Peachtree Road Race

I ran the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th this year. The only other time I ran this 10k was in 2006. It's the largest 10k in the world, with 55,000 runners starting at Lenox Mall in Buckhead and running into Piedmont Park in Midtown. I was in the very last starting group (because I didn't run any races in 2008, I couldn't qualify for a seeded number in the first 10,000).

I rode MARTA to the starting line, and of course, it was late. The only advantage was that when I got to the starting line, pretty much everyone else had already left (even my group). A few stragglers and I showed up and started running without the usual shuffling and slow pace you have at the start of every race.

It also gave the race photographers a chance to snap me without any obstructions. The last time I ran the race, I only had one picture to choose from, and this time I had 10.

Here are the pics.