The Fort Worth Marathon Guide

Of the two marathon weekends Fort Worth runners build a training block around, this is the one that comes first — Cowtown runs at the end of February, but the Fort Worth Marathon lands in early November, right as the heat finally breaks. Here's the full weekend, distance by distance, sourced against the race's own registration listings rather than guessed at.

The weekend, distance by distance

Two race days, not one — the shorter distances run Saturday, the longer ones Sunday:

Schedule cross-checked against the race's official ItsYourRace listing and independent listing on Ahotu — both agree exactly on the day/time split, including the detail that trips people up: the 10K runs Saturday with the 5K, not Sunday with the longer distances.

The course

Fast and flat by design — USATF-certified and Boston Marathon qualifying-eligible, which is the headline reason serious marathoners put this one on the calendar. The route runs along the Trinity River, through Overton Park and the Colonial area, before finishing back near the start. Start and finish for all distances is Farrington Field, 1501 University Dr — inside Loop 820, close to TCU and the Colonial neighborhood, an easy few miles from most of the west-side running routes this site already covers.

Registration and current pricing change over the year, so check the official Fort Worth Marathon site directly rather than trusting a number here that might be stale by the time you read it. Cowtown's guide — the other half of Fort Worth's two marathon weekends — is next, timed for closer to its own February race date.