The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual 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,New York Road Runners (September 27, 2009). Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-27. 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.The Anlene Orchard Mile has extended its deadline. Women in Sport (June 3, 2008). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.

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 3:47.521981 5th Avenue Mile The second fastest mile run up until then, except downhill. Leann Warren 4:25.31The Magic of the Fifth Avenue Mile. The Mile. Retrieved on September 10, 2014 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 4:28.0Morse, Parker (September 24, 2005). Mottram, Douma-Hussar win on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28. 2006 Kevin Sullivan 3:54.1 Sara Hall 4:28.0Perniciaro, Kerrin (September 30, 2006). Sullivan, Hall win on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28. 2007 Alan Webb 3:52.7 Carmen Douma-Hussar 4:22.8New York Road Runners (September 29, 2007). Webb, Douma-Hussar the winners on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28. 2008 Nick Willis 3:50.5 Lisa Dobriskey 4:18.6Wallack, Rachel (September 22, 2008). Willis and Dobriskey edge out the competition in New York. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28. 2009 Andrew Baddeley 3:51.8 Shannon Rowbury 4:23.3Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue. IAAF/NYRRC (September 27, 2009). Retrieved on 2011-09-25. 2010 Amine Laalou 3:52.83 4:24.12Rowbury defends, Laalou breaks through at Fifth Avenue Mile. IAAF/NYRRC (September 27, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-09-23. 2011 Bernard Lagat 3:50.50 Jennifer Simpson 4:22.3Wallack, Rachel (September 25, 2011). Simpson and Lagat take Fifth Avenue titles. IAAF/NYRRC. Retrieved on 2011-09-25. 2012 Matthew Centrowitz 3:52.4 Brenda Martinez 4:24.2Calderwood, Stuart (September 23, 2012). . IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27. 2013 Nick Willis 3:52.1 Jennifer Simpson 4:19.3Casey, Joseph(September 23, 2013). RESULTS: 5th Avenue Mile 2013 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-23. 2014 Jordan McNamara 3:51.0 4:19.4New York Road Runners (September 13, 2014). Simpson Delivers, McNamara Surprises on Fifth Avenue. Retrieved on 2014-09-13. 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 colspan="6" 2021 Jake Wightman 3:49.5 Jemma Reekie 4:21.6 2022 Jake Wightman 3:49.6 Laura Muir 4:14.82023Josh Kerr3:47.9Jemma Reekie4:19.42024Josh Kerr3:44.3Karissa Schweizer4:14.82025Yared Nuguse3:47.7Gracie Morris4:15.52026Marco Langon3:45.0Jemma Reekie4:13.8

See also New York City Marathon New York City Half Marathon

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

Specific

External links 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 __NOTOC__