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Fifth Avenue Mile

Summary

The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual 1 mile (1.6 km) road race on Fifth Avenue in New York City, United States. The race begins at 80th Street and heads twenty blocks south to 60th Street. First held on September 26, 1981,[1] the race is currently organized by New York Road Runners. The competition regularly attracts world-class runners, who compete in special heats after the regular age division heats. The Fifth Avenue Mile has also inspired similar events in the same mould, including the Anlene Orchard Mile in Singapore.[2]

Fifth Avenue Mile
Fifth Avenue, looking north from 42nd Street
DateMid-September
LocationNew York City
Event typeRoad
DistanceMile run
Primary sponsorNew Balance since 2016
Established1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Course records
  • 3:47.52 (men)
  • 4:14.8 (women)
Official siteFifth Avenue Mile

The record performances of the race are Sydney Maree's victory at the inaugural race in 3:47.52, and Laura Muir's time of 4:14.8 set in 2022. Jennifer Simpson of the United States has historically been the most successful athlete at the competition, having won 8 races. The winners at the most recent edition in 2023 were Josh Kerr and Jemma Reekie, the third Scottish double in succession after the 2022 victories of Jake Wightman and Laura Muir, and this of Wightman and Reekie, who won the event in 2021.

The Fifth Avenue Mile was originally held in late September or early October. In 2014 it was moved to mid September near Patriot Day. The race has been sponsored by Pepsi (1981), Mercedes-Benz (1986–1991), Discover Card (1994–1996), Donald Trump (1997–1998), Continental Airlines (2005–2010) and currently New Balance (since 2016).[3][4]

Winners edit

Key:   Course record

 
Steve Scott, a former American mile record holder, is a two-time winner.
 
Britain's Paula Radcliffe had back-to-back wins in 1996 and 1997.
 
Jennifer Simpson won the 2011 race after becoming the 2011 World Champion over 1500 m.
Year Men's winner Nationality Time
(m:s)		 Women's winner Nationality Time
(m:s)
1981 Sydney Maree   United States 3:47.52[5] Leann Warren   United States 4:25.31[6]
1982 Tom Byers 3:51.35 Debbie Scott   Canada 4:23.96
1983 Steve Scott 3:49.77 Wendy Sly   Great Britain 4:22.66
1984 John Walker   New Zealand 3:53.62 Maricica Puică   Romania 4:24.35
1985 Frank O'Mara   Ireland 3:52.28 Lynn Williams   Canada 4:25.03
1986 José Luis González   Spain 3:53.52 Maricica Puică   Romania 4:19.48
1987 Peter Elliott   Great Britain Kirsty Wade   Great Britain 4:22.70
1988 Steve Scott   United States 3:53.43 Mary Slaney   United States 4:20.03
1989 Peter Elliott   Great Britain 3:52.95 Paula Ivan   Romania 4:28.25
1990 3:47.83 PattiSue Plumer   United States 4:16.68
1991 Matthew Yates 3:56.75 Alisa Hill 4:31.57
1992 Itamar Da Silva   Brazil 4:00.37 Alicia Kelly 4:43.07
1993 Ron Harris   United States 3:58.0 Lauren Gubicza 4:37.9
1994 Jason Pyrah 3:52.3 Regina Jacobs 4:27.8
1995 Isaac Viciosa   Spain 3:47.8 Sinéad Delahunty   Ireland 4:25.2
1996 3:53.67 Paula Radcliffe   Great Britain 4:26.69
1997 3:53.66 4:22.96
1998 3:55.59 Regina Jacobs   United States 4:20.8
1999 Ben Kapsoiya   Kenya 4:05.4 Alisa Hill 4:41.3
2000 Jason Lunn   United States 4:03.9 Kim McGreevy 4:38.9
2001 John Itati   Kenya 4:02.3 Kim McGreevy 4:39.8
2002 Leonard Mucheru 3:55.2 Grace Njoki   Kenya 4:37.7
2003 John Itati 3:56 Theresa Du Toit   South Africa 4:53
2004 Elarbi Khattabi   Morocco 4:10 Andrea Haver   United States 4:51
2005 Craig Mottram   Australia 3:49.9 Carmen Douma-Hussar   Canada 4:28.0[7]
2006 Kevin Sullivan   Canada 3:54.1 Sara Hall   United States 4:28.0[8]
2007 Alan Webb   United States 3:52.7 Carmen Douma-Hussar   Canada 4:22.8[9]
2008 Nick Willis   New Zealand 3:50.5 Lisa Dobriskey   Great Britain 4:18.6[10]
2009 Andrew Baddeley   Great Britain 3:51.8 Shannon Rowbury   United States 4:23.3[11]
2010 Amine Laalou   Morocco 3:52.83 4:24.12[12]
2011 Bernard Lagat   United States 3:50.50 Jennifer Simpson 4:22.3[13]
2012 Matthew Centrowitz 3:52.4 Brenda Martinez 4:24.2[14]
2013 Nick Willis   New Zealand 3:52.1 Jennifer Simpson 4:19.3[15]
2014 Jordan McNamara   United States 3:51.0 4:19.4[16]
2015 Nick Willis   New Zealand 3:54.8 4:29.0[17]
2016 Eric Jenkins   United States 3:49.5[18] 4:18.3[19]
2017 Nick Willis   New Zealand 3:51.3 4:16.6[20]
2018 Jake Wightman   Great Britain 3:53.5 4:18.8[21]
2019 Nick Willis   New Zealand 3:51.7[22] 4:16.1[23]
2020 New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States)
2021 Jake Wightman   Great Britain 3:49.5 Jemma Reekie   Great Britain 4:21.6
2022 Jake Wightman   Great Britain 3:49.6 Laura Muir   Great Britain 4:14.8
2023 Josh Kerr   Great Britain 3:47.9 Jemma Reekie   Great Britain 4:19.4[24]

