Ethiopian, Worku Beyi, finished between the Teferas in fifth place (29:22). Demesse Tefera (not shown) ran 29:25 for seventh.	Dagne Alemu, also of Ethiopia, was sixth in 29:23.	Andrew Lemoncello is not from Ethiopia—he’s from Scotland. He ran 29:28 for eighth place.	Linus Maiyo of Kenya had an off day; his 29:33 was far from his personal best, but it still earned him a ninth-place finish.
Jason Hartmann of Eugene, OR, was the first American finisher—10th in 29:38.	Josh Moen of Readlyn, IA, ran with Hartmann for much of the race and took 11th in 29:41.	Luke Humphrey of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project was the third American and 12th overall in 29:44.	USA 15K champion Andrew Carlson, recovering from illness, took 13th in 29:51.
Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco, who ran a 2:05:30 marathon in April, was recovered enough to finish 14th in 29:51.	The top three men posed at the awards ceremony with representatives of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, which sponsors the race in support of kidney-disease research and awareness.