2010 AJC Peachtree Road Race Schedule of Events
Wednesday, June 30
Last Day for Media Credential Sign-Up
Information on media
credential sign-up is available at
www.atlantatrackclub.org/peachtree/Press_Center.
Friday, July 2
10
a.m. Peachtree Press
Conference (at Peachtree Health and Fitness Expo)
Join Tracey Russell, Race Director of the AJC
Peachtree Road Race, along with members of the 2010 Peachtree Invited Athlete
and Wheelchair Division fields as they discuss highlights of 2010 event.
AmericasMart
230 Spring St.
Building 2, West Wing
Atlanta, Georgia
10 a.m. - 8
p.m. Peachtree Health and Fitness Expo
The Peachtree Health and Fitness Expo has moved
venues to the AmericasMart in downtown Atlanta. Along with featuring more
vendors than ever before and hourly 2010 Peachtree number giveaways, for the
first time in the event’s history, Peachtree participants will be able to pick
up their numbers at the Expo.
AmericasMart
230 Spring St.
Building 2, West Wing
Atlanta, Georgia
11 a.m. - 12
p.m. Media Credential Pick-Up (at
Peachtree Health and Fitness Expo)
AmericasMart
230 Spring St.
Building 2, West Wing
Atlanta, GeorgiaSaturday, July 3
9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Peachtree Health and Fitness Expo
The Peachtree Health and Fitness Expo has moved
venues to the AmericasMart in downtown Atlanta. Along with featuring more
vendors than ever before and hourly 2010 Peachtree number giveaways, for the
first time in the event’s history, Peachtree participants will be able to pick
up their numbers at the Expo.
AmericasMart
230 Spring St.
Building 2, West Wing
Atlanta, Georgia
11 a.m. - 1
p.m. Media Credential Pick-Up
Ritz-Carlton Hotel - Buckhead
Invited Athlete Suite (Envoy Room)
10 p.m. - 11
p.m. Remote Start for Overseas Races
Tim Singleton, founder of the AJC Peachtree Road
Race, and Major General William Johnson, founder of the Kuwait Division of the
AJC Peachtree Road Race, will remotely start the Peachtree overseas divisions
which are taking place in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. Over 4,000 military
personnel are expected to participate in the overseas edition of the 2010 AJC
Peachtree Road Race.
AJC Peachtree Road Race Start Line
Peachtree Road near the entrance to Lenox Square Mall
Sunday, July 4
6:45
a.m. AJC Peachtree Road Race
- Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division Start
7:30
a.m. AJC Peachtree Road Race
- Footrace Start
Mayor Kasim
Reed is the Honorary Starter for the 2010 AJC Peachtree Road Race.
7:57
a.m. Approximate Time First
Male Runner will Cross Finish
8:01 a.m. Approximate Time
First Female will Cross Finish
8:30 a.m.
Yacht Rock Revue Performs
2010 AJC Peachtree Road Race finishers can
celebrate their accomplishment with Yacht Rock Revue, one of Atlanta’s favorite
bands. Yacht Rock Revue will perform their favorite summer jams of the 70s on
the awards stage beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Awards Stage
(Piedmont Park Meadow)
9:00 a.m.
Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division Awards Presentation
Awards Stage (Piedmont Park Meadow)
9:30
a.m. Unofficial Race Results
Available
9:30
a.m. Footrace Awards
Presentation
Awards Stage (Piedmont Park Meadow)
10:00
a.m. Delta Runway to the World
Winner Announcement
Two hundred and fifty lucky Peachtree
participants will receive a silver race number automatically qualifying them for
the Delta Runway to the World Contest. The winner of the contest receives
airfare for two to Rome, Italy along with four nights hotel stay in Rome. The
winner will be randomly selected on race morning and must be present to win.
Awards Stage (Piedmont Park Meadow)
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About The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree
Road Race is a 10K event that takes place every Fourth of July in Atlanta,
Georgia. The first Peachtree was held in 1970 and featured 110 runners. The
AJC Peachtree Road Race is the largest 10K running event in the world with
55,000 participants. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race is
perhaps most famous for the coveted AJC Peachtree Road Race T-shirt, which is
handed out to all the event finishers. For more information on The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race visit
atlantatrackclub.org or
ajc.com/peachtree .
About the Atlanta Track Club
The Atlanta Track Club is a non-profit
organization established to inspire and engage the community to achieve health
and fitness through running. With close to 10,000 members, the ATC is the second
largest running organization in the United States. In addition to The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race – the largest running event in the US –
and the Atlanta Half Marathon, the Atlanta Track Club directs more than 25
running events per year. For more information on the Atlanta Track Club, please
visit atlantatrackclub.org.
About The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the leading source both in print and
online
of news, information and
advertising for metropolitan Atlanta, reaching a total print and online
audience of nearly 2.2 million people each week. Every month, nearly 2.3 million
unique visitors access the newspaper's Web sites, including
ajc.com and
accessAtlanta.com. The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution is part of Cox Media Group, a publishing, digital media and
broadcasting subsidiary of Atlanta-based
Cox Enterprises.
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