15th Annual
              Athens-To-Atlanta In-Line Skating Marathon  oooo  
                                                                             

P.O.Box 15482                                        (404) 634-9032 voice/fax
Atlanta, Georgia 30333                                     webmaster@a2a.net
USA                                                     www.skatecity.com/A2A

                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WHAT:   85 & 38 mile Athens-To-Atlanta In-Line Skating Marathon XV

WHEN:   Sunday October 6, 1996  (rain or shine)

START:  7:15 am Athens, Georgia downtown Holiday Inn on Hull Street at Broad
FINISH: 85 Mile Finish: 11 am - 4 pm Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia
                                     at Peachtree Road Race Finish Line
                                     (near 10th & Charles Allen entrance)
        38 Mile Finish: 9 am - 12 pm Dacula Elementary in Dacula, Georgia
                                     (I-85 to exit 41/SR 316 East, 
                                      left on Fence Rd., 2 miles)

WHY:    In-line skating is America's fastest growing sport. Over 350 U.S. and
        International men, women, and children of all ages will come to
        Georgia to test the limits of their endurance in this point-to-point
        skate marathon which travels from Athens to Atlanta over a distance of
        85 miles. A 38 mile option ends half-way in Dacula, Georgia. All
        skaters start in Athens, and travel through beautiful rural
        countryside to Dacula. Intrepid full-distance skaters continue on to
        metropolitan Atlanta for a total of 85 miles and an exciting finish in
        Piedmont Park. 
        
        Elite skating athletes will go 85 miles in under 4-1/2 hours.
        Athens-To-Atlanta is the "classic" of all ultra-distance
        point-to-point in-line skating events.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

    October 4, 1996
    
        8:30 pm  Atlanta Night Skate - Skate Escape, Piedmont & 11th

    October 5, 1996
    
      in Athens, at downtown Ramada Inn on Broad Street:
         3-7 pm  Packet Pick Up & Late Registration (if space available)
        8:30 pm  Mandatory Skaters Meeting

    October 6, 1996
    
        7:15 am  Skaters Start in Athens
        9:00 am  Dacula:  front pack 85 milers pass half-way point
                          first 38 mile skaters finish
       11:15 am  Atlanta: first 85 mile skaters finish
        5:00 pm  Awards Ceremony in Atlanta
                 Grady High School Theater (use parking lot off 10th)
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        For complete Information and Entry Form, call, fax, write, or e-mail
        a request to have it sent by U.S. mail, fax, or e-mail. 
        Or, download from our web site.

        Athens-To-Atlanta    phone:    (404) 634-9032
        P.O. Box 15482       fax:      (404) 634-9032
        Atlanta, GA 30033    e-mail:   webmaster@a2a.net
        USA                  web site: www.skatecity.com/A2A

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