New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Champions Jemma Reekie and Marco Langon

New Balance 5th Avenue Mile champions Jemma Reekie and Marco Langon join a special edition of Set the Pace.

Wondering what broken nails and diamond bracelets have to do with the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile? Guest hosts Carrie Tollefson (Olympian and host of C Tolle Run) and Ali Feller (host of the Ali on the Run Show) find out on this special episode of Set the Pace, recorded live at the New York Road Runners Run Center featuring the New Balance Run Hub.

Carrie and Ali recap race day, then talk with both champions about how each race was won, what the climb and the long finishing straight on Fifth Avenue actually feel like, and what's ahead for each of them this off-season.

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0:00 Intro
0:24 Welcome to the New York Road Runners Run Center
0:56 Guest hosts Carrie Tollefson and Ali Feller
1:45 Carrie on racing Fifth Avenue as a pro
3:16 Why the mile hurts — breaking down the course
4:06 Inside the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile broadcast
6:41 Only in New York: Pierce Brosnan at the finish line
9:17 Race results: the women's field
11:02 Race results: the men's field
11:58 Gemma Reekie, three-time 5th Avenue Mile champion
12:38 A concussion, five weeks off, and a season in doubt
14:16 The European record in Germany
14:44 Belief, and finishing fourth in Tokyo
16:33 Race morning, and a broken nail on the start line
18:17 Inside the race: "Be where your feet are"
19:42 Breaking the course record
20:39 Three wins, and Jenny Simpson's legacy
21:42 Two flags: Scottish and British
23:58 Marco Langon, men's champion
24:47 Boxed in at 500 meters
25:29 "I knew I would win it"
25:57 Meeting his girlfriend at this race
27:09 Turning pro, and the road mile in Düsseldorf
28:16 Racing Jake Hayward, and the mentality behind it
30:44 The team around him
32:09 The fire hydrant at 200 meters to go
33:11 The Diamond District, and Josh Kerr's record
34:37 Altitude in Australia with Cam Myers
36:25 Villanova, the Knicks, and a shared birthday
38:20 Final thoughts from Fifth Avenue