Your plan in four answers
Peachtree Road Race has not announced its next date, so we have estimated July. Change the date below once you know it.
- Distances
- 10K
- Terrain
- Rolling
- Field
- About 50,000 runners
Course
The Peachtree Road Race course
The largest 10K in the world, run every Fourth of July from Lenox Square in Buckhead down Peachtree Road, onto 10th Street in Midtown, and into Piedmont Park. Net downhill overall, but the climb up Cardiac Hill past Piedmont Hospital around the halfway mark is what everyone remembers.
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Around 50,000 runners start it.
- Terrain
- Rolling
- Distances
- 10K
- Field
- About 50,000 runners
- Weather on race day
- Atlanta in July. Hot and humid at the start and getting worse, which is the defining feature of the race.
What to train for
Heat acclimation and a single sustained climb.
Do your hill work in the afternoon heat rather than at dawn, and set a goal that reflects July conditions.
Sample week
A sample Peachtree Road Race training week
A week from the middle of the build, about six weeks out. Your plan sets the real distances and paces from your own fitness and adjusts them every week as you train.
- Monday
- Rest, or 20 minutes of mobility
- Tuesday Key session
- Intervals: 6 × 800 m at 5K to 10K effort, easy jog between
- Wednesday
- Easy run, 5 mi
- Thursday Key session
- Tempo run on a rolling route, 5 mi with 2 mi comfortably hard
- Friday
- Recovery run, 3 mi, or cross-train
- Saturday Key session
- Long run, 7–8 mi easy
- Sunday
- Easy run, 3 mi, then 6 relaxed strides
Taper
Tapering for the Peachtree Road Race
Start the taper seven to ten days before race day. Cut your weekly volume by about a third, then by half in race week, and keep a few short efforts at race pace so your legs stay sharp. The course rolls, so keep one short session on undulating ground in the first taper week.
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Build me a training plan for the Peachtree Road Race (10K) in July. I run [distance] a week, [days] days a week, easy pace [pace].
Peachtree Road Race training questions
How long should I train for the Peachtree Road Race?
Most runners give a 10k ten to twelve weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The plan above counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
Is the Peachtree Road Race course hilly?
Rolling. The largest 10K in the world, run every Fourth of July from Lenox Square in Buckhead down Peachtree Road, onto 10th Street in Midtown, and into Piedmont Park.
What is the weather usually like at the Peachtree Road Race?
Atlanta in July. Hot and humid at the start and getting worse, which is the defining feature of the race.
When should I start tapering for the Peachtree Road Race?
Start the taper seven to ten days before race day. Cut your weekly volume by about a third, then by half in race week, and keep a few short efforts at race pace so your legs stay sharp. The course rolls, so keep one short session on undulating ground in the first taper week.
Do I need an account to get a Peachtree Road Race training plan?
No. The plan above builds in your browser with no account, no email, and no card. Make a free account only if you want to keep it, log your runs against it, and have the coach keep adapting it as your training goes.