Overview
- Registration opened on Friday, November 6 and the Dubai Run is scheduled for Sunday, November 22, with online slots currently available for free 5km and 10km entries.
- Participants must collect a mandatory bib and free T-shirt at the Dubai Municipality 30x30 Fitness Village in Zabeel Park during the collection window from November 9 to 21.
- The event will use staggered early-morning start waves, with arrivals from 4am and the start line closing in the morning, and Sheikh Zayed Road will be closed to motorists for the run.
- Organisers published transport guidance that recommends using Dubai Metro (World Trade Centre or Emirates Towers stations depending on route), warns of limited parking and no bag-drop service, and confirms on-course water stations supplied by sponsor Mai Dubai and medical support.
- Dubai Run is the flagship mass-participation event of the Dubai Fitness Challenge, which Sheikh Hamdan launched in 2017 to promote daily exercise, and last year saw a record 307,000 participants informing 2026 planning and crowd-management measures.