EVENT DETAILS

✓ 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.

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