Media Race Announced for 2017 AJC Peachtree Road Race

Media Race Announced for 2017 AJC Peachtree Road Race

ATLANTA - June 23, 2017 - You may recognize a few faces at the start line of the AJC Peachtree Road Race. For the second year in a row, Atlanta Track Club has invited Atlanta-based media talent to compete in a start wave of their own. Television, radio and print personalities will vie for the title of fastest media outlet. There are several personalities returning to the media race division as well as some new faces mixed in this year.

The 2017 AJC Peachtree Road Race Media Race competitors are:

Charles Bethea – Outside Magazine
Nick Cellini – 680 The Fan
Hugh Douglas – 92.9 The Game
Craig Lucie – WSB-TV
Kaitlyn Ross – 11Alive
Jonathan Serrie – Fox News
Derek Van Dam – CNN

The media race will begin at 7:43 a.m. on July 4 between start waves C and D. The 48th running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race will take place on Tuesday, July 4.

About Atlanta Track Club
Atlanta Track Club is a nonprofit committed to creating an active and healthy Atlanta. Through running and walking, Atlanta Track Club motivates, inspires and engages the community to enjoy a healthier lifestyle. With more than 27,000 members, Atlanta Track Club is the second largest running organization in the United States. In addition to the AJC Peachtree Road Race (peachtreeroadrace.org) – the largest 10K running event in the world, the Publix Georgia Marathon, PNC Atlanta 10 Miler and Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon, Atlanta Track Club directs more than 30 events per year. Through the support of its members and volunteers, Atlanta Track Club also maintains a number of community initiatives including organizing and promoting the Kilometer Kids youth running program to metro Atlanta youth, honoring high school cross country and track and field athletes through Atlanta Track Club’s All-Metro Banquets and supporting the Grady Bicycle EMT program. For more information on Atlanta Track Club, visit atlantatrackclub.org.

About the AJC Peachtree Road Race
The AJC 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 finishers. The AJC Peachtree Road Race is now the largest 10K running event in the world with 60,000 participants. The AJC 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 AJC Peachtree Road Race visit peachtreeroadrace.org or AJC.com/peachtree.   

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 1.6 million people each week. Every month, nearly 6.9 million unique visitors access the newspaper's websites, including AJC.com, myAJC.com and accessAtlanta.com. Our newsroom is the largest in Georgia with more than 150 journalists. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is part of Cox Media Group, a publishing, digital media and broadcasting subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises.