After going virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AJC Peachtree Road Race will return in person on Saturday, July 3, and Sunday, July 4, in 2021. Also returning in person is Shepherd Center’s Wheelchair Division, which will host the best wheelchair racers in the world on July 4.

This year, the AJC Peachtree Road Race will award up to $40,000 in bonus prize money to foot racers and wheelchair athletes who break an event record at the race’s 52nd running on July 3 or 4, 2021, Atlanta Track Club has announced. Any male or female winner who wins their division and sets a Peachtree record will receive a $10,000 bonus along with prize money. All four event records were set in the race’s 50th running in 2019.

Online registration for the annual AJC Peachtree Road Race Wheelchair Division, set for July 4, 2021, is now open. Participants can register online at shepherd.org/PeachtreeRoadRace. Participants must complete an online application and pay a $35 per person registration fee by June 10, 2021.