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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race is a 10-kilometer run held annually in Atlanta, Georgia on July 4, Independence Day. The AJC Peachtree Road Race is the world's largest 10 kilometer race (an estimated 60,000 participants in 2011),〔 a title it has held since the late 1970s.〔(Peachtree Fun Facts )〕 The race has become a city-wide tradition in which over 70,000 amateur and professional runners try to register for one of the limited 60,000 spots. The event also includes a wheelchair race (known as the Shepherd Center wheelchair division), which precedes the footrace. In recent years the race also has a special divisions for soldiers stationed in the Middle East. The race attracts some of the world's elite 10K runners and has served as both the United States' men's and women's 10K championship. Children can participate in Peachtree Junior 3K race, held in late May or early June. == History == The Peachtree Road Race was started in 1970 by Atlanta Track Club. The first year approximately 110 runners ran from the old Sears building at the corner of Peachtree Road and Roswell Road to Central City Park (now Woodruff Park). The race was sponsored by Carling Brewery. The next year the race increased to 198 runners. Organizers used the sponsorship money to purchase T-shirts but underestimated the number of participants. T-shirts were given out to the first finishers until they ran out. In 1972 the organizers only ordered 250 T-shirts but 330 runners ran the race. In 1974 the event grew to 765 runners; in 1975 there were over 1,000 runners.〔 In 1976 Carling Brewery dropped its sponsorship of the race and the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' began sponsoring the race, bringing added coverage and popularity to the race. That year over 2,300 runners competed. In 1977 over 6,500 runners competed, overwhelming the capacity of Central City Park. As a result, in 1978 the course was moved to starting at Lenox Square and finishing at Piedmont Park. In 1979 the race attracted over 20,000 runners. In 1980 the number of participants was limited to 25,000 runners, which continued until 1990. In 1982 the Shepherd Center wheelchair division was formed for the race.〔 File:Old_Peachtree_Road_Race_Logo.gif|Race logo design after the AJC became the main sponsor File:peachtree road race.jpg|Former race logo used from ????-2008 File:Peachtree_Road_Race_Logo_Color.jpg|Former race logo used from about 2009-2014 The race became so popular that by 1989 the race reached capacity in only nine days and Atlanta Track Club increased the limit to 40,000 in 1990. In 1992 it expanded to 45,000 runners; in 1995 it expanded to 50,000 runners, followed by a 10% expansion in 1998 to 55,000 runners; it would not be until 2011 that the capacity was expanded to 60,000.〔 The AJC Peachtree Road Race has become an event important in Atlanta culture. In addition to the 60,000 participants there are approximately 150,000 observers who line both sides of the entire course to cheer and support the runners.〔(Peachtree 10K )〕 Some runners deliberately wear costumes, many of which are patriotic (due to the event occurring on Independence Day). The entire race is also televised on WXIA-TV.〔 The race hosted the (USA Men's 10 km Championship ) in 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peachtree Road Race」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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