This was the first year for the 5K and 10K of the Dallas Marathon and these races were run on Saturday of race weekend. The Marathon and Half Marathon were run on Sunday. With this, the Dallas marathon organizers also came up with the Weekend Series. Run a Saturday and Sunday Race, get extra bling and a jacket (get 3 medals, a jacket, a shirt for each race).

Expo: Held Friday/Saturday with any Saturday race having to pick up bibs and shirts on Friday. I got my bib and shirt right as the expo was evacuated due to what turned out to be a bomb threat. Expo was shut down and the race ended up having a race day pick up for bibs with runners being able to get shirts after the race

Race time: 8 AM

Weather: 30s-40s. Forgot Dallas got that cold. Sunny out, which was nice

The races: 10K started at 8 AM, the 5K at 820 AM. Shalane Flannegan spoke before the race and ran with the 10K. The course itself was fairly flat, minus minor hills for one of the bridges. The course ran through part of downtown Dallas and looped around Main Street and took the back way back in towards the finish (which is where we started). The first 2.5 miles were out and back and I ran .1 miles of it with Shalane, which was awesome. I wish I had a picture! The last 4.5+ miles was a loop in the opposite direction. Ended up setting a PR by 20 seconds while trying to take it easy for the Marathon on Sunday.

Post race: Medals and water right at the finish. If you were doing the series (a Saturday and Sunday Race), you picked up a black wrist band to wear and show on Sunday at the finish of your race before exiting the chute. They gave boxes of food which was a good idea, I just wish they had bananas/bagels, etc

Overall, a good race, decent course and worth doing if you're around!