In a close race for both the women and men's division, two-time 1500 meter US Champion Shannon Rowbury triumphed in the women's field of the Continental Airlines 5th Avenue Mile, and Andy Baddeley has been announced the winner in the men's division. Rowbury finished in 4:24; Baddeley ran a 3:52 mile. The 29th New York Road Runners Continental Airlines 5th Avenue Mile race drew many amateur and professional runners to a starting line in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side of Manhattan this morning. The course headed from East 80th Street along Central Park down 5th Avenue to East 60th Street.
Rowbury and Baddeley were among 15 Olympic athletes, including Americans Christin Wurth-Thomas, Matt Tegenkamp, and Lopez Lomong, who crowded the professional field, which was the last of several heats that comprised this race.
The race kicked off with the wheelchair/handcycle race, followed immediately by the children's run at 9 a.m. The morning continued with heats divided by gender and age group and was rounded off with the NYRR Road Mile Championships and Professional categories shortly after noon. Mzungo.orgs America CEO Uli cruised the mile in 04:42!
5th Avenue Mile Video History
Watch the 2008 Race HERE
Watch the 2007 Race HERE
Watch the 2006 Race HERE
Watch the 1981 Race HERE
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