2024 USATF Masters 5 km Championships

The 2024 USATF Masters 5 km Championships, hosted by Atlanta Track Club at the Publix Atlanta Marathon Weekend, will take place Saturday morning, February 24, 2024 in Atlanta, GA. This will be the third consecutive year, and the 5^th year since 2017, that the fastest Masters Long Distance Runners in the country head to Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park! You can be sure that the fastest runners from the Atlanta Track Club will turn out to defend their home roads! In 2023, 95 Atlanta Track Club athletes ages 40 to 98 entered the Championship. Don’t miss your chance to compete for a National Championship on this ‘Atlanta Flat’ 5 km course!

Atlanta, known as Running City USA, is steeped in athletics tradition. Visit sites from the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2020 Olympic Trials - Marathon. The Atlanta Track Club organizes a first-class championship event. Masters athletes have special access to an improved front starting corral and enjoy a separate start before the larger community race. A large tent specifically for competitors provides a place for athletes to stow gear during warmups and the race, and it serves double duty as the site of post-race awards and breakfast.

Enjoy the convenience of flying into Atlanta, taking the MARTA (Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit) to the city center, walk to your hotel, packet pickup, and race start/finish. While visiting Atlanta, consider exploring some of these attractions:

• The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, the King Center and the Ebeneezer Baptist Church are located close to the city center - walk or take a tram
• The Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca Cola, the College Football Hall of Fame, and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights are located adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park
• Other attractions include the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Center for Puppetry Arts, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, the High Museum of Art, and Piedmont Park
• Tour or sample local breweries within the city limits such as Sweetwater, Monday Night Brewing, New Realm, Bold Monk, Steady Hand, Atlantucky, Wild Leap Atlanta, Orpheus, Three Taverns, Torched Hop, Firemaker, Urban Tree Cidery, and more

If racing on Saturday isn’t enough for you, there are both the Publix Atlanta Half Marathon and Marathon on Sunday morning.  Register and compete again or spectate during the professional races sharing the same famed finish line in Centennial Olympic Park.  Events are not just limited to adults. Perhaps your family can join you on the trip? Youth events and activities take place on Saturday as part of the Publix Atlanta Kids Marathon and its accompanying track and field zone. The Atlanta Children’s Museum, the fountains of Centennial Olympic Park, and multiple playgrounds are also within walking distance of the host hotel.