New York City's Fifth Avenue Mile

In case the radio hasn't bashed you over the head with this information yet: these streets will make you feel brand new - it's a concrete jungle where dreams are made of. And also, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. 
That's right, it's New York City. The best running city in the country, despite common prejudices against pollution and high rents, and in one of the three times each year that the New York Road Runners shuts down at least one major road in Manhattan, many of the world's best milers converge on one of the most expensive streets in the world: Fifth Avenue.
This year comes with a larger field than normal on the women's side, with 19 women entered as of this writing, including the winners of four of the last five years returning to try to claim another title.
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