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      • Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 1:38PM
      • LetsRun.com
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      • The event is on Saturday in New York.

        NYRR Women's Championship 12:45pm ET
        NYRR Men's Championship 1:00pm ET
        Elite Women 1:15pm ET
        Elite Men 1:30pm ET

        The meet will be on USATF.tv for free if you watch it live. (you have to be a member of USATF.tv pro to watch it on demand).

        The streaming info and a link to live results is here:

        https://www.letsrun.com/?p=125463

        Here are the elite fields.

        Top Professional Men’s Runners

        Name Personal-Best Mile Twitter Handle
        Matthew Centrowitz, USA 3:50.63 @MattCentrowitz
        Leo Manzano, USA 3:50.64 @Leomanzano
        Nate Brannen, CAN 3:52.63 @natebrannen
        Chris O’Hare, GBR 3:52.91 @chrisohare1500
        Ben Blankenship, USA 3:53.13 @benfblankenship
        Robby Andrews, USA 3:53.16 @RA_Andrews
        Cory Leslie, USA 3:53.44 @cory_leslie
        Jake Wightman, GBR 3:54.20 @JakeSWightman
        Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, CAN 3:54.52 @charlespt
        Kyle Merber, USA 3:54.76 @TheRealMerb
        Colby Alexander, USA 3:54.94 @okaycolby
        Johnny Gregorek, USA 3:55.57 @JohnnyGregorek
        Riley Masters, USA 3:56.15 @riley_masters
        Donn Cabral, USA 3:56.31 @DonnCabral
        Ford Palmer, USA 3:56.58 @gofordpalmer
        Daniel Winn, USA 3:56.73 @DanielWinn
        Eric Jenkins, USA 3:57.09 @_EricJenkins
        Clayton Murphy, USA 3:57.11 @Clayton_Murph
        Mason Ferlic, USA 4:00.50 @masonferlic

        Top Professional Women’s Runners

        Name Personal-Best Mile Twitter Handle
        Laura Muir, GBR 4:19.12 @lauramuiruns
        Jenny Simpson, USA 4:22.18 @trackjenny
        Lauren Johnson, USA 4:25.04 @JohnsonRunning
        Katie Mackey, USA 4:25.48 @KatieFMackey
        Amanda Eccleston, USA 4:25.64 @AmandaEcc
        Heather Kampf, USA 4:27.23 @HeatherRaeKampf
        Nicole Sifuentes, CAN 4:27.93 @ndsifuentes
        Morgan Uceny, USA 4:27.99 @MUceny
        Kate Grace, USA 4:28.30 @fastk8
        Stephanie Garcia, USA 4:28.47 @steph_steeples
        Rachel Schneider, USA 4:28.50 @rachschneid18
        Cory McGee, USA 4:28.55 @CoryMcGeeRuns
        Shelby Houlihan, USA 4:28.71 @shelbo800
        Stephanie Brown, USA 4:29.06 @misspurplebrown
        Nicole Tully, USA 4:29.78 @NicoleSchappert
        Emma Coburn, USA 4:29.86 @emmajcoburn
        Stephanie Schappert, USA 4:30.07 @stephschapp
        Ashley Higginson, USA 4:30.16 @AshleyHigz
        Hannah England, GBR 4:30.29 @hannengland
        Shannon Osika, USA 4:30.62 @osikashannon
        Emily Infeld, USA 4:31.50 @emily_infeld
        Sara Vaughn, USA 4:34.29 @MomVaughn
        Alison Leonard, GBR 4:38.37 @LENrun800
        Eilish McColgan, GBR N/A @EilishMccolgan
    • Everyone else goes home....
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 3:26PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • Everyone else goes home....
      • Andrews & Eccleston
    • You push donuts?
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 3:39PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • You push donuts?
      • Won't that be Charlie P-T's second mile of this week? He's also running the Canadian 5k champs next week. Ouch.
    • Tired legs
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 4:09PM - in reply to You push donuts?
      • Tired legs
      • You push donuts? wrote:
        Won't that be Charlie P-T's second mile of this week? He's also running the Canadian 5k champs next week. Ouch.
        It might be easier to find people who didn't run earlier this week. Muir, Simpson, Coburn, Garcia and Grace all ran in Zurich. And C P-T's going to be racing a lot of the same folks he raced at the Hoka One.

