Peter Kamais take a big win in the 2010 NYC Half-Marathon on Sunday morning.
Kamais, 33, ran 59:53 to score a surprise victory against a field that included multiple World record-holder and 2007 NYC Half champion Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, who dropped out. 
Gebrselassie, the heavy favorite, led the field through a 14:33 opening 5Km, accompanied by Kamais, Moses Kigen Kipkosgei of Kenya, Mohamed Trafeh of the United States, and Bekana Daba of Ethiopia.
Gebrselassie and Kamais gradually pulled away and ran together over the undulating park terrain. But the legendary Gebrselassie, who set the event record of 59:24 here in 2007, didn’t look entirely comfortable, and after exiting the park in the eighth mile he stepped to the side of the road, holding his chest. Kamais surged into the lead.
“After 10K I knew that I’d win this race. I was feeling comfortable,” said Kamais, who ran 27:09 to win the Brabants Dagblad 10K in Tilburg, The Netherlands, last year. He continued unopposed through Times Square, west on 42nd Street to the flat West Side Highway, and south to the finish in Lower Manhattan.