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Atlanta Beltline race early Saturday morning

July 15, 2011

It will be cops versus firefighters Saturday morning for the second Atlanta Beltline Running Series event – the Southwest 5K run/walk through the historic West End and Westview neighborhoods.

The run features a friendly competition between the Atlanta Police and Fire Departments and the local media.

The event kicks off at 7:30 a.m and participants are encouraged to arrive no later than 6:45 a.m. for parking, registration and number pick-up.

Registration is at Brown Middle School, 765 Peeples St., S.W.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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