For Immediate Release

September 19, 2018

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Elise Durham
Director of Policy and Communications
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Andrew Gobeil
Deputy Director of Communications
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Hosts Her First Mayor’s 5K on the 5th Runway Sept. 22

Important media access information below

ATLANTA – Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) will host the fourth annual Mayor’s 5K on the 5th Runway Saturday, Sept. 22. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and interim Airport General Manager Balram “B” Bheodari will join roughly 2,000 runners and walkers as they take off on Runway 10-28.

 

The event, which takes place on the fifth runway of the world’s busiest airport, will include Grammy-nominated rap artist and Atlanta native Young Jeezy, along with four Atlanta Olympic medalists – Christian Coleman, Dwight Phillips, Angelo Taylor and Terrance Trammell – serving as race ambassadors. Participants will be greeted by the thrilling Marching Astros of Frederick Douglass High School, Mayor Bottom’s high school alma mater.

 

Media are invited to attend and document Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ first Mayor’s 5K on the 5th Runway.

WHO: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, City of Atlanta
Balram "B" Bheodari, nterim General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Young Jeezy, Grammy-nominated rap artist
Christian Coleman, Olympic medalist

Dwight Phillips, Olympic medalist

Angelo Taylor, Olympic medalist

Terrance Trammell, Olympic medalist

 

WHAT: Mayor’s 5K on the 5th Runway

WHEN:

Saturday, Sept. 22

Check-in / bib pickup: 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. Runway lineup: 6:15 a.m. Start: 6:30 a.m. Finish: 7:30 a.m. Awards: 7:55 a.m.
Course will close at 7:30 a.m. Runners/walkers who are unable to complete the course by this time will be redirected to an alternate route. WHERE: 5th Runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Runway 10-28)

 

ATTENTION MEDIA:

Media must RSVP to media@atl.com  by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20 with full name and date of birth for each reporter covering the event.

 

PARKING: 

Satellite/live trucks will be allowed to park at Fire Station 33 (1401 Sullivan Road, College Park, GA 30337). Trucks must be staged by 5:30 a.m. All media must check in by 5:45 a.m. All other members of the media must park at the ATL Technical Campus (1255 S. Loop Road, College Park, GA 30337) 

LIVE ACCESS: 

Satellite trucks and other vehicles will NOT be allowed on the airfield. Live shots are possible from the airfield with backpack equipment. No cables are allowed on the airfield. Reporters can go live from their satellite trucks on the pre-security side of Fire Station 33. Stations wishing to go live for the event should email media@atl.com.  
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) is the world’s busiest and most efficient airport, serving more than 103 million passengers annually with nonstop service to more than 150 U.S. destinations and 70 international destinations in more than 50 countries. ATL boasts a direct economic impact of $34.8 billion in metro Atlanta and a total direct economic impact of $70.9 billion in Georgia. The Airport is the largest employer in Georgia, with more than 63,000 individuals working on-site. The Airport is a frequent recipient of awards of excellence for concessions, operations, sustainability, architectural engineering and construction. In 2016, ATL set in motion a multibillion-dollar capital improvement program, ATLNext, which will modernize the Domestic Terminal, extend two concourses, construct several parking decks, add a sixth runway, expand cargo facilities and pave the way for a 440-room InterContinental Hotel with Class A office space. For more information, visit www.atl.com. NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS For HD broadcast quality b-roll of Airport operations, events and generic interior/exterior shots, visit our ATL Video Newsroom at https://vimeo.com/atlairport/channels