{"id":436170,"date":"2025-12-09T18:56:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436170\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T18:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:56:46","slug":"the-bmw-dallas-marathon-festival-returns-this-weekend-heres-how-to-make-sure-you-dont-miss-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436170\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMW Dallas Marathon Festival returns this weekend. Here’s how to make sure you don’t miss out."},"content":{"rendered":"

Tal Robinson established the BMW Dallas Marathon in 1971 with a 26.2-mile race. At the time, he placed a $25 advertisement in Runner’s World, inviting runners from across the country to come to Dallas, according to the BMW Dallas Marathon website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2012, a renewed partnership with the City of Dallas and a rebranding campaign introduced the Dallas Marathon brand.<\/p>\n

The 2025 BMW Dallas Marathon Festival kicks off Friday, Dec. 12, with the Friday Night Lights Mile<\/a> \u2014 a two-lap run in a Grand Prix style around the Dallas City Hall Plaza \u2014 in collaboration with CBS News Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where can I watch?<\/p>\n

CBS News Texas is the official broadcast media partner of the 2025 BMW Dallas Marathon Festival. CBS News Texas will air a special broadcast from 7 a.m. until around 8 a.m. on CBS 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can also stream all the festivities from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. on\u00a0CBSNewsTexas.com<\/a>, the CBS News app and Pluto TV.<\/p>\n

Just download the CBS News app. Click on the live tab at the bottom of the screen, and click on the CBS News Texas live stream channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What’s happening?<\/p>\n

Sunday’s races kick off at 8 a.m. and consist of a full marathon, a half marathon, a half marathon walk and a 50K Ultra Marathon. The Shell Energy Relays also take place, consisting of a half or full marathon relay.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s events include an 8K, a 5K, a 5-person 5K Team Challenge and a 100-meter dash for kids.<\/p>\n

Where is it?<\/p>\n

With the Omni Dallas Hotel serving as the official headquarters for the race, the course starts and finishes in Downtown Dallas, showcasing the best landmarks and neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

What time does it start?<\/p>\n

The start time for runners in the marathon, half-marathon, 50K Ultra and the relays is 8 a.m.<\/p>\n

What will the weather be like?<\/p>\n

As of this writing, runners can expect partly cloudy skies with a high of 51 degrees and winds up to 15 mph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tal Robinson established the BMW Dallas Marathon in 1971 with a 26.2-mile race. At the time, he placed…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":436171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,718,1596,8963,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-436170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-north-texas","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115691139085455947","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}