Photos: AJC Peachtree Road Race through the years

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Photos: AJC Peachtree Road Race through the years

Photos: AJC Peachtree Road Race through the years

1970: Brian Gamel at the original Peachtree Road Race in 1970. Photo contributed by Brian Gamel

1979: Start of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, July 4, 1979. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

1980: Runners in the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, July 4, 1980. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

1980: Start of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta July 4, 1980. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

1981: Craig Virgin raises his arms in victory as he approaches the finish line in the 6.2-mile Peachtree Road Race run in Atlanta on Saturday, July 6, 1981. Virgin won the race for the third year in a row with a record time of 28:03. (AP Photo/Gary Gardiner)

1981: Start of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, July 4, 1981. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

1981: Finish line in the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, July 4, 1981. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

1980s: Aerial view of runners in the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta in the 1980s. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

1987: Start of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, July 4, 1987. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

1988: Tom Key and his son Simon finishing the Peachtree Road Race in 1988. Credit/Peachtree Road Race

1989: Crowds pack into a MARTA train the day of the Peachtree Road Race, July 6, 1989.

At the end of a Peachtree Road Race in the 1990s, a runner holding two flags enjoys the spray of water as a rainbow appears in the mist outside of Piedmont Park in Atlanta. (John Spink / jspink@ajc.com)

1996: Runners' feet during the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, July 4, 1996. (Special to the AJC/Eric Lesser)

1997: Runners stream down Peachtree Street after the start of the 28th Annual Peachtree Road Race in Buckhead on Friday, July 4, 1997. (AJC Staff Photo/John Spink)

1998: Runners who collapsed or had medical problems were carried off by stretchers to medical areas following the 29th annual Peachtree Road Race in 1998 as The Roaches, a Beatles sound alike band, plays on stage.

1998: Khalid Khannouchi, of Morocco, crosses the finish line to win the Peachtree Road Race in this July 4, 1998 photo in Atlanta.

1998: Bill Bengtson, center, gets wet with other runners following the 29th annual Peachtree Road Race in 1998.

1999: Susie Cump and her husband Michael Joseph Gardiner cross the finish line of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race in 1999. Photo contributed by Susie Cump

2001: Alene Emere, left, of Ethiopia and John Korir battle it out in the final stretch of the Peachtree Road Race on Wednesday, July 4, 2001. Korir won the race. (PHOTO BY BRANT SANDERLIN/STAFF)

2002: Cobb County Firefighters (left to right) Met Clark, Scotty Pope and Johnny Buice ran the entire AJC Peachtree Road Race course in turn out gear and sneakers with empty airtanks as thousands of runners participated in 2002's race.

2003: Kenneth Woods cools off inside and out during the 2003 Peachtree Road Race Friday morning, July 4, 2003. (PHIL SKINNER/AJC staff)

2003: Robert Cheruiyot Kipkoech wins the men's division of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race on Friday morning, July 4, 2003. (BEN GRAY/AJC staff)

One of Saddam Hussein's palaces looms in the distance as members of the Armed Forces run the Baghdad Division of the Peachtree Road Race at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, July 3, 2005. (CURTIS COMPTON/AJC staff)

2005: Race winner Gilbert Okari, center, leads Fabiano Joseph, left, and Linus Maiyo through a spray of water during the Peachtree Road Race July 4, 2005. (Brant Sanderlin /Staff

2005: Barbara Brown, 39, Fayetteville, N.C., 11th MP Battalion, cheers members of the Armed Forces down the home stretch in the Baghdad Division of the Peachtree Road Race at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, July 3, 2005. (PHOTO BY CURTIS COMPTON/staff)

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1970: Brian Gamel at the original Peachtree Road Race in 1970. Photo contributed by Brian Gamel

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