It’s hardly a secret that His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai, is a fitness enthusiast. He is someone who follows a strict fitness regime and promotes the same for the residents in Dubai. And keeping up with this idea of promoting an active lifestyle, he recently launched the Dubai Mallathon. Here’s everything you need to know about this unique initiative that is happening in August.
Sheikh Hamdan Launches Dubai Mallathon
As you might have gathered from the name, Dubai Mallathon is an event which will take place at the shopping malls across Dubai. The aim is to transform these indoor spaces into dedicated walking and running tracks. As a result, seven malls will be part of the month-long event, which will take place from August 1st to 31st.
A Look At The Participating Malls
Today, we launched the ‘Dubai Mallathon’ – an initiative that transforms shopping malls across the city into indoor fitness tracks, encouraging the Dubai community to stay active comfortably and safely during morning hours throughout August. Aligned with the Dubai Social Agenda… pic.twitter.com/EPMDwYsKc1
— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) July 24, 2025
Happening during the morning hours from 7 AM to 10 AM, the event will happen at the following shopping destinations:
- Dubai Mall
- Dubai Hills Mall
- Springs Souk
- City Centre Deira
- City Centre Mirdif
- Mall of Emirates
- Dubai Marina Mall
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What About Registrations?
As it happens, registration can be done online for the event, as it is already open. The event, which begins in six days, is available for people of all ages. As it happens, one can either participate in their 10 km, 5 km, or 2.5 km run. Additionally, they can also participate in Any Pace Walk, which allows the participants to walk at their own pace. It should be noted that the registration is absolutely free and it closes on August 30 at 11:54 PM. In fact, it could even close sooner if the slots fill up because there are only a limited slots available for each of the malls. Refreshments are included in this event, and this is a perfectly easy course for both advanced and first timers.
Doesn’t it all sound absolutely fantastic? Well, go ahead and sign up for this unique event, and we are sure you won’t be disappointed! After all, it’s not every day that you get a chance to participate in a marathon at shopping malls.
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