Fifth Avenue Mile

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 (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

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.
YearMen's winnerNationalityTime
(m:s)		Women's winnerNationalityTime
(m:s)
1981Sydney Maree United States3:47.52[5]Leann Warren United States4:25.31[6]
1982Tom Byers3:51.35Debbie Scott Canada4:23.96
1983Steve Scott3:49.77Wendy Sly Great Britain4:22.66
1984John Walker New Zealand3:53.62Maricica Puică Romania4:24.35
1985Frank O'Mara Ireland3:52.28Lynn Williams Canada4:25.03
1986José Luis González Spain3:53.52Maricica Puică Romania4:19.48
1987Peter Elliott Great BritainKirsty Wade Great Britain4:22.70
1988Steve Scott United States3:53.43Mary Slaney United States4:20.03
1989Peter Elliott Great Britain3:52.95Paula Ivan Romania4:28.25
19903:47.83PattiSue Plumer United States4:16.68
1991Matthew Yates3:56.75Alisa Hill4:31.57
1992Itamar Da Silva Brazil4:00.37Alicia Kelly4:43.07
1993Ron Harris United States3:58.0Lauren Gubicza4:37.9
1994Jason Pyrah3:52.3Regina Jacobs4:27.8
1995Isaac Viciosa Spain3:47.8Sinéad Delahunty Ireland4:25.2
19963:53.67Paula Radcliffe Great Britain4:26.69
19973:53.664:22.96
19983:55.59Regina Jacobs United States4:20.8
1999Ben Kapsoiya Kenya4:05.4Alisa Hill4:41.3
2000Jason Lunn United States4:03.9Kim McGreevy4:38.9
2001John Itati Kenya4:02.3Kim McGreevy4:39.8
2002Leonard Mucheru3:55.2Grace Njoki Kenya4:37.7
2003John Itati3:56Theresa Du Toit South Africa4:53
2004Elarbi Khattabi Morocco4:10Andrea Haver United States4:51
2005Craig Mottram Australia3:49.9Carmen Douma-Hussar Canada4:28.0[7]
2006Kevin Sullivan Canada3:54.1Sara Hall United States4:28.0[8]
2007Alan Webb United States3:52.7Carmen Douma-Hussar Canada4:22.8[9]
2008Nick Willis New Zealand3:50.5Lisa Dobriskey Great Britain4:18.6[10]
2009Andrew Baddeley Great Britain3:51.8Shannon Rowbury United States4:23.3[11]
2010Amine Laalou Morocco3:52.834:24.12[12]
2011Bernard Lagat United States3:50.50Jennifer Simpson4:22.3[13]
2012Matthew Centrowitz3:52.4Brenda Martinez4:24.2[14]
2013Nick Willis New Zealand3:52.1Jennifer Simpson4:19.3[15]
2014Jordan McNamara United States3:51.04:19.4[16]
2015Nick Willis New Zealand3:54.84:29.0[17]
2016Eric Jenkins United States3:49.5[18]4:18.3[19]
2017Nick Willis New Zealand3:51.34:16.6[20]
2018Jake Wightman Great Britain3:53.54:18.8[21]
2019Nick Willis New Zealand3:51.7[22]4:16.1[23]
2020New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States)
2021Jake Wightman Great Britain3:49.5Jemma Reekie Great Britain4:21.6
2022Jake Wightman Great Britain3:49.6Laura Muir Great Britain4:14.8
2023 Josh Kerr  Great Britain 3:47.9 Jemma Reekie  Great Britain 4:19.4[24]

See also

References

General

Specific

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  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). . 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.
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