The largest fitness festival of Dubai is returning—Dubai Run 2025 will be taking over Sheikh Zayed Road on Sunday, November 23, 2025, which will become the seventh installment in the most anticipated running event in the city. The Dubai Run, a part of the Dubai Fitness Challenge, is a way to encourage the population and tourists to adopt a healthy lifestyle, and in 2018, thousands of participants took part in walking, jogging, or sprinting around the most iconic Dubai locations.
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A City-Wide Fitness Celebration
The Dubai Run is an annual event that turns Sheikh Zayed Road into a running track that is lively and open-air, which is an experience never to be had before. Riders will also have an experience of a breathtaking path that makes stops at the landmarks of the city, such as the Museum of the Future, the Emirates Towers, the Dubai Opera, and the Burj Khalifa, with the dazzling skyline of Dubai in the background. The event encompasses both the families carrying strollers and the experienced marathoners, but it is the atmosphere of inclusiveness, fitness, and community that makes the Dubai Fitness Challenge what it is.
Start Time and Routes
The race starts early morning at 6.30 am and has two scenic routes of varying degrees of fitness:
- 10km Route: Begins at the area of the Museum of the Future and ends at The Gate Building, DIFC. An ideal fit for runners with experience to use the course as a challenge.
- 5km Route: The route starts at the same point and finishes at the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard at Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa. This is an easy trail that is shorter than usual and suitable to both beginners and informal pedestrians.
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Registration & Bib Collection
Registration opens soon at DubaiRun.com.
Participants will have the opportunity to get their bibs and official T-shirts on November 3-22 at the Dubai Municipality 30×30 Fitness Village at Zabeel Park. To make sure that every runner has a place to run, all of them will have to preregister and collect their official bib before the actual event. Registration will be done according to the T-shirt distribution.
Who Can Join?
The beauty of the Dubai Run is that it is inclusive. Anyone is welcome to the event, whether a professional athlete or a member of a running club, family, school group, or even a tourist. People of Determination (POD) are provided with special treatment, including start zones and the assistance of volunteers during the course.
Travel Tips & Metro Access
To secure an easy entrance, the participants are recommended to take the Dubai Metro:
- 5km Start Line: Get off at the World Trade Centre Metro Station
- 10km Start Line: Get out at Emirates Towers Metro Station
With no traffic on Sheikh Zayed Road in the event, it would be strongly advisable to arrive early and rely on public transportation.
A Record-Breaking Run Awaits
Dubai Run, which first took place in 2019, has become one of the largest community-based fitness events in the world, attracting over 200,000 people every year. It is not merely a run but a festival of Dubai’s love affair with fitness and togetherness with breathtaking scenery, untiring power, and a zero-fee entry. Incidentally, put on your sneakers, find your friends and family, and become a part of this historic event when Dubai Run 2025 turns the roads of the city into a movement, motivation, and joy festival.