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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.
Among the largest 10K races, the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, United States had over 55,000 participants in 2011, while the Vancouver Sun Run and Bolder Boulder both had close to 50,000 runners. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The popularity of 10K races lies in the fact that, for most adults, the 10K distance is long enough to represent a challenge but ...
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]
Senbere Teferi looked to be mere seconds away from defending her Peachtree Road Race title. An elite runner in a 10K race took a wrong turn meters from the finish. It cost her thousands in prize money
Jeff Galloway in 2011 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 ...
The city hosts college football's annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and the Peachtree Road Race, the world's largest 10 km race. Atlanta was the host city for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics, and Downtown Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park was built for and commemorates the games.
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 ...
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.