AJC Live360: At the AJC Peachtree Road Race

Welcome to the AJC Live360: At the AJC Peachtree Road Race coverage. Here you'll find updates from the AJC staff as well as tweets and photos from everyone at the event. Note: Comments from those on-site at the event are live. While the AJC staff will work to ensure that all inappropriate language and comments are removed, there may be some delay or misses.

3rd & 7 37yd

Good luck #runners !!! the wheelchair division just started the Peachtree Road Race! #ajcprr #10k

by ninaseele via twitter 7/4/2013 10:47:32 AM
From AJC reporter Doug Roberson:

With the rain holding off for a little while, the 44th Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race started with the wheelchair athletes at 6:45 a.m.

Temperatures were in the high 60s-low 70s.

The women’s professional footrace division is scheduled to start at 7:17 a.m., followed by the men’s pro division at 7:30 a.m.

The 6.2-mile course will begin at Lenox Square and finish at Piedmont Park.

The weather, which is expected to stay moderately clear until 10 a.m., combined with an increased police presence after the tragic events in Boston earlier this year is giving this year’s race a slightly different feel than in year’s past.

Meteorologists predicted heavy rains today. The race hasn’t experienced rain since 1994.

Many runners were joking on twitter that they were ready for the AJCPRR biathlon: running and swimming. But the rain stopped around 5:30 a.m.

by Michelle Ewing, AJC 7/4/2013 10:47:38 AM
Good luck #ajcprr @cijibhnee !

by DennisMurray via twitter 7/4/2013 10:47:50 AM
We are committed! #endthetrend #runningintherain #ajcprr http://instagram.com/p/bV1iaao-Oz/

by andylanders41 via twitter 7/4/2013 10:47:50 AM
Getting ready to run the peachtree road race this morning. What's a little rain? #flashflooding #peachtreeroadrace

by petercombs via twitter 7/4/2013 10:48:21 AM
At the starting line. Just over 10 minutes to race time

by Chelsea Cariker, AJC 7/4/2013 10:48:40 AM
I think it's finny that my feet are noticed b4 my outfit #ajcprr http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUv1ujCcAAIFuP.jpg

by Ashley McLure via twitter 7/4/2013 10:48:43 AM
I would be dead without this. #ChickFilA #EARLYWorkFlow #PeachtreeRoadRace http://instagram.com/p/bV1srPgBGm/

by jewliawest via twitter 7/4/2013 10:49:04 AM
Ready or not, here I run! Stay dry, my friends! #Peachtreeroadrace #rainyday

by Barb Campbell via twitter 7/4/2013 10:49:08 AM
The first racers in the Wheelchair Division of today's #PeachtreeRoadRace are off to an incredible start! #pptrFOX 5 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUwATTCQAEAvco.jpg

by FOX 5 Atlanta via twitter 7/4/2013 10:49:26 AM
They're so happy ???????? #brotherlove ???? #peachtreeroadrace http://instagram.com/p/bV1vc9geLF/

by Madison Bitzer via twitter 7/4/2013 10:49:30 AM
Found: flag shorts guy. @runnersworld @markremy #ajcprr http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUwCuFCEAEyAx7.jpg

by TwistNRun via twitter 7/4/2013 10:49:36 AM
#prr bound. Gonna be a soggy one. #ajcprr http://instagram.com/p/bV14i7LmoW/

by Barry Carter via twitter 7/4/2013 10:49:36 AM
Sitting in the 4th port-a-potty to the left near Nordstrom. Keeping dry and playing Candy Crush. #ajcptrr

by DavidKellyNY via twitter 7/4/2013 10:50:07 AM
#peachtreeroadrace ready. #supersoaker http://instagram.com/p/bV16ybA8H9/

by Lindsey Nieves via twitter 7/4/2013 10:50:11 AM
Team work. #balloontime #welcometomoes #ajcprr http://instagram.com/p/bV17DQDvjM/

by mdconnolly via twitter 7/4/2013 10:50:25 AM
I hope the "everything" in this bagel includes oxygen and caffeine. #peachtreeroadrace

by danfontaine via twitter 7/4/2013 10:50:32 AM
Rise and shine it's #peachtree time! #atltrackclub #ajcprr http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUwRvgCEAA2GAN.jpg

by Larissa via twitter 7/4/2013 10:50:38 AM
Woo hoo! Hold off rain!!! #PeachtreeRoadRace http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUwR3wCUAAQvm3.jpg

