 The AJC Peachtree Road Race is the world's largest 10-kilometer race (an estimated 60,000 participants in 2019), a title it has held since the late 1970s.The race has become a citywide 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.