Mallathon in Dubai: When the summer heat has most of the fitness enthusiasts in Dubai staying inside the house, the city has turned the table on mobility. Welcome to the Dubai Mallathon, the one-month-long free fitness activity that will turn nine of the largest malls in Dubai into walkable, runnable, social zones every day and all day, between 7 am and 10 am.
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Introduced with the support of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Mallathon is a temperature-controlled regime of activities to stay fit – it is the next level of mall walking a new kind of social fitness activity available to people of all ages and fitness levels living in the city.
What once started the mornings in Mall of the Emirates with shopping bags, now starts with step counts, fitness trackers and stretch circles. To attract walkers and runners into a community-based effort, the retail giants of the city including Dubai Mall and Festival Plaza have started opening early in the city.
The Importance of the Mallathon
It is hard to engage in regular activities in a place where the temperature in August may reach over 45 Degree Celsius outside, even the most active professionals have a hard time, trying to repeat the same schedule. The Mallathon eliminates the weather as an alibi and provides a place of protection, communion, and motivation to move to the trainers of marathons to those who keep the foot the first time.
Meet the Mallathon Movers
- Carlo Bacalla, a 63 years old ultramarathoner undergoing dialysis treatment utilizes the event in order to qualify in the New York Marathon.
- Mariam Afifi, a New Zealand based runner training for an ultramarathon; she discovered the Mallathon as a perfect alternative to unsafe outdoor running.
- Mwiche Chisanga is the one who registered the day before when he saw the event in Instagram. The atmosphere is terrific. Everybody is hyped and optimistic.
Even company groups are joining in. Bizzmosis Group came in as an organization, and Dennis Otieno, one of the lead trainers at the event, said it is a golden chance to bring the community together through fitness.
Where You Can Join the Movement
There are more than 10 kilometers of indoor tracks which are mapped across:
- Mall of the Emirates
- Dubai Mall
- Dubai Hills Mall
- City Centre Deira
- City Centre Mirdif
- Dubai Marina Mall
- The Springs Souk
- Dubai Festival City Mall
- Festival Plaza
Registration Process of the Dubai Mallathon
All you need to do is go to www.dubaimallathon.ae, choose your favorite mall and fill in your personal information and you are in. It is free to enter, and no age is barred in terms of participants registered.
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More Than a Fitness Event
The Mallathon helps to promote the Year of Community, Dubai Social Agenda 33, and Dubai Quality of Life Strategies 33 as wellness takes central staging in the lives of the city. Not only the steps but also stronger and healthier Dubai, step by step, mall by mall. Hurry up then, turn on that alarm clock to early morn and jump on the bandwagon. Dubai Mallathon is where fitness and fun combine with community, climate-friendly convenience no more heat, no more excuses.