The Showdown Half Marathon

02/03/2020

Head on over to the Fairview Half Marathon page today! We're opening registration for our Spring race tomorrow night. Get that best pricing and lowest bib numbers while you can. And every distance will get a beautiful quality finisher medal!

01/27/2020

Great News! As of the last event, The Active Joe has now given over $250,000 over the short lifetime of the company to such deserving and amazing charitable organizations!! Thank you to every race entrant who helped make it happen - and now let's keep it up! Our next race is the Cross Timbers Trail Run just over an hour north of Dallas on February 22. On beautiful trails along Lake Texoma's shore, you can hike or run a 5 miler, half marathon, marathon or 50K ultramarathon on race day! Check out www.crosstimberstrailrun.com and let's keep this good stuff moving forward.

10/15/2019

I haven't had a chance yet while wrapping up The Showdown Half Marathon to take nice photos of the prototypes for New Years Double, but a reminder that there are less than 30 spots in the half or full marathon each day and 50 spots in the 5K each day before the next entry fee increase!! Enjoy a look at the medals of the past, then get on registering!

We change the theme every year (even the year we did clocks, we changed from a daily clock to showing the different moon phases). Here are the medals over the years, shown in the largest of our 3 Challenge Plate options, the Double-Double Plate. So there is a medal for the 5K each day and a medal for the half and full marathon each day (ribbons show half vs full), and those who do a 5K and a half or full BOTH days get the Double-Double Challenge Plate.

10/14/2019

NEXT UP! New Years Double! And at the speed people are registering, entry fees will go up soon, so register today! http://newyearsdouble.athlete360.com (50 spots left in 5K & 30 spots in the half&full marathons before prices increase).

We have a 5K, then a half and full marathon New Year's Eve morning to end 2019 active, then we have a 5K followed by a half and full marathon New Year's Day morning to start 2020 active. Pick any combo of distances to run, but some combos will earn you extra big and hefty bling in the form of our Challenge Plates!

10/13/2019

Today was a perfect day at The Showdown Half Marathon!! The weather was ideal, there were fast times, we had lots of first time racers, and there were so many smiling faces. I hope you all had a wonderful morning with us!

10/11/2019

The alpacas were out today during course check! They’re at around mile 11.5 on the half marathon course. Look for them tomorrow!

10/09/2019

Need your bib number? Updated listing online here:

10/09/2019

HALF MARATHON PACE TEAM SHOUTOUT! Teri Anderson and Brandon Vallair are our "floating" pacers. They support the rest of the pace squad by jumping in race morning with multiple pace groups as their assistance is needed.
Teri started running 9 years ago trying to keep up with a running toddler and never stopped. She completed a 100k last year on her birthday. When people ask her why she runs, she say it's because I like to eat! Pacing is the best! It's so rewarding to help other people along their journeys to achieve their goal.
Brandon is a husband, father of 4 and owner of RunForSpeed.com and the EXCELR8 Running Club, one of the largest running clubs in the DFW area based out of Wylie. He literally paces for a living and has helped clients complete distances from 5Ks to Full Marathons including several of The Active Joe Events. As an avid runner, he's run events from 100 meters to 100 miles. Brandon enjoys giving back to the running community and he feels pacing is a great way to do that. He looks forward to getting you from the starting line to the end of The Fairview Half Marathon!

10/09/2019

HALF MARATHON PACE TEAM SHOUTOUT! Drew Pelletier and Ellis Emerson will be pacing the 3:30 finish time.
"This is Drew. And there are many Jeffs in the world, and many Toms as well. But this... is Drew. You may be thinking, And...? But are you Drew? No you are not. Neither is Scott Baio Drew. Frank Gifford is not Drew. But this... is Drew. The Running bug hit in February 2011 when he did his first half marathon. Since then he has done over a hundred of them and several marathons , a ton of 5 and 10K's for the heck of it. The Active Joe, Rock and Roll and now Disney tend to be where most of his race money is spent, and for good reason. Drew belongs to the Rock and Roll Gypsies, NTX Runners, Black Sheep and Hogwarts Running Club. People seem to like running with him, he can't tell you why. Not the slightest clue. However if you want to find out, come see him at The Showdown!"
Ellis started running after the birth of her daughter, initially to lose baby weight and then later to find new boundaries of strength. In the past 5 years she has completed over 50 marathons or longer and numerous half marathons. She enjoys meeting other runners and encouraging them to reach their own limits. Her personal philosophy is that our only limits are ourselves and that philosophy saw her through 135 miles to a Badwater135 finish last year. She can be found singing or laughing her way through miles—sadly for you though, she can’t really sing, so that might be motivation to run faster. For her, running isn’t just about finish lines—but the people and journey along the way!