Atlanta Marathon to Swing Through Buckhead

The Atlanta Marathon Sunday will send 2,500 runners through scenic Atlanta neighbhorhoods, including several in Buckhead.

The Atlanta Track Club race, long run on Thanksgiving Day, will begin and end at Atlantic Station in Midtown, starting at 7 a.m. After going thtrough Virginia-Highland and Morningside, the course, used for the first time this year, will loop around to Buckhead and down Peachtree to return to Atlantic Station.

In addition to the marathon, the event will also feature a four-person marathon relay with relay leg distances ranging from four to eight miles, according to an annoucement.

The race also includes the "adopt a marathon mile" program, involving 18 metro nonprofit organizations. Each nonprofit adopted a mile along the course, providing volunteers for aid stations and to cheer the runners along. An organization will receive a base donation of $3,500 and can receive bonus points to increase the amount to $7,500. For a list of participating organizations, see http://www.atlantamarathon.org/event-info/adopt-a-mile.