ADVISORY: Stephen Sambu and Sam Chelanga to Preview UAE Healthy Kidney 10K Professional Athlete Race at NYRR RUNCENTER

WHAT: NYRR RUNTalk: Train Like an Elite

Athletes will share training and racing anecdotes, as well as offer a behind-the-scenes look of everything that comes with being a professional athlete in the sport of running. A media availability with the athletes will follow.

WHEN: Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.

WHO: Sam Chelanga (USA): Top U.S. finisher at 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships; Stephen Sambu (KEN): 2014 UAE Healthy Kidney and 2016 United Airlines NYC Half champion; Beverly Ramos (PUR): Team New Balance Olympian and Puerto Rican marathon and half-marathon record-holder; Natosha Rogers (USA): 2012 NCAA 10,000-meter champion

WHERE: NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub

320 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

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WHAT: UAE Healthy Kidney 10K ( Link to Race Page)

WHEN: Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

WHO: More than 8,000 runners, including a professional athlete field that includes four Olympians who will be chasing a $10,000 first-place prize

WHERE: Central Park

Race Start: East Drive near 69th Street

Race Finish: 72nd Transverse near Bethesda Fountain

PRESS INFO: Please RSVP to NYRR’s Stuart Lieberman at slieberman@nyrr.org with your race-day coverage plans in order to obtain a media credential.