Road Race Kicks Off Peachtree Corners Festival Saturday

Get ready to lace up your running shoes for the first 5K/10K Peachtree Corners Festival Road Race.

Here are the details:

What: Inaugural Peachtree Corners Festival Road Race

When: 7:00 a.m., Saturday, June 30, 2012

Where: 6575 The Corners Parkway, Peachtree Corners

Registration Fee: $35.00 (Participants receive a Festival T-Shirt)

Details: 5K, 10K, All walkers/runners welcome

Online registration ends on Thursday, June 28th but you can still join a friend at the last minute and sign up on race day at 6 a.m. 

Awards given by age groups, male, female.

For more information, or to register visit www.spincyclesports.com. 

"The 5K (3.1 miles) route runs through the community up Crooked Creek, through Cedar Corners," said race organizer Anthony Rockecharlie, of Spincycle Sports. "Runners in the 10K (6.2 miles) will run Jay Bird Alley, cut through Peachtree Station and onto to Data Drive."

Rockecharlie said the proceeds from the race will go to beautification projects for the city.

"We've got close to 400 runners who have signed up and are expecting close to 1,000," said Rockecharlie. "The last week before the race will be a mad rush."