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)

Dallas Cowboys Nose Tackle Josh Brent Released From Jail

Josh Brent was released from the Irving City Jail Sunday afternoon after posting $500,000 bond. Brent was jailed Saturday morning on a charge of intoxication manslaughter after his car hit a curb and flipped on State Highway 114. The crash killed his best friend and teammate Jerry Brown.

Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Brent, escorted by his attorney George Milner, is released from the Irving City Jail after posting a $500,000 bond, Saturday, December 9, 2012. Brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter after an early Saturday morning crash resulted in the death of his passenger -- fellow Cowboy Jerry Brown. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)

Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Brent, escorted by his attorney George Milner, left, is released from the Irving City Jail after posting a $500,000 bond, Saturday, December 9, 2012. Brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter after an early Saturday morning crash resulted in the death of his passenger -- fellow Cowboy Jerry Brown. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)

Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Brent is released from the Irving City Jail after posting a $500,000 bond, Saturday, December 9, 2012. Brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter after an early Saturday morning crash resulted in the death of his passenger -- fellow Cowboy Jerry Brown. "Jerry Brown is my very best friend and I'm just trying to deal with his death right now," Brent said.(BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)

Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Joshua Brent enters his attorney's, George Milner, left, car after after posting a $500,000 bond at the Irving City Jail, Saturday, December 9, 2012. Brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter after an early Saturday morning crash resulted in the death of his passenger -- fellow Cowboy Jerry Brown. (BRANDON WADE/Special Contributor)