Ten years ago, in July 2016, Bill Thorn was running his 47th consecutive Peachtree Road Race, the 10-kilometer race that runs from Buckhead to Midtown every July 4. He had been running in the race since it first started in 1970 and hadn’t missed one.
In his first year, he was one of just 110 runners to finish the inaugural race. By his 47th, more than 50,000 people crossed the finish line.
“I’m just thankful that I am able to live this long and still be able to complete this race,” Thorn, then 86 years old, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I used to be able to fluff it off as no problem. But it is tough, and if I didn’t do what I did every day, I couldn’t do it.”…