Anyone running the Peachtree RR Course in 7/4?

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3 years ago 07/02/2020 1:58pm EDT

The Peachtree 10k is one of the big races I try to do every year on July 4. This year it’s postponed until Thanksgiving but I’m still planning to run a 10k on Saturday. I just got an email from the ATL Track Club encouraging people to run & post about their “personal Peachtree” but discouraging us from trying to run the actual course. This had briefly crossed my mind but there is all kinds of Traffic/stoplights/don’t walk signs on Peachtree Street. I don’t know, maybe in the very early morning hours of a holiday you could try to run through most of them. Is anyone actually planning to try this? Anyone done anything similar?

3 years ago 07/02/2020 2:01pm EDT

re: ATLien

Why wouldn't you just do a 10k loop through like the Beltline into like Piedmont Park? You can't possibly want to do a 10k where you will constantly get stopped at lights.

3 years ago 07/02/2020 2:02pm EDT

re: ATLien

I'll be out on Columns Saturday.

Thought about it but I didn't want to be "that guy" seeing how our numbers are going. Also, Peachtree is a shiteshow of lights, walksigns etc.

That 10K can turn into a 20k real quick unless you're dropping a car in midtown beforehand so an even earlier start would be needed to get back to wherever you decided to start from before traffic becomes insane.

3 years ago 07/02/2020 2:05pm EDT

re: Swim Bike Run

Probably would be safer to do 10k in the breakdown lane on I-75. I am serious.

3 years ago 07/02/2020 2:24pm EDT

re: ATLien

To clarify, I’m not planning to run the actual PTRR course for most of the reasons listed. Just wondering if anyone was. I live in midtown ATL which is really convenient post-Peachtree. I have a few good hilly loops mapped out around Piedmont Park but have been trying to steer clear of the belt line ever since I ran in it last month and it was crazy crowded.

3 years ago 07/02/2020 2:32pm EDT

re: ATLien

ATLien wrote:
To clarify, I’m not planning to run the actual PTRR course for most of the reasons listed. Just wondering if anyone was. I live in midtown ATL which is really convenient post-Peachtree. I have a few good hilly loops mapped out around Piedmont Park but have been trying to steer clear of the belt line ever since I ran in it last month and it was crazy crowded.

I live in Atlanta, but had to leave town and won’t be there for the 4th. If I was there I would consider running along the sidewalks lining the course as an easy run, but I wouldn’t do the actual course and I wouldn’t try to time trial it.

3 years ago 07/02/2020 4:13pm EDT

re: rare

rare wrote:
ATLien wrote:
To clarify, I’m not planning to run the actual PTRR course for most of the reasons listed. Just wondering if anyone was. I live in midtown ATL which is really convenient post-Peachtree. I have a few good hilly loops mapped out around Piedmont Park but have been trying to steer clear of the belt line ever since I ran in it last month and it was crazy crowded.
I live in Atlanta, but had to leave town and won’t be there for the 4th. If I was there I would consider running along the sidewalks lining the course as an easy run, but I wouldn’t do the actual course and I wouldn’t try to time trial it.

Safe travels, be careful out there.

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