        Centro got stuck in traffic on the way to an Oriole's game.
    • Portland based runnergirl
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 4:16PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • Portland based runnergirl
      • My picks are Murphy and Muir. Nate Brannen and Katie Mackey are my dark horse picks.
    • jjjjjj
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 4:18PM - in reply to Portland based runnergirl
      • jjjjjj
      • Centro went from Rio to Europe for a 1k, back to NYC for this mile, and then he is going to Brussels to try to get the American record? It does not seem likely with all that travel and limited training.
    • kmaclam
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      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 5:31PM - in reply to jjjjjj
      • kmaclam
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      • Would have been nice to see Mikey Brannigan or Drew Hunter mix it up with these guys, but Mikey's down in Rio for the Paralympics
    • Lots of racing
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 11:33PM - in reply to kmaclam
      • Lots of racing
      • Many of the men ran at Long Island on Wed. Simpson and Muir ran 2 days prior in Europe. Some are just hanging on at the end of a long season. But every year this is the case and even so, every year the race produces fast times and great entertainment.

        Murphy and Centro for top 2. After that it will be interesting. I like Alexander. He is extremely consistent. Never seems to have a bad day and every now and then shocks the hell out of everyone. If he has one of those races like he had at Tracktown a month ago, he could place top 3. Otherwise, Blankenship and Robby are in great shape coming off the Games. O'Hare got 2nd last year although it was a semi-slow year last year.

        Winning time will be 3:51 to 3:52. Maybe even 3:50....
    • Lots of racing
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/2/2016 11:51PM - in reply to Lots of racing
      • Lots of racing
      • Centro wins in 3:52
        Murphy a close 2nd
        3rd Blankenship
        4th Alexander
        5th Merber
        6th Thiboutot
        7thJenkins
        8th Andrews
        9th Palmer
        10th O'Hare
    • hbb
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 12:03AM - in reply to Tired legs
      • hbb
      • Muir and Simpson especially have to be tired after 2 fast races in Europe within a week and the racing and travel from Rio. I would be surprised if they have much left at this point.
    • Downupdownlevel
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 12:26AM - in reply to hbb
      • Downupdownlevel
      • Centro, Murphy, Blankenship, Andrews, Jenkins, Alexander, Merber
    • Wasted
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 12:29AM - in reply to Downupdownlevel
      • Wasted
      • Simpson will win even tho she's wasted. She's pure tough. Centro and Murphy at the wire. Centro FTW. It's his event...for now.
    • Not gonna happen
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 12:45AM - in reply to Wasted
      • Not gonna happen
      • Wasted wrote:
        Simpson will win even tho she's wasted. She's pure tough.
        I'd say it's hard to argue against Simpson, but Muir's showed some grit as well the last few weeks.

        If those two are too pooped to pop, I'm going with Eccleston or Uceny, who were so close in Eugene.
    • Bad Wigins
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      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 1:30AM - in reply to Not gonna happen
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      • USA and Britain only, not one African? Not even an African American by the looks of it.
    • The devil from the details
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 1:43AM - in reply to Bad Wigins
      • The devil from the details
      • Bad Wigins wrote:
        USA and Britain only
        Nice try, but no, that's not it.
        I take it you aren't of a reader or geographer, eh?
    • Look before you leap
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 2:04AM - in reply to Bad Wigins
      • Look before you leap
      • Bad Wigins wrote:
        Not even an African American by the looks of it.
        Centrowitz?
    • Nails on a chalkboard
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 2:46AM - in reply to Look before you leap
      • Nails on a chalkboard
      • Look before you leap wrote:
        Bad Wigins wrote:
        Not even an African American by the looks of it.
        Centrowitz?
        I don't think Centro is African American. I think his mother is from the Caribbean
        or something. I'll bet she's sick of that loud mouthed Matt Sr.
    • Queen of this that and those
      • RE: Official 2016 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile Live Discussion Thread 9/3/2016 3:08AM - in reply to Bad Wigins
      • Queen of this that and those
      • She's also the Queen of Canada and Queen of Australia.