We are partnering with Extra Special People (ESP) this year! Become a SEEABILITY athlete and run for a reason.
You commit to raising $5000 for ESP.
ESP provides you with a discounted registration fee for your race. ESP provides you with special SEEABILITY gear to wear throughout your training and on race day. ESP provides you with fundraising expertise, resources, content ideas, social-media graphics, and regular check-ins about how your fundraising is going.
And ESP matches you with an ESP-member Support Coach — not a running coach, but a real ESP member with real ABILITIES and a real story to tell. ESP-member Support Coaches are real people who really benefit from ESP’s programs and services and who bring all their ABILITIES to your fundraising and to your run. Your Support Coach will share their story and cheer you on during your fundraising, your training, and your race!
What if your next finish line could change someone else’s life?
Championed by former UGA Quarterback, college football analyst and color commentator, and ESP National Board Member Aaron Murray, ESP created an opportunity for athletes to compete for something bigger than themselves. SEEABILITY athletes take on something that challenges them physically — a marathon, triathlon, endurance race, or another big athletic goal — and use it to raise money and awareness for ESP. ESP can support up to 20 Classic City Marathoners, Half Marathoners, or Relay Teams as SEEABILITY runners for 2027. Relay teams are expected to raise a total of $5000 as a team.
Email Eva at ESP for more information or to claim your spot as a SEEABILITY runner for the 2027 Classic City Marathon, Half Marathon, or Marathon Relay!
Through the generosity of our many participants, volunteers, friends, and sponsors, the Classic City Marathon Association is proud to provide financial support every year to a wide range of health- and fitness-related groups in the Athens area.
Let us know how we can help or work with your group to support health and fitness for the entire Athens-area community.
Donations Made by the Classic City Marathon Association
2026
Phi Delta Theta’s Live Like Lou Foundation (First Place, 2026 Greek Life Competition)
UGA Miracle for Delta Gamma (Second Place, 2026 Greek Like Competition)
CURE Childhood Cancer for Kappa Kappa Gamma (Third Place, 2026 Greek Life Competition)
Books for Keeps
Firefly Trail
Athens YMCA
Athens Radio Club
Nuci’s Space
United Way of Northeast Georgia
AthFest Educates
University Cancer and Blood Center
2025
Acceptance Recovery ($1250)
AthFest Educates ($1250)
ATHICA ($1250)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens ($1250)
The Cancer Foundation ($1250)
Firefly Trail ($1250)
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia ($1250)
Sirius Athletics ($1250)
UGA Miracle Fund, for UGA’s chapter of Phi Mu (First Place in the 2025 Classic City Marathon Greek Life Competition: $1500)
Phi Delta Theta’s fraternity philanthropy, for UGA’s chapter of Phi Delta Theta (Second Place in the 2025 Classic City Marathon Greek Life Competition: $1000)
UGA Miracle Fund, for UGA’s chapter of Delta Delta Delta (Third Place in the 2025 Classic City Marathon Greek Life Competition: $500)
2024
Extra Special People ($2500)
Firefly Trail ($2500)
Project Safe ($2500)
AthFest Educates ($2500)
Health for Homeless @ UGA ($2500)
UGA Miracle ($1000)