It's official: The new AJC Peachtree Road Race t-shirt design has officially been released.
The design was created by Michael Martinez.
Martinez was actually participating in the race and had no idea that his design was the winner,
"A few people had texted me early on but I didn't believe it till I saw it," Martinez said after he crossed the finish line.
"I really want to meet the guy who designed last year's design because he was my inspiration. I had his design in front of my office. And I just went in because I said we're going to win it this year and we did."
He explained what inspired him to come up with this year's winning t-shirt design,
" I wanted to capture Independence Day, Fourth of July. I wanted to capture the route, Lenox Square, Peachtree Road...basically I wanted to capture everything about the race," Martinez said.
"We may need to put 11Alive in next year!"
It will not only appear on the coveted shirts given to race runners upon completing the Peachtree Road Race but the designer also gets $1,000 from the AJC.
“The AJC Peachtree Road Race is a celebration of all things Atlanta,” said Rich Kenah, Atlanta Track Club’s Executive Director. “It is always exciting to see the creative ways Atlanta’s art community captures this 49-year-old Atlanta tradition event in their designs.”
The final five designs were revealed in February out of 125 entries by a panel of judges from Atlanta Track Club, the AJC and Mizuno USA. From there the public had the opportunity to vote until March 26 on which design would appear on the shirts. The runners-up also received a nice surprise - $100 each for their efforts.
