AJC Peachtree Road Race 2011 Recap

Running — 06 July 2011

On the 4th of July I ran the AJC Peachtree Road Race with a mere 59,999 other folks. You can’t run in the world’s largest 10K and not take fun pictures, right?

Or, have a beer.

Gasp!

It wasn’t until I downloaded my pictures that I noticed a slight theme here. Ahem. You’ll see.

My sister picked me up at 6:45 a.m then we headed to Buckhead to find my father in the sea of people for a pre-race picture.

We found him at his corral and hung out for a few before we jumped into ours.

Hmm, I wonder where I get my ~~love~~ taste for beer?

We started in my sister’s wave so we could run together. Neither one of us were “racing” – it was a little too crowded for that.

We had fun shirts made. Coincidentally, they’re red, white and blue! (thanks Christie!)

Nicole rockin’ her shirt, excited to start!

I also ran in my new Dirty Red skirt – I love the fun slit in the front (thanks @SeeNicRun); and my New Balance 890′s. I officially love them.

Our wave started around 8:45ish. We didn’t get to the mile 1 marker before running by this – a BIG bottle of beer!

We hooked up with the bald eagle spectator dudes who I suspect have a love of beer, too. (They smelled like it.)

The Good Lord was looking out for us runners with a misting of Holy Water. *insert angelic singing here*

And, then it was back to the beer. No keg stands for me or my sister but this guy was having a great time!

We will, however, drink it out of a cup. I just couldn’t in good conscience run by a truck of Sweetwater 420! Gasp!

After conquering “Cardiac Hill” we celebrated! OK, the beer made me smile, too. Ahem.

Miles fly when you’re having fun! I didn’t even see the markers for 2, 3, or 4!

Always a welcomed site!

Right after we finished I ran into K. Rock, a fellow blogger! Shouts out to Felicia who came and said hello, too! It’s always great to meet folks in real life – smiles!

We found Husband and the Kids then went back to the finish line to cheer my dad on! Yay, Dad!

Me and Nicole’s “after” shot! I’m so proud of her – smiles!

She ditched the beer and ~~chased this woman down like a crazy person~~ found a popsicle instead.

After dropping everyone off at their cars Husband took me and the kids to Goldberg’s Deli for a bagel sandwich! YUM!

And of course we ended of the day with some BBQ and what else but BEER!

It was an AWESOME day and a fun run! Already looking forward to next year …

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Wifey

Lorraine "Wifey" Robertson is a wife, mother, writer, author, and runner trying to keep things simple, sexy and sane. She recently lost more than 25 pounds and ran her second marathon - the Chicago Marathon.

(17) Readers Comments

Hangingwithangie
July 6, 2011 at 5:24 pm

So the theme was running right??????? Just kidding, beer seemed to be showing up everywhere. Looks like you had a blast.

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- Wifey
  July 7, 2011 at 10:44 am
  
  Thanks, Angie! The run and the beer were good. Smiles!
  
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Paula @ Eat: Watch: Run
July 6, 2011 at 6:44 pm

Aww! LOVE the shirt!

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- Wifey
  July 7, 2011 at 10:44 am
  
  Thanks, Paula!
  
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fran
July 6, 2011 at 7:36 pm

Good job!!! I had a great time also running!!!

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- Wifey
  July 7, 2011 at 10:45 am
  
  Thanks, Fran! Glad you had fun, too!
  
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Greta
July 7, 2011 at 1:54 am

Sounds like a great day!!!

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- Wifey
  July 7, 2011 at 10:45 am
  
  Thanks, Greta! We had a blast.
  
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Karen
July 7, 2011 at 1:29 pm

Awesome post! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Someday I’m definitely making it to this race. It seems like such an amazing time.

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Michelle @ Crazy*Running*Legs
July 7, 2011 at 4:12 pm

Looks like such a great race!!

Yay for beer

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Krystyn
July 7, 2011 at 5:53 pm

Congrats on a successful run. It looks like such fun, I wonder how people actually race it.

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Morgan @ Operation Hot Mama
July 7, 2011 at 11:22 pm

Love it! As I was reading, I literally said, “mmmmmmm beer…” outloud. Awesome job!

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Felicia Bryant
July 8, 2011 at 4:20 am

Your pics reminded me of all the craziness that makes PRR such a cool race. Meeting you made the race more memorable, getting a shout out in your blog earned you 1,000 cool points. Thanks for the inspiration.

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ashley
July 21, 2011 at 1:29 am

omg.. i think i just have to run this race! sweetwater blue is my faaaave beer!

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ashley
July 21, 2011 at 1:30 am

omg.. i think i just have to run this race! sweetwater blue is my faaaave beer! looks like a blast!

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