Date: 12/10/17
Location: Dallas, TX
Start Time: 8:10am
Avg Temps (f): 58/39
Time Limit: 6.5 hours
Lessons Learned from Race Reports
- With half marathoners starting at the same time as the full marathon, it feels a bit crowded until mile 9, when they split off.
- Course is much more rolling hills than flat
- If it’s windy at all, you’ll likely notice it in the latter miles around White Rock Lake, miles 11-20
- If it’s rainy, the roads can seem slick
- Weather is unpredictable, could be cold, rainy, windy, humid, hot…
- Easy to get caught up in the speed of the half marathoners at the start
Course
Type: Two loop course, with one of the loops being a lollipop loop off the main loop
Start/Finish Info: Starts and Finishes at Dallas City Hall Plaza. There is parking available or runners can use the DART Rail. There are 4 start corrals, each with different closing and start times – know your corral information!
Hills: 70ft miles 0-3.5, 160ft miles 4-7.5, 50ft miles 10-10.5, 50ft miles 11-11.5, 120ft miles 18.7-21, 50ft miles 21.5-21.8
Aid stations
Locations of water/electrolyte stations: 20 aid stations, each with water and Gatorade
Electrolyte offered: Clif Shots at miles 9 and 19.5
Spectator access
Access Locations: See Course Map
Boston qualifier?
Yes
Race reports
http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2015/12/16/dallas-marathon-2015-race-report/
http://www.crazyrunninggirl.com/2014/12/16/2014-metropcs-dallas-marathon-recap/
Strava links
https://www.strava.com/running-races/2017-dallas-marathon?hl=zh-TW&hl=en-GB
(Note: This doesn’t show the updated course for 2017 running around White Rock Lake)