The Peachtree Road Race has run every July 4th since 1970, when 150 runners started at an old Sears parking lot and 110 finished, a group still honored today as the Original 110. Organized by the Atlanta Track Club, it is now the world's largest 10K, capped at 60,000 participants selected by lottery.
Its size and civic tradition make it one of Georgia's strongest sports rows.
The Peachtree's scale is genuinely unmatched: from 150 starters in 1970, the race cap rose incrementally to 25,000 by 1980, 40,000 by 1990, and 60,000 by 2011, making it the largest 10K road race in the world and requiring an online lottery system just to secure entry
Its signature nonathletic tradition is the annual Peachtree T-shirt, awarded to every finisher since 1971 and chosen through a public design contest since 1995, a garment that has become a genuine badge of pride and an unofficial symbol of Atlanta civic identity
The race also runs a Wheelchair Division, added in 1982, that has produced world records over the decades
The annual Peachtree finisher T-shirt
given to every participant since 1971 and designed through a public contest since 1995
is the race's most iconic tradition and a widely recognized Atlanta cultural symbol
The Original 110
the finishers of the inaugural 1970 race
remain honored figures in the race's ongoing identity
Dates TBA · Usually July
Transit beats driving.
Lightweight, breathable running gear suited to extreme summer heat and humidity; moisture-wicking fabric and a hat or visor are common given the brutal July conditions.
For Peachtree Road Race, choose safe viewing points, watch weather and leave extra time around starts, finishes or releases.
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Peachtree Road Race is listed for July · Summer. Always re-check the official or local source close to travel.
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Atlanta, GA
Medium: 60000
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