Episode 489
Peachtree Road Race
Wed, 2018-Sep-05 00:24 UTC
Length - 1:51
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Wednesday, 5 September 2018 is Peachtree Road Race.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race( AJC ) is a 10-kilometer run held annually in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 4, Independence Day. The AJC Peachtree Road Race is the world's largest 10-kilometer race (an estimated 60,000 participants in 2011), a title it has held since the late 1970s. The race has become a citywide tradition in which over 70,000 amateur and professional runners try to register for one of the limited 60,000 spots. The event also includes a wheelchair race (known as the Shepherd Center wheelchair division), which precedes the footrace. In recent years, the race also has a special divisions for soldiers stationed in the Middle East. The race attracts some of the world's elite 10K runners and has served as both the United States' men's and women's 10K championship.
Children can participate in the Peachtree Junior 3K, 1/2K or 50m Dash, held in May.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:24 UTC on Wednesday, 5 September 2018.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachtree_Road_Race.
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