The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race will take place on Independence Day, July 4, 2025. Photo provided by Atlanta Track ClubA tradition like no other is back again. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race takes place on Independence Day every year and has done so for the past 55 years, but the first competition starts online.Registration for the 56th annual Peachtree Road Race (PTRR) opened yesterday, April 1, and will run through April 30. Runners, walkers, first-timers, and longtime veterans of the country’s most popular 10K have the opportunity to secure one of the 55,000 spots. There are two ways to register for the race: one will guarantee a spot, the other offers a chance to run.Members of the Atlanta Track Club will receive guaranteed entry to the race. Registrants have the opportunity to join online to lock their spot in the race. The other option, the race lottery system is what it says it is: you never know if your number is called.More than 48 million Americans participate in the sport of running, according to data from Statista, a digital data website.Perspective from behind the final group to leave the starting line outside Lenox Square, July 4, 2023. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta VoiceThe annual Peachtree Health & Fitness, which takes place around the race, is moving closer to the PTRR starting line at Lenox Square for the first time. From July 2 at noon to July 4 at 11 a.m., Peachtree Road from Lenox Pkwy. to Lenox Road will be closed to better create a festival/block party atmosphere for race weekend.“We want to make it accessible to as many people as possible,” Atlanta Track Club CEO and PTRR Race Director Rich Kenah said about bringing the expo to the starting line. There are plans to erect circus-like tents on the grounds of Lenox Square. With 6,000 parking spaces onsite, it will make picking up race bibs, for example, a lot easier than it has been in the past, especially for people unfamiliar with traveling through Downtown in a car. “We’re trying to mimic what you see in Boston and London,” Kenah said during an interview with The Atlanta Voice. Kenah also spoke about the updates to the race experience, including a new post-race celebration in Piedmont Park.“This is the world’s largest 10K, but more importantly, this is how Atlanta celebrates the Fourth of July,” Kenah said. The Peachtree Road Race is the largest 10K in the country. Photo provided by Atlanta Track ClubThe post ‘This is how Atlanta celebrates the Fourth of July’: Peachtree Road Race registration is now open appeared first on The Atlanta Voice. ...read more read less