FREE FASTER ROAD RACING PDF Peter Pfitzinger,Philip Latter | 280 pages | 01 Jan 2015 | Human Kinetics Publishers | 9781450470452 | English | Champaign, United States Feel Better Faster | Prevention An award-winning team of journalists, designers, and videographers who tell brand stories through Fast Company's distinctive lens. Leaders who are shaping the future of business in creative ways. New workplaces, new food sources, new medicine--even an entirely new economic system. Fast Company is about to get a little faster. The June:July issue marks our last as a bimonthly magazine. Starting with the August issue, subscribers will receive Fast Company monthly. Nothing in the new world of work stands still or stays the same for very long. In an economy that runs on change, Fast Company is both a chronicler of change and a participant in it: Witness our introduction in this issue of a new feature — Faster Road Racing Big Questions — that will reappear from time to time in future issues. 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Staged for the first time in by the Atlanta Track Club, the race now holds the title of largest 10K in the world. Inthe Vancouver Sun Run had more Faster Road Racing 59, entrants turn out for its 2. However, at 55, entrants, the Peachtree Road Race still has the title of the largest 10K. But it didn't start out that Faster Road Racing. That first race inrunners showed up at the old Sears parking lot at the corner of Peachtree and Roswell roads. The Faster Road Racing of the race grew almost exponentially over its first 10 years. It nearly doubled in size every year during that first decade until organizers capped registration at 25, entrants in Faster Road Racing It stayed that way until when it grew to 40, before capping at 55, in [source: Atlanta Track Club ]. So what makes the Peachtree Road Race so popular? That's what you came Faster Road Racing to find out. Let's take a look at why the Peachtree Road Race is considered one of the top road races of any distance. We'll start by learning what you need to do to enter. The Peachtree Road Race is an all-out festival when you take into account the number of people and organizational effort required to put it on each year. Securing a number can be tough. Roughly 70, people apply for those 55, numbers. Sincethe first 45, have been awarded through registration either online beginning March 21 or by filling out a paper application found in the March 28 edition of the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Typically the online registration is filled within hours Faster Road Racing going live. It also garners you a coveted T-shirt, which we'll get into later. With such a large race, there's a great logistical challenge with shutting Faster Road Racing such a busy area of the city on a major holiday. So you'd better get there early if you're running or even watching the race. Because wheelchair racers start at a. Before we take a look at the race route, check out some impressive Faster Road Racing and figures from a typical Peachtree Road Race. As you can see, a lot goes into the Peachtree Road Race and planning Faster Road Racing dictates who gets in and who misses out. And for those fortunate enough to get a chance to run, be careful what you wish for. In the next section we'll break down the race course. And as you're about to find out, it's somewhat of a rollercoaster ride. Especially Cardiac Hill. Part of what makes the Peachtree Road Race so alluring is its course and the challenge of tackling Cardiac Hill in the Georgia summer humidity. Because Faster Road Racing the race's immense size, runners begin the race in one of several groups known as starting waves. The first two waves are reserved for the fastest runners, whose registered times must be verified beforehand for placement. Waves are usually sent out in minute increments, and the last runners may not start until well past an hour after the race begins. The first mile is a gradual incline from feet From there it's a steep decline over the next mile and a half. The course bottoms out just before the end of mile three. By now, you've covered 21 feet about 6 meters of elevation change. This is where you must dig down deep because the next half of a mile rises sharply to feet. Welcome to Cardiac Hill. Cardiac Hill peaks in front of Piedmont Hospital coincidence? Mile five is a gradual rise in elevation to feet From there it's a straight shot downhill to 10th Street where the course finally leaves Peachtree now Peachtree Street with a left turn on 10th Street. The final half-mile sprint to the finish is also downhill as the course enters Piedmont Park to the finish line. Along the route, the participants are motivated by music from several live bands. It takes approximately 3, volunteers to put on the race, and more thanspectators show up Faster Road Racing offer encouragement to runners, so it's truly a packed house. But inthe finish had to be moved due to severe drought conditions in Georgia. Back in the s, the chic souvenir to bring back for someone you really didn't want to spend a ton of money on was a T-shirt that said, "My grandparents went to Hawaii and all I got was this lousy T-shirt. The Peachtree Road Race T-shirts are a big deal. How big? But the money doesn't mean as much as seeing your design all over town. Perhaps the reason T-shirts from the Peachtree Road Race are so popular is that only those who finish the race get one.