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The AJC Peachtree Road Race is a 10,000-meter road race. The "south" Peachtree race starts on Peachtree Road at Lenox Square Mall (just south of Lenox Road). The race continues down Peachtree into midtown Atlanta, turning left onto 10th Street for the final kilometer before ending at 10th St. and Charles Allen Drive.
The first three competitors of the women’s elite division of the Peachtree Road Race, a 10-kilometer race held annually in Atlanta on July 4, were approaching the finish line when Teferi, the ...
It was revealed that she gained inspiration by witnessing other runners after driving her children to the race's starting line at the 1988 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race. She immediately made a decision to compete at Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race, the very next year in 1989.
In the 1960s, Barron began her running distance career in Athens for the Georgia Bulldogs.She entered her first large race in the 1970 Peachtree Road Race. [4] As a co-founder of the Peachtree Road Race, [5] Barron was the top female finisher at Peachtree each year from 1970 to 1975 except for 1972 when she was beaten by Gillian Valk. [6]
For the first time in 50 years, Atlanta won't have the Peachtree Road Race on July 4. Here's why that's such a tough loss for the city.
For the first time in history, the Peachtree Junior race will be free for all young runners thanks to a major sponsorship by Microsoft. For the first time in history, the Peachtree Junior race ...
For many years, Galloway has been a key organizer of the Peachtree Road Race, one of the premier 10 kilometer road race events in the United States. Galloway helped the race achieve status as a marquee event by bringing together world-class fields which, in 1977, included Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Don Kardong, and Lasse Virén. This brought ...
Atlanta Track Club Elite (ATC) was founded in 2016 as a group of elite runners competing at the worlds highest level. The group mainly has a focus on the middle distance events of the 800m and 1500m.