September 4, 2025 • 9 mins
Tim McLoone talks with Mendte in the Morning about the 2025 New Balance 5th avenue mile this Sunday that will be broadcast on 710 WOR.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm very excited and wor is very excited about the
twenty twenty five new balanced fifth Avenue Mile. This Sunday,
September seventh, it could be heard right here on seven
to ten Woar from noon to one pm. It's be
the first time this is going to be heard on radio.
And I'm excited also to work with Tim mcclun he' said.
(00:23):
Listen to this celebrated restaurant tour in New Jersey. He's
in the New Jersey Hall of Fame. He's a musician,
he's a humanitarian, he's a sports enthusiast, and oh, by
the way, he coaches high school track in his spare time. Tim,
you are the kind of guy that makes the rest
of us feel inferior, like we made bad life choices,
(00:46):
like we should have done more in our lives compared
to you.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I know I agree with you.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
As not what you were supposed to say years.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I do most of that stuff for free.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Yeah, but not the restaurants, right, I mean the restaurants.
Tell us where your restaurants are?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Well, we have. This is all gonna sound terrible, No,
we have. We have ten of them, mostly on the
Jersey Shore. I have one in West Orange and the
rest of them are all down here.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
That's county. Before we get to the race, tell me,
how did you do?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Hell have you been doing? Recently? There's been a lot
of talks about the economy. There's been a lot of
talks about tariffs. Were you up down about the same?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
We were soft? Definitely uh above being honest with you,
Two of our places had a positive view. The other
eight were down, not significantly, but just enough to make
you worry a little bit. It all started back in December.
Whether it was political or not, I have no idea.
(01:55):
But in the weather, even though we only had one
snow episode this winter, it was jeweary all the time.
It's just too much. Every day it was cloudy. So January, February, March,
which are tough for us anyway, we're worse than usual.
So here we go with the summer right, and June
was the worst once arguably the worst June we've ever had.
(02:16):
And July, you know, it just never got there. And
the last weekend was fantastic, thank goodness for it, but
you can't make a business in one week. I don't know.
We didn't feel the tariffs. I don't think that they've
climbed into our world at any rate, because most of
our product is fresh and it's local, so we're not
(02:37):
going to feel that anyway.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
No, I don't think anybody felt the tariffs that much.
There was all this doom and gloom and the prospect
of it turning the economy, but I don't think anybody did.
Let's enough about this. Let's let's talk about the race
now to no that I don't think that was going
in a place that we wanted to go. So let's
talk about We have enough politics in this show. Let's
(02:59):
let's talk about the race, the twenty twenty five New
Balanced fifth Avenue miles. So you did the race last year,
you did the marathon last year, and so you're an
old pro at this. So I'm really really counting on
you to carry me.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Well, you're in big trouble. No.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I heard you're tremendous. I heard you're wonderful. Are you excited?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah? I mean I was there for the first one.
I didn't run on it. But Fred Leebow was a
brilliant man, the original founder of the New York Road
Rounds Club. Here and Allen Steinfeld were way ahead of
the world with all this stuff. The original Five Borough Marathon,
I honestly forget what year it was. I think it
was seventy six, but I ran in it. And it
(03:49):
was Fred's idea to take this thing into the streets
and to let the community see what goes on. And
now I can tell you all these years later, like
I have got a son and a daughter who both
lived in the city, and they say that marathon Sunday
is their favorite day of the year. I would have
never guessed something like that. You know, when we were
in races where there'd be one hundred and two people
(04:10):
in the race, thirty five people in the race, and
all of a sudden, this thing explodes. So the Fifth
Avenue mile was the next piece of it. He wanted
people to see these world class runners. And I don't
know if it was his idea or who's, but running
down Fifth Avenue what the heck? Right, It's hard for
the runners, as you can imagine if you're used to
(04:30):
spending your whole life running on an oval, you know,
that's just one lap that goes four hundred meters a
quarter of a mile when you get on a long straightaway.