See also edit

References edit

General

  • Turner, Chris (2005-09-22). Fifth Avenue Mile races back into the headlines. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-27.

Specific

  1. ^ New York Road Runners (September 27, 2009). Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-27.
  2. ^ The Anlene Orchard Mile has extended its deadline. Women in Sport (June 3, 2008). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  3. ^ Martin Fritz Huber (September 11, 2021). "New York's Magic Road Mile Returns". Outside.
  4. ^ Liam Boylan-Pett (October 2018). "When the Fifth Avenue Mile was Yuuuge". Lope Magazine.
  5. ^ 1981 5th Avenue Mile The second fastest mile run up until then, except downhill.
  6. ^ The Magic of the Fifth Avenue Mile. The Mile. Retrieved on September 10, 2014
  7. ^ Morse, Parker (September 24, 2005). Mottram, Douma-Hussar win on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  8. ^ Perniciaro, Kerrin (September 30, 2006). Sullivan, Hall win on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  9. ^ New York Road Runners (September 29, 2007). Webb, Douma-Hussar the winners on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  10. ^ Wallack, Rachel (September 22, 2008). Willis and Dobriskey edge out the competition in New York. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  11. ^ Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue. IAAF/NYRRC (September 27, 2009). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  12. ^ Rowbury defends, Laalou breaks through at Fifth Avenue Mile. IAAF/NYRRC (September 27, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
  13. ^ Wallack, Rachel (September 25, 2011). Simpson and Lagat take Fifth Avenue titles. IAAF/NYRRC. Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  14. ^ Calderwood, Stuart (September 23, 2012). [1]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  15. ^ Casey, Joseph(September 23, 2013). RESULTS: 5th Avenue Mile 2013 Archived October 31, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
  16. ^ New York Road Runners (September 13, 2014). Simpson Delivers, McNamara Surprises on Fifth Avenue. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
  17. ^ "New York Road Runners Official Race Results".
  18. ^ "Eric Jenkins Upsets Centrowitz in 5th Avenue Mile". September 3, 2016.
  19. ^ "Jenny Simpson wins 5th Avenue Mile in New York to end successful 2016 racing season". September 3, 2016.
  20. ^ "Nick Willis (3:51.3) Wins His 4th Title & Jenny Simpson (4:16.6) Wins Her 6th at the 2017 5th Avenue Mile". September 10, 2017.
  21. ^ "The Run on: The NYRR Blog".
  22. ^ "New York Road Runners Official Race Results".
  23. ^ "New York Road Runners Official Race Results".
  24. ^ "Kerr & Reekie extend 5th Avenue Mile dominance". BBC Sport. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

External links edit

  • New York Road Runners website
  • Winners of the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile at RunnersWeb.com (1981–2009)
  • Historical Fifth Avenue Mile articles from New York Times

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