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Fifth Avenue Mile
Road race
Road race
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolour | #00215a | |
| image | File:5th Avenue 9304.JPG | |
| caption | Fifth Avenue, looking north from 42nd Street | |
| date | Mid-September | |
| location | New York City | |
| type | Road | |
| distance | Mile run | |
| sponsor | New Balance since 2016 | |
| est | ||
| record | {{plainlist | |
| homepage | Fifth Avenue Mile |
- Men: GBR Josh Kerr 3:44.3 (2024)
- Women: GBR Laura Muir & USA Karissa Schweizer 4:14.8 (2022, 2024) The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual 1 mi 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, 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.
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 2025 were Yared Nuguse and Gracie Morris, which was the first United States double since 2016. In 2023, Kerr and Jemma Reekie won, which was 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 men's record in the race is 3:44.3 set by Josh Kerr in 2024. Prior to Kerr's performance, Sydney Maree held the course record at 3:47.52 for 43 years, since the inaugural edition of the race in 1981. The women's record is 4:14.8, set by Laura Muir in 2022, which was tied by Karissa Schweizer in 2024.
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).
Although World Athletics recognises a road mile world record, the Fifth Avenue Mile is a point-to-point course, and is also too steep, meaning times recorded on the course cannot be ratified as a road mile world record.
Winners
Key:
| Year | Men's winner | Nationality | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (m:s) | Women's winner | Nationality | Time | ||||
| (m:s) | |||||||
| 1981 | Sydney Maree | 3:47.52 | Leann Warren | 4:25.31 | |||
| 1982 | Tom Byers | 3:51.35 | Debbie Scott | 4:23.96 | |||
| 1983 | Steve Scott | 3:49.77 | Wendy Sly | 4:22.66 | |||
| 1984 | John Walker | 3:53.62 | Maricica Puică | 4:24.35 | |||
| 1985 | Frank O'Mara | 3:52.28 | Lynn Williams | 4:25.03 | |||
| 1986 | José Luis González | 3:53.52 | Maricica Puică | 4:19.48 | |||
| 1987 | Peter Elliott | Kirsty Wade | 4:22.70 | ||||
| 1988 | Steve Scott | 3:53.43 | Mary Slaney | 4:20.03 | |||
| 1989 | Peter Elliott | 3:52.95 | Paula Ivan | 4:28.25 | |||
| 1990 | 3:47.83 | PattiSue Plumer | 4:16.68 | ||||
| 1991 | Matthew Yates | 3:56.75 | Alisa Hill | 4:31.57 | |||
| 1992 | Itamar Da Silva | 4:00.37 | Alicia Kelly | 4:43.07 | |||
| 1993 | Ron Harris | 3:58.0 | Lauren Gubicza | 4:37.9 | |||
| 1994 | Jason Pyrah | 3:52.3 | Regina Jacobs | 4:27.8 | |||
| 1995 | Isaac Viciosa | 3:47.8 | Sinéad Delahunty | 4:25.2 | |||
| 1996 | 3:53.67 | Paula Radcliffe | 4:26.69 | ||||
| 1997 | 3:53.66 | 4:22.96 | |||||
| 1998 | 3:55.59 | Regina Jacobs | 4:20.8 | ||||
| 1999 | Ben Kapsoiya | 4:05.4 | Alisa Hill | 4:41.3 | |||
| 2000 | Jason Lunn | 4:03.9 | Kim McGreevy | 4:38.9 | |||
| 2001 | John Itati | 4:02.3 | Kim McGreevy | 4:39.8 | |||
| 2002 | Leonard Mucheru | 3:55.2 | Grace Njoki | 4:37.7 | |||
| 2003 | John Itati | 3:56 | Theresa Du Toit | 4:53 | |||
| 2004 | Elarbi Khattabi | 4:10 | Andrea Haver | 4:51 | |||
| 2005 | Craig Mottram | 3:49.9 | Carmen Douma-Hussar | 4:28.0 | |||
| 2006 | Kevin Sullivan | 3:54.1 | Sara Hall | 4:28.0 | |||
| 2007 | Alan Webb | 3:52.7 | Carmen Douma-Hussar | 4:22.8 | |||
| 2008 | Nick Willis | 3:50.5 | Lisa Dobriskey | 4:18.6 | |||
| 2009 | Andrew Baddeley | 3:51.8 | Shannon Rowbury | 4:23.3 | |||
| 2010 | Amine Laalou | 3:52.83 | 4:24.12 | ||||
| 2011 | Bernard Lagat | 3:50.50 | Jennifer Simpson | 4:22.3 | |||
| 2012 | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:52.4 | Brenda Martinez | 4:24.2 | |||
| 2013 | Nick Willis | 3:52.1 | Jennifer Simpson | 4:19.3 | |||
| 2014 | Jordan McNamara | 3:51.0 | 4:19.4 | ||||
| 2015 | Nick Willis | 3:54.8 | 4:29.0 | ||||
| 2016 | Eric Jenkins | 3:49.5 | 4:18.3 | ||||
| 2017 | Nick Willis | 3:51.3 | 4:16.6 | ||||
| 2018 | Jake Wightman | 3:53.5 | 4:18.8 | ||||
| 2019 | Nick Willis | 3:51.7 | 4:16.1 | ||||
| 2020 | New York race cancelled, only virtual race with Strava (COVID-19 pandemic in the United States)}} | ||||||
| 2021 | Jake Wightman | 3:49.5 | Jemma Reekie | 4:21.6 | |||
| 2022 | Jake Wightman | 3:49.6 | Laura Muir | 4:14.8 | |||
| 2023 | Josh Kerr | 3:47.9 | Jemma Reekie | 4:19.4 | |||
| 2024 | Josh Kerr | 3:44.3 | Karissa Schweizer | 4:14.8 | |||
| 2025 | Yared Nuguse | 3:47.7 | Gracie Morris | 4:15.5 |
References
General
- Turner, Chris (2005-09-22). Fifth Avenue Mile races back into the headlines. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-27.