I only ran one of them thank God. When you
get on a long straightaway, you just don't know where
the finish line is. I mean you can see it,
but it seems like it's never going to get there.
It's psychologically very difficult for runners to run in a
(04:54):
straight line. And then the other part of it is
that there's undulations on the course. There's an uphill set,
it's not a big deal, but Schist Avenue does go
up and down a little bit, so that's also something
else that they have to deal with.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Yeah, that's fascinating that you brought this up, because we
had a pre production meeting and there was a world
class runner involved and she said exactly what you were saying,
that you can figure out where you are in the
race and your strategy and what you should be doing
and what you should be gearing up, and when you
should really break into a sprint by the lapse, and
(05:29):
when there are no laps, you lose that.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yeah, I mean there'll be a marker there, they'll say
quarter mile, but it just feels weird, you know. As
I said, I only did it once. I was like,
I'm not doing this again. And they pointed out at
that meeting that very often the fastest milers don't win
this race. Most times. They don't win it for that
very reason. They're used to this different kind of pacing,
(05:55):
and that a person who's more road runner oriented, who
does five k's on the road, ten k's on the
road something like that, has actually has an advantage, and
I think the advantage is physical as well as mental.
The fact that the course does undulate it would throw
off a regular you know, because a lot of other
people in this race are eight hundred meters runners, not
(06:16):
the full sixteenth, so it'll be really not I say
sixteenth that's where high school runs, sixteen hundred meters, not
the full mile. But that's what's fascinating about it. I
don't think it's really clear who's going to win this time,
and that's always fun. They also have that bonus money
for halfway.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Yeah, I got.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Did you hear that far?
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:43):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
The thing is, I don't want people to think that
this is just a professional race. I mean, we're going
to be on for an hour from noon to one,
but there's like a party. It starts at seven in
the morning and there are heats all day long, so
they're going to be regular, average day people. Running, you know,
in all the different age groups. Then there's gonna be
the media miles. You're gonna see people from you know,
New York media running. There's the Broadway Mile. You're gonna
(07:06):
see Broadway stars running down Fifth Avenue and guess what,
then they're gonna go and they're gonna do their matinee
on Sunday right after that, which is just incredible. So
it is.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Yes, yes, she is.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Hey.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
You know, if she wins, we might even be able
to get to talk to her after. So you know,
so the first half of our show is just gonna
be bringing you all these heats, all the excitement of
the streets why you want to come around to the city,
and then we're gonna you know, dive into the professional race.
So it's gonna be a really fun, fun hour, and
I really hope everybody joins us because it's gonna be a.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Blast and all the things that happened earlier, even though
even though we're on for an hour, we're going to
have we're gonna be talking about the interviews. It's gonna
be really it's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Natalie Migliori is going to be out on the streets
for us, because who else would we want out there
talking to the people, even FDN uh F, d n
Y and NYPD. They have a competition and they're gonna
be out racing and we're gonna talk to them too.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
A ton of fun. Tim, let me just tell you
what happened there. We were not doing a good enough
job promoting the race, and so Natalie jumped in to
correct us and make sure that we promoted the race.
And she is the pro. And we have to listen
to Natal. You probably figured that out from last year.
Always listened to Natalie. Tim has known me for a
(08:21):
long time.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
And I am a marathon I am a runner's wife.
I do not run myself, but I live with a
distance runner who runs every single day, has run many marathons,
and I've gotten really into it because they're fun to watch.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
I'll never do it, but I like to watch. Well,
look at Tim.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Fascinating.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
I'm sorry, what did you say?
Speaker 2 (08:49):
I were saying? Aren't their feet really fascinating? My wife?
Feet may the hips?
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Well, Tim, I'm excited about it. I haven't got to
meet you in person. I can't wait to meet you.
I can't wait to work with you. I'm really excited
about the race. That's what I heard, but I'll brace
for it. Tim McClune, celebrated restaurant tour musician, humanitarian and
sports enthusiasts. Thanks for your time, my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Take care everybody, By Natalie again.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
The twenty twenty five new balanced Fifth Avenue Mile this Sunday,
September seventh, can be heard right here on sevent to
ten WR from noon to one pm.
