8 places
A Sunday-morning run that starts and finishes at a cafe, so breakfast is the built-in reward.
Free coached sessions from a World Athletics-qualified coach, backed by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, with groups from first 5 km to full marathon.
You get the floodlit Formula 1 track to yourself and a few hundred others, run at your own pace with no traffic and no fee.
Three free runs a week from Common Grounds on Kite Beach, so you can pick an evening or a sunrise.
A free 5km open to any pace, run by the Spartan Race team, with a WhatsApp group for updates.
An 'any pace, any face' Saturday 5km, so nobody gets dropped.
A new club (started May 2026, about 130 members) running 5km from the Gold Souq to Al Montazah, with 6km and 10km extensions to Flag Island.
One of the biggest free Friday runs in Dubai, a 5km on the Kite Beach running track open to every level.