The 10km Peachtree Road Race is an annual 4th of July tradition in Atlanta. Organised by the Atlanta Track Club, it attracts an incredible 55,000 entrants!
The race is the length of Peachtree Road (from Lennox Square to 10th Street). Application forms are printed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper on the third Sunday of March and many more than the 55,000 limit apply. The first 45,000 received are automatically entered; the remaining 10,000 places are balloted from all the other applications received before 31 March.