I'm very excited and wor is very excited about the
twenty twenty five new balanced fifth Avenue Mile. This Sunday,
September seventh, it could be heard right here on seven
to ten Woar from noon to one pm. It's be
the first time this is going to be heard on radio.
And I'm excited also to work with Tim mcclun he' said.
(00:23):
Listen to this celebrated restaurant tour in New Jersey. He's
in the New Jersey Hall of Fame. He's a musician,
he's a humanitarian, he's a sports enthusiast, and oh, by
the way, he coaches high school track in his spare time. Tim,
you are the kind of guy that makes the rest
of us feel inferior, like we made bad life choices,
(00:46):
like we should have done more in our lives compared
to you.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I know I agree with you.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
As not what you were supposed to say years.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I do most of that stuff for free.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Yeah, but not the restaurants, right, I mean the restaurants.
Tell us where your restaurants are?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Well, we have. This is all gonna sound terrible, No,
we have. We have ten of them, mostly on the
Jersey Shore. I have one in West Orange and the
rest of them are all down here.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
That's county. Before we get to the race, tell me,
how did you do?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Hell have you been doing? Recently? There's been a lot
of talks about the economy. There's been a lot of
talks about tariffs. Were you up down about the same?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
We were soft? Definitely uh above being honest with you,
Two of our places had a positive view. The other
eight were down, not significantly, but just enough to make
you worry a little bit. It all started back in December.
Whether it was political or not, I have no idea.
(01:55):
But in the weather, even though we only had one
snow episode this winter, it was jeweary all the time.
It's just too much. Every day it was cloudy. So January, February, March,
which are tough for us anyway, we're worse than usual.
So here we go with the summer right, and June
was the worst once arguably the worst June we've ever had.
(02:16):
And July, you know, it just never got there. And
the last weekend was fantastic, thank goodness for it, but
you can't make a business in one week. I don't know.
We didn't feel the tariffs. I don't think that they've
climbed into our world at any rate, because most of
our product is fresh and it's local, so we're not
(02:37):
going to feel that anyway.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
No, I don't think anybody felt the tariffs that much.
There was all this doom and gloom and the prospect
of it turning the economy, but I don't think anybody did.
Let's enough about this. Let's let's talk about the race
now to no that I don't think that was going
in a place that we wanted to go. So let's
talk about We have enough politics in this show. Let's
(02:59):
let's talk about the race, the twenty twenty five New
Balanced fifth Avenue miles. So you did the race last year,
you did the marathon last year, and so you're an
old pro at this. So I'm really really counting on
you to carry me.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Well, you're in big trouble. No.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I heard you're tremendous. I heard you're wonderful. Are you excited?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah? I mean I was there for the first one.
I didn't run on it. But Fred Leebow was a
brilliant man, the original founder of the New York Road
Rounds Club. Here and Allen Steinfeld were way ahead of
the world with all this stuff. The original Five Borough Marathon,
I honestly forget what year it was. I think it
was seventy six, but I ran in it. And it
(03:49):
was Fred's idea to take this thing into the streets
and to let the community see what goes on. And
now I can tell you all these years later, like
I have got a son and a daughter who both
lived in the city, and they say that marathon Sunday
is their favorite day of the year. I would have
never guessed something like that. You know, when we were
in races where there'd be one hundred and two people
(04:10):
in the race, thirty five people in the race, and
all of a sudden, this thing explodes. So the Fifth
Avenue mile was the next piece of it. He wanted
people to see these world class runners. And I don't
know if it was his idea or who's, but running
down Fifth Avenue what the heck? Right, It's hard for
the runners, as you can imagine if you're used to
(04:30):
spending your whole life running on an oval, you know,
that's just one lap that goes four hundred meters a
quarter of a mile when you get on a long straightaway.
I only ran one of them thank God. When you
get on a long straightaway, you just don't know where
the finish line is. I mean you can see it,
but it seems like it's never going to get there.
