Peachtree Road Race during Ramadan paves way to Muslim running club

“I didn’t want to break my fast. I wanted to be faithful to my religion and at the same time be an American.” He finished in one hour and six minutes, running a bit slower than he usually would to avoid dehydration and muscle cramps. Avoiding water during the race was not too difficult, he says, because he had trained for it. “But waiting another 12 hours afterwards to take a sip of water was very challenging.” Kazi started running back in 2008 when he received a bad cholesterol report...