✓ FREE TO REGISTER ✓ SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 ✓ LOCATION: THE ATHLETE’S FOOT [931 MONROE DR NE, SUITE 113E, ATLANTA, GA 30308]
CHECK-IN TIMES
5:00PM FOR 26.2 TEAM RELAY VERSION 6:00PM FOR ALL OTHER FORMATS
✓ FREE FOOD BY YUMBIi, ON-SITE BLOCK PARTY ✓ GIVEAWAYS & PRODUCT FOR 400 RUNNERS ✓ propel water to donate dollarS FOR MILES RAN to fundraise towards arc tracK ✓ SOUNDS BY DJ CHAMPAGNE TRAP
HOW IT WORKS
CHOOSE YOUR RACE. RUN SOLO, OR WITH A TEAM (OPTIONS ARE 10 OR 26.2 MILES AS A TEAM). FOR TEAM VERSIONS, THE RECOMMENDED DISTANCE PER RUNNER WILL BE 1-4 MILES. SUGGESTED ROUTES WILL BE PROVIDED. TEAMS WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN ORDER & STRATEGY. BATON HAND-OFF MUST BE AT THE ATHLETE’S FOOT (MAIN EVENT AREA).
RACE OPTIONS
3 DIFFERENT OPTIONS, THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
EASY MILES
SOLO VERSION(BEGINNER)
CHOOSE YOUR RUN TO YOUR COMFORT. PICK ANY # OF MILES AND PACE, UP TO 4 MILES.
THE CHALLENGER
TEAM VERSION (BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE)
10 MILE RELAY OPTION. YOU’LL BE PUT ON A TEAM OF 4-6 PEOPLE, RUNNING 10 MILES TOTAL AS A TEAM.
ATLANTA EKIDEN
TEAM VERSION (ADVANCED)
26.2 MILE RELAY OPTION (YOU’LL BE PUT ON A TEAM OF 4-6 PEOPLE, RUNNING 26.2 MILES TOTAL AS A TEAM)
HISTORY OF THE EKIDEN:
EKIDEN IS A LONG-DISTANCE RELAY RACE THAT ORIGINATED IN JAPAN. TEAMS OF RUNNERS EACH COMPLETE A LEG OF THE RACE BEFORE PASSING A SASH, CALLED A TASUKI, TO THE NEXT RUNNER INSTEAD OF A BATON. UNLIKE TRACK RELAYS, EKIDEN OFTEN TAKES PLACE ON ROADS AND CAN COVER MARATHON OR EVEN ULTRAMARATHON DISTANCES, BLENDING ENDURANCE, TEAMWORK, AND STRATEGY.