The finish line doesn’t just have water and t-shirts.
There are also plenty of Georgia-grown peaches. Volunteers are tossing them to racers with a smile and a cheer.
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Mary Helene is a reporting intern working with the Crime & Public Safety team and a student at Mercer University. She has previously worked as a reporter for AL.com and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Cluster, Mercer's student newspaper.
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