BMW Dallas Marathon, live.

BMW Dallas Marathon 2026

The BMW Dallas Marathon festival runs from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 December 2026 in downtown Dallas, with start and finish at Dallas City Hall Plaza. The organiser, the nonprofit Dallas White Rock Marathon, calls this the 55th running.

Friday evening opens with the Friday Night Lights Mile, a two lap race at City Hall Plaza at 7 p.m. Saturday 12 December belongs to the shorter distances: the 10K at 8 a.m., the 5K at 8:10 and the 5K walk at 8:15, on routes through Downtown Dallas and Deep Ellum, followed by children's races later in the morning.

Sunday 13 December is the main day. The marathon, the half marathon, the half marathon walk and the 50K ultra start in corrals that leave between 8:00 and 8:30, and a five person marathon relay runs the same day. The course begins and ends downtown and passes through neighbourhoods with cheer stations and entertainment. Every Sunday entrant must reach Richmond Avenue and Greenville Avenue, mile 7.8, by 10:45 a.m., and the 50K has a second split at mile 18.5 by White Rock Lake at noon.

The minimum age is 16 for the half, the marathon, the ultra and the relays. For 2026 all Saturday and Sunday races are sold out, and only the Friday mile still had places when we read the organiser's site. The organiser publishes graphical course maps and turn by turn directions for both days.

A person taking part can choose to share their own live position on Livebib from their phone, so friends and family can follow them on the map. This is not the organiser's timing, and official results come from the organiser.