Specific
References
- [[New York Road Runners]] (September 27, 2009). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=54503.html Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-27.
- [http://www.womensportreport.com/women-sport_the-anlene-orchard-mile-has-extended-it-s-deadline_11639 The Anlene Orchard Mile has extended its deadline]. Women in Sport (June 3, 2008). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
- "New Balance 5th Avenue Mile presented by NYRR".
- (2024-09-08). "Josh Kerr smashes 43-year record in winning 5th Avenue Mile".
- Martin Fritz Huber. (2021-09-11). "New York's Magic Road Mile Returns".
- Liam Boylan-Pett. (October 2018). "When the Fifth Avenue Mile was Yuuuge".
- "Certified road events".
- "1 Mile Road - men - senior - all".
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAnHs6eTYgU 1981 5th Avenue Mile] The second fastest mile run up until then, except downhill.
- [https://bringbackthemile.com/news/detail/mile_moment_of_the_month_the_magic_of_the_fifth_avenue_mile The Magic of the Fifth Avenue Mile]. The Mile. Retrieved on September 10, 2014
- Morse, Parker (September 24, 2005). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=32164.html Mottram, Douma-Hussar win on Fifth Avenue]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- Perniciaro, Kerrin (September 30, 2006). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=36428.html Sullivan, Hall win on Fifth Avenue]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- [[New York Road Runners]] (September 29, 2007). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=2/newsid=41914.html Webb, Douma-Hussar the winners on Fifth Avenue]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- Wallack, Rachel (September 22, 2008). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=47808.html Willis and Dobriskey edge out the competition in New York]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=54503.html Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue]. IAAF/NYRRC (September 27, 2009). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
- [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58396.html Rowbury defends, Laalou breaks through at Fifth Avenue Mile]. IAAF/NYRRC (September 27, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
- Wallack, Rachel (September 25, 2011). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=62617.html Simpson and Lagat take Fifth Avenue titles]. IAAF/NYRRC. Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
- Calderwood, Stuart (September 23, 2012). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/centrowitz-and-martinez-take-fifth-avenue-tit]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
- Casey, Joseph(September 23, 2013). [http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250937-5th-Avenue-Mile-2013/article/22325-RESULTS-5th-Avenue-Mile-2013 RESULTS: 5th Avenue Mile 2013] {{Webarchive. link. (October 31, 2015 . [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.)
- [[New York Road Runners]] (September 13, 2014). [http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2014/nyrr-fifth-avenue-mile/race-report/simpson-delivers-mcnamara-surprises-on-fifth-avenue Simpson Delivers, McNamara Surprises on Fifth Avenue]. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
- "New York Road Runners Official Race Results".
- (September 3, 2016). "Eric Jenkins Upsets Centrowitz in 5th Avenue Mile".
- (September 3, 2016). "Jenny Simpson wins 5th Avenue Mile in New York to end successful 2016 racing season".
- (September 10, 2017). "Nick Willis (3:51.3) Wins His 4th Title & Jenny Simpson (4:16.6) Wins Her 6th at the 2017 5th Avenue Mile".
- "The Run on: The NYRR Blog".
- "New York Road Runners Official Race Results".
- "New York Road Runners Official Race Results".
- "Kerr & Reekie extend 5th Avenue Mile dominance". BBC Sport.
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