It's psychologically very difficult for runners to run in a
(04:54):
straight line. And then the other part of it is
that there's undulations on the course. There's an uphill set,
it's not a big deal, but Schist Avenue does go
up and down a little bit, so that's also something
else that they have to deal with.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Yeah, that's fascinating that you brought this up, because we
had a pre production meeting and there was a world
class runner involved and she said exactly what you were saying,
that you can figure out where you are in the
race and your strategy and what you should be doing
and what you should be gearing up, and when you
should really break into a sprint by the lapse, and
(05:29):
when there are no laps, you lose that.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yeah, I mean there'll be a marker there, they'll say
quarter mile, but it just feels weird, you know. As
I said, I only did it once. I was like,
I'm not doing this again. And they pointed out at
that meeting that very often the fastest milers don't win
this race. Most times. They don't win it for that
very reason. They're used to this different kind of pacing,
(05:55):
and that a person who's more road runner oriented, who
does five k's on the road, ten k's on the
road something like that, has actually has an advantage, and
I think the advantage is physical as well as mental.
The fact that the course does undulate it would throw
off a regular you know, because a lot of other
people in this race are eight hundred meters runners, not
(06:16):
the full sixteenth, so it'll be really not I say
sixteenth that's where high school runs, sixteen hundred meters, not
the full mile. But that's what's fascinating about it. I
don't think it's really clear who's going to win this time,
and that's always fun. They also have that bonus money
for halfway.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Yeah, I got.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Did you hear that far?
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:43):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
The thing is, I don't want people to think that
this is just a professional race. I mean, we're going
to be on for an hour from noon to one,
but there's like a party. It starts at seven in
the morning and there are heats all day long, so
they're going to be regular, average day people. Running, you know,
in all the different age groups. Then there's gonna be
the media miles. You're gonna see people from you know,
New York media running. There's the Broadway Mile. You're gonna
(07:06):
see Broadway stars running down Fifth Avenue and guess what,
then they're gonna go and they're gonna do their matinee
on Sunday right after that, which is just incredible. So
it is.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Yes, yes, she is.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Hey.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
You know, if she wins, we might even be able
to get to talk to her after. So you know,
so the first half of our show is just gonna
be bringing you all these heats, all the excitement of
the streets why you want to come around to the city,
and then we're gonna you know, dive into the professional race.
So it's gonna be a really fun, fun hour, and
I really hope everybody joins us because it's gonna be a.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Blast and all the things that happened earlier, even though
even though we're on for an hour, we're going to
have we're gonna be talking about the interviews. It's gonna
be really it's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Natalie Migliori is going to be out on the streets
for us, because who else would we want out there
talking to the people, even FDN uh F, d n
Y and NYPD. They have a competition and they're gonna
be out racing and we're gonna talk to them too.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
A ton of fun. Tim, let me just tell you
what happened there. We were not doing a good enough
job promoting the race, and so Natalie jumped in to
correct us and make sure that we promoted the race.
And she is the pro. And we have to listen
to Natal. You probably figured that out from last year.
Always listened to Natalie. Tim has known me for a
(08:21):
long time.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
And I am a marathon I am a runner's wife.
I do not run myself, but I live with a
distance runner who runs every single day, has run many marathons,
and I've gotten really into it because they're fun to watch.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
I'll never do it, but I like to watch. Well,
look at Tim.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Fascinating.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
I'm sorry, what did you say?
Speaker 2 (08:49):
I were saying? Aren't their feet really fascinating? My wife?
Feet may the hips?
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Well, Tim, I'm excited about it. I haven't got to
meet you in person. I can't wait to meet you.
I can't wait to work with you. I'm really excited
about the race. That's what I heard, but I'll brace
for it. Tim McClune, celebrated restaurant tour musician, humanitarian and
sports enthusiasts. Thanks for your time, my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Take care everybody, By Natalie again.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
The twenty twenty five new balanced Fifth Avenue Mile this Sunday,
September seventh, can be heard right here on sevent to
ten WR from noon to one pm.
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