Thousands run Peachtree Road Race in the rain

ATLANTA (AP) Atlanta has hosted its first soggy Peachtree Road Race in nearly 20 years.

Up to 60,000 runners hit the city streets Thursday in the 10K race, a Fourth of July tradition in Atlanta that's billed as the largest road race in the U.S. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports it's the first time the race has been run in the rain since 1994.

Mosinet Geremew of Ethiopia was the men's winner. He finished the 6.2-mile course in 28:04. The women's division winner was Lineth Chepkurui of Kenya with a time of 32:07.

The race began under yellow-flag conditions warning runners to use caution because of the wet weather.

With the race arriving a few months after the Boston Marathon bombing, organizers had extra police officers and security cameras along the route.