I’ve run the Metroplex Run six times. White Settlement to Rockwall. 73 miles. Stage run. AMA. The key is to roughly follow I-30 and to concentrate on the old highway between Ft. Worth and Dallas - US HWY 80.

If you are just wanting to do Ft. Worth to Dallas, here's the route.

Ft. Worth Start Point - Corner of Meadowbrook and Ward, a mile east of downtown. Walk east on Meadowbrook for nine miles, going over Loop 820E and on to where Ft. Worth turns into Arlington. Turn right on Randol Mill Road.

Walk east on Randol Mill Road for six miles, past the stadiums and under US 360. Turn right on 109th Street and go down to US 80. Turn left.

Once on US 80, you are on the old highway between Dallas and Ft. Worth - the highway before I30 was built in the 1960's. Walk east on US 80 for 10 miles, through old town Grand Prairie (the geographic center of the Metroplex), over Loop 12 (where the road becomes Davis Street) and up Chalk Hill on Davis Street, the tallest, steepest major street in all of DFW. Back in the day, folks would picnic on the top of Chalk Hill while travelling between Dallas and Ft. Worth.

Last stretch - Davis Street forks at the top of the hill. Take Ft. Worth Street to the left and walk Ft. Worth Street all the way to downtown Dallas (it turns into Commerce Street). Five miles.

Let's see... That's 30 miles or so. Ask me any particulars.

This route is safe. There's a couple sketchy areas and a couple stretches where there is a lot of traffic. But, it's doable. As I said, I've run the route six times. Good luck!

I’ve run the Metroplex Run six times. White Settlement to Rockwall. 73 miles. Stage run.