MetroPCS Dallas Marathon

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)

Cowtown 5k, 10k and Marathon's

I had to wake up dark and early on a Saturday and Sunday to be in place and ready to shoot the start of the Cowtown 2012 races in Fort Worth.

Cowtown Ultra Marathon, Marathon and UNTHSC Half Marathon volunteer Jane Tauscher(cq) fill cups with water for runners before the start of the races on Houston Street in downtown Fort Worth, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Special/Brandon Wade

Cowtown Ultra Marathon, Marathon and UNTHSC Half Marathon volunteers Jane Tauscher, left,(cq) and Nancy Shoup(cq) fill cups with water for runners before the start of the races on Houston Street in downtown Fort Worth, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Special/Brandon WadeA Cowtown UNTHSC Half Marathon runner tries to carefully drink a cup of water handed out by volunteers on Houston Street during the Cowtown Ultra Marathon, Marathon and UNTHSC Half Marathon in downtown Fort Worth, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Special/Brandon WadeA Cowtown UNTHSC Half Marathon runner grabs a cup of water handed out by volunteers on Houston Street during the Cowtown Ultra Marathon, Marathon and UNTHSC Half Marathon in downtown Fort Worth, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Special/Brandon WadeCowtown Ultra Marathon, Marathon and UNTHSC Half Marathon runners race down Houston Street in downtown Fort Worth, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Special/Brandon WadeSamantha Martin, left, and Brianna Calli keep an eye out for their sister and friend Christina Martin, respectively, during the Cowtown Ultra Marathon, Marathon and UNTHSC Half Marathon in downtown Fort Worth, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Special/Brandon WadeCowtown Ultra Marathon, Marathon and UNTHSC Half Marathon runners race down Houston Street in downtown Fort Worth, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Special/Brandon WadeCowtown Ultra Marathon, Marathon and UNTHSC Half Marathon runners grab cups of water handed out by volunteers in downtown Fort Worth, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Special/Brandon Wade