by waw4au via twitter 7/4/2013 10:50:38 AM
Good Luck @wpauldunn running the #PeachtreeRoadRace #Peachtree this morning! Happy 4th of July everyone! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUwUVICIAEgjQO.jpg

by carolinemdunn via twitter 7/4/2013 10:50:48 AM
#ajcprr Much better http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUwU8aCAAAcRl7.jpg

by sellrunrest via twitter 7/4/2013 10:50:51 AM
Rain has not stopped @ShepherdCenter patients from coming out to watch #ajcprr http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUwXdyCQAIPi8S.jpg

by Laura Sanders via twitter 7/4/2013 10:51:01 AM
I just feel like running a 10k in the rain is really not the best use of my time...but here we go #peachtreeroadrace

by shaynafix via twitter 7/4/2013 10:51:05 AM
Don't forget to "jog" by the @McDonaldsATL on Peachtree St. to get your FREE #BluePomegranate Smoothie sample! #PeachtreeRoadRace

by McDonald's in ATL via twitter 7/4/2013 10:51:07 AM
FB is not working for me today. Good luck runners! #ajcptrr

by hockeydevoid via twitter 7/4/2013 10:51:07 AM
Well, the rain has returned, at least at the #ajcprr finish line

by Doug Roberson, AJC 7/4/2013 10:52:03 AM
Anyone looking for me...fourth port-a-potty down from Nordstrom. Knock 5 times. Password: Tsunami #ajcptrr

by DavidKellyNY via twitter 7/4/2013 10:52:15 AM
Great dinner at Vini Vedi Vici and a stay downtown before our 2nd Peachtree run. #lovethisman #peachtreeroadrace

by Bleupolo via twitter 7/4/2013 10:52:27 AM
Ready for a soggy #Peachtree Road Race! #ajcprr #rain

by truemc via twitter 7/4/2013 10:52:38 AM
Running in glasses today. Contacts refused to go in. Could be a pain in the rain but I've got to see #peachtreeroadrace

by cknowicki via twitter 7/4/2013 10:52:50 AM
Women's pro division of #ajcprr will start at 7:17 a.m.

by Doug Roberson, AJC 7/4/2013 10:52:55 AM
Women's pro division of #ajcprr will start at 7:17 a.m.

by Doug Roberson via twitter 7/4/2013 10:52:55 AM
Ready. Set. Go King Calonce! #peachtreeroadrace #ajcprr #atlanta #atl http://instagram.com/p/bV2KArx8Z8/

by graceoctavia2 via twitter 7/4/2013 10:53:01 AM
At #peachtreeroadrace

by Kim Fuller via twitter 7/4/2013 10:53:02 AM
.@jend420 @ajcprr @Bathel coffee my reward at the end! See ya there! #ajcprr #coffeelove

by Kim Krebs via twitter 7/4/2013 10:53:40 AM
Rainy Peachtree. At least it's not hot! #ajcprr @ Lenox Center http://instagram.com/p/bV2H9sB26q/

by andyfritch via twitter 7/4/2013 10:53:46 AM
Happy 4th! #peachtreeroadrace #runchat #runningbloggers http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUxGunCQAA8zIk.jpg

by theskinnyfatdad via twitter 7/4/2013 10:54:15 AM
Waiting for the first round of #PeachtreeRoadRace participants to pass right by my building! :-)

by Tiff_Griff via twitter 7/4/2013 10:54:18 AM
Moment of silence for Boston runners will happen in just a few minutes at #ajcprr

by Doug Roberson, AJC 7/4/2013 10:55:13 AM
Moment of silence for Boston runners will happen in just a few minutes at #ajcprr

by Doug Roberson via twitter 7/4/2013 10:55:14 AM
Flags along the course alert the runners and spectators of event weather and safety conditions.

by Chelsea Cariker, AJC 7/4/2013 10:55:27 AM
Rainy start to the Peachtree 10k!!! #peachtreeroadrace http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOUxYe6CMAETuVz.jpg

by jacjac1 via twitter 7/4/2013 10:55:27 AM
#marta #peachtreeroadrace the buckhead Marta station is POORLY organized. Pathetic.

by ryanduck via twitter 7/4/2013 10:55:34 AM
Time to head out the door for annual tradition of running Peachtree Road Race. Going to be wet 1 this year, better than heat. #ajcprr

by Greg Poole via twitter 7/4/2013 10:55:44 AM
Off to race! Hope to come in like 7336th place #peachtreeroadrace

by Kelly Ellis via twitter 7/4/2013 10:55:53 AM