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Marietta’s Cawood claims Atlanta half marathon

Andrew Cawood, 34, of Marietta, won the fifth Allstate Life Insurance Atlanta half marathon, which had a course that took runners through Brookhaven and Chamblee, in a time of one hour, 17 minutes, 39 seconds on Sunday morning. Jonathan Koch, of Atlanta, was second (1:18:59) and Paul Duckett of Dallas, ...

Russell praises ATC team, leaves with no regrets

Tracey Russell had no wish to leave Atlanta, the Peachtree Road Race or the Atlanta Track Club.When a recruiter called the Atlanta Track Club executive director in May to ask her to interview in Los Angeles for a similar position, she remembers thinking, “This had better be good because I’m ...

City hopeful Piedmont damage limited

The city of Atlanta’s parks director was hopeful Friday that the damage done to the Piedmont Park meadow by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race will not require significant repair. The grassy area took a beating Thursday morning as close to 60,000 participants in the race, plus volunteers and security, ...

Firefighter Kelvin Samuels and GDOT HERO Bill Gehrmann clean up after an accident on the Downtown Connector on Thursday morning.

Atlanta weather | Flash flood watch extended, soggy weekend expected

A flash flood watch for Metro Atlanta has been extended until Friday night and the rain is expected to continue through Sunday. “This persistent tropical flow will continue for the next several days,” said Channel 2 Meteorologist David Chandley. “We can expect to see an additional 1 to 3 inches ...

Don McClellan finishes 37th AJC Peachtree Road Race

Peachtree Road Race vignettes

THE SWAGIn a first, this year’s The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race was commemorated with a black T-shirt.The five finalists all looked better on a black background, so that color was chosen by the Atlanta Track Club. The winning design, put together by Justin Dunbar and unveiled Thursday, was chosen ...

Another triumph in career of Cherobon-Bawcom

Janet Cherobon-Bawcom lined up Thursday morning with a lot in common with the rank and file of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race. She has volunteered at the Peachtree. She has run all kinds of local road races, from the Charles Harris Run for Leukemia in Tucker to the Run ...

July 4, 2013 - Atlanta, Ga: Moments after the start of the 44th running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race runners fill Peachtree Road at Lenox Square Thursday morning in Atlanta, Ga., July 4, 2013. JASON GETZ / JGETZ@AJC.COM

A safe and successful AJC Peachtree Road race

The hard rains held off and security concerns floated away as 55,000 people ran and thousands more watched the 44th edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race. Atlanta’s sneakered travelers just would not buckle under worries prompted by the Boston Marathon tragedy and a host of nasty weather forecasts. ...

Melanie Careres (left), 33, of Lawrenceville and her 8th PPR, and Jennifer Castleberry, 32, of Athens and her 4th PPR.

2013 AJC Peachtree Road Race: Costumes

Portrait series of people after they finished the AJC Peachtree Road Race on Thursday, June 4, 2013.

AJC Peachtree Road Race | Rain holds off while mud is the biggest worry for runners

The biggest issue for most runners Thursday morning was the mud on their shoes at the end of an otherwise smooth AJC Peachtree Road Race at Piedmont Park. Threats of rain may have thinned the spectator ranks a bit, but there were still several thousands along the route to cheer ...

Peachtree stays calm, (mostly) dry and fun

They ran Thursday’s The Atlanta Journal Constitution Peachtree Road Race for Boston.They ran to defy Mother Nature, who was supposed to bring a monsoon to our annual celebration of patriotism and exhaustion.On Thursday, more than 55,700 competitors — not many of the 60,000 who registered stayed home because of the ...

Boston Marathon felt at Peachtree Road Race

Amid the sea of ponchos and costumes at the 44th annual The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race on Thursday were people wearing “Boston Strong.” Laurie Burnham wore a Boston Strong shirt as she made her way to the start line. She went to college in Boston and considers that place ...