The UAE Healthy Kidney 10K was an annual road running event over 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) that took place in May in New York City in the United States.

[2] The event was launched in May 2005 by New York Road Runners with the sponsorship of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates.

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, a former president of the country, received treatment and a kidney transplant at the Cleveland Clinic in 2000.

[3] He lived until November 2004 and the event was created in his honor soon after, with proceeds from the race going towards the National Kidney Foundation.

It looped southwards past Harlem Meer at the 5 km (3-mile) mark and went south on East Park Drive, passing the Reservoir and Great Lawn and Turtle Pond.