The AJC Atlanta Peachtree Road Race is the largest 10k in the known world, and features 60,000 people running and walking through the streets of humid Atlanta on July 4, 2018. This video features Gwen Jorgensen, 2016 Olympic Triathlon Champion, who has focused on making the US Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020.
Gwen Jorgensen, 10,000 meters, June 21, 2018, photo by Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts
The AJC Peachtree Road Race is managed and produced by the Atlanta Track Club. The 21,000 member Atlanta Track Club produces a fine race series of races in the capital of the South. The Peachtree Road Race is on our country’s Independance Day, and is a celebration in every sense of the word. It is also the US road championships for 10k. ATC’s CEO Rich Kenah has seen to lead by example. His club invites a fine cross section of American distance runners for the US championships.
I really like the Gwen Jorgensen video series. This writer is fascinated with her move from the multi-events to the world of elite marathoning. Her first two 10,000 meters on the track, with a half marathon and some serious mileage for good measure, have been overseen by Coach Jerry Schumacher of the Bowerman Track Club. Coach Schumacher has a method to the madness, and Gwen, Lopez Lomong and Chris Derrick, all members of the Bowerman TC, will be racing tomorrow in Atlanta, Georgia.
