I helped The Dallas Morning News cover the Dallas Marathon in West Dallas Sunday morning. I was responsible for covering the race around the third mile maker on Singleton Blvd., as the runners crossed the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge.
A pack of lead runners approach a water station near the third mile marker on Singleton Blvd. before heading across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
A runner in the lead pack grabs a cup of water near the third mile marker on Singleton Blvd. during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Volunteer Venu Yedugondla hands a runner a cup of Gatorade near the third mile marker before the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridfer during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Runners head east on Singleton Blvd. near the third mile marker towards the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Runners head east across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Runners head east across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Runners head east across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Ellen Fultz, left, Jessica Mason, center, and Brenna Buchanan hold up signs on Singleton Blvd. near the third mile marker as runners head across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Singleton Blvd. water station volunteer Matt Hewmeaders builds a tower of water cups to pass the time before the start of the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Tarrance Wade holds a cup as Venu Yedugondla fills it with Gatorade near the third mile marker on Singleton Blvd. before the start of the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Saxophonist 'Slimey Lemon' plays as runners make their way across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)
Discarded paper cups litter Singleton Blvd. near the third mile marker during the MetroPCS Dallas Marathon in Dallas, Saturday, December 9, 2012. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)