Triathletics in the UAE

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Running, Biking, and Swimming events in the UAE and Arabian Gulf

Upcoming events in the UAE and vicinity:
This page is a personal attempt to keep track of activities of the nature described here taking place in and around the UAE. It is not anybody's 'official' site. However, it links to official sites, and if you search for UAE triathletic sports on Google, etc. you might wind up here, in which case just follow the links for the info you're looking for.

Example weekly events; double check times before turning up ...

*Day of the Week*	*Event*
	The Abu Dhabi Triathletics group http://www.abudhabitriclub.com (or http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/abu_dhabi_tri_club/) has a current Race Schedule and Friday Rides page at http://www.abudhabitriclub.com/events.htm http://www.dubaitriclub.com posts an events calendar at http://www.dubaitriclub.com/uae_events.htm.
Sundays	In Abu Dhabi, Interval training from 6.30. Meet at car park back of Hilton - see http://www.abudhabistriders.com/weeklyruns.html for most current information. This event was reconfirmed in July 2007. Dubai DH3 - http://www.deserthash.org, and for all the bumph: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dh3/ - This year the 1300th run coincides with our Xmas run. As in previous years this is a mixed event so all are welcome. The run will be on Tuesday 19th December 2006 at 5 pm. Site will be announced later. There will be the usual teeshirt, food, mulled wine, carol singing, Santa and more. Pressies can be given for Santa to present for the kids or whoever. (no Lamborghinis) Put in your Chrissie diary and hope to see you there.
Mondays	Mondays, 6:00 pm - Combine bike and/or run or Bike/swim sessions. Meet at the overpass/bridge near ladies beach at 6pm and do run/bike loops around ladies beach. - see http://www.abudhabistriders.com/weeklyruns.html for most current information. In winter people are doing 4 laps around on foot, but you can bring your bike as well. Abu Dhabi Mainland Hash: http://www.hhhweb.com/mainhhh/ Abu Dhabi Island Hash Al Ain A2H3 - regular weekly run *Muscat*: Full Moon Hash of Oman runs on Mondays, Info can be found at http://www.omanhash.com
Tuesdays	Abu Dhabi Wasps Hash meets each Tuesday now, usually around an hour before sundown ß Follow link for more info This information is correct here as of Sept 2006. It may be listed at the Abu Dhabi Triclub site as Saturday still. I have informed them but as of early Feb 2007 they haven't corrected it yet. Swim training Saturday and Tuesday 5:00 pm, cost 10-15dirhams per session: 2 km swim and coached swimming with Susan at Al Jazira sports club pool,(same building as Jaziera bowling). (as per abu_dhabi_tri_club list posting Apr 17, 2005) Directions: Head down Airport road (2nd st) towards airport. At 19th st go under the bridge as if doing a U turn . Just before you get back on to airport road, there is a street to your right (white signposts), turn right here and then about 10m along is a street to your left. take this and just on your right side is the bowling alley. It's in there. Come in the front door and turn left. . - For location of 'wet place' see map on the abu dhabi triathlon club web site: http://www.abudhabitriclub.com/ click "maps" on the upper-right Creek Hash meets in Dubai on Tuesday nights. It's a men only hash, last hour of daylight. Contact, Ian Browning (Ahpisto) 050 4515847 and ahpisto@emirates.net.ae . Web Site: http://www.creekhash.net
Wednesdays	Predictor Run, Abu Dhabi Striders - each Wednesday, 6:00 to register for the run, and 6:10 start for 8 km and 10 km; 6:20 for 3 km and 5 km; six-ish for 15’s. Click here for directions to the New Predictor Site. What's a predictor? You predict your time in 3, 5, 8, 10 or etc. kilometers and run without a watch, liquid assets awarded most accurate guessers. - see http://www.abudhabistriders.com/weeklyruns.html for most current information.
Thursdays	Triathletes sometimes practice. may meet at some point at Strider's Predictor Car Park area. Check http://www.abudhabitriclub.com for exact details.
	From Sept 2006 the public sector workweek in the UAE is Sun-Thu (but this is not uniform for the private sector) See http://www.abudhabitriclub.com/events.htm for events this weekend
Fridays	Bicycle riders often meet early a.m. and meet others at Predictor Car Park Other stops could be Coffee Stop ADNOC Airport Road (turn for the 70km ride back to town) Water Stop RAHA Beach via Shahama Return to Corniche Towers via Bateen (120km). As always, check http://www.abudhabitriclub.com for exact details on the date you plan to travel, more specifically http://www.abudhabitriclub.com/this_week.htm#friday
Saturdays	Now that Saturday is a weekend day in the UAE, I'm not sure of the new schedule. We can all get it at http://www.abudhabitriclub.com. I'll update these pages when I've done that. Venues change all the time anyway and it's best that you check there for Abu Dhabi Triclub events and not rely on my postings. I believe the events listed below for Muscat should still be on though again, I haven't verified for a couple of years now. Swim training Saturday and Tuesday 5:00 pm, cost 10-15dirhams per session: 2 km swim and coached swimming with Susan at Al Jazira sports club pool,(same building as Jaziera bowling). (as per abu_dhabi_tri_club list posting Apr 17, 2005) Directions: Head down Airport road (2nd st) towards airport. At 19th st go under the bridge as if doing a U turn . Just before you get back on to airport road, there is a street to your right (white signposts), turn right here and then about 10m along is a street to your left. take this and just on your right side is the bowling alley. It's in there. Come in the front door and turn left. . - For location of 'wet place' see map on the abu dhabi triathlon club web site: http://www.abudhabitriclub.com/ click "maps" on the upper-right Muscat Hash in Muscat, going strong when I was there Dec, 2001 Jebel Hash in Muscat - http://www.omanhash.com

Venues:

Corniche Towers http://www.geocities.com/abudhabitri/map_corniche_towers.htm
Ladies Beach http://www.geocities.com/abudhabitri/map_ladies_beach.htm
Khaled's shop is on 11th Street, opposite Al Wahda Football Club. The shop is called "Future Image."

Some 2008 events

For more information (and confirmation) on events in the UAE and elsewhere which may or may not be listed below, please visit the Dubai Triclub website at http://www.dubaitriclub.com and/or the Abu Dhabi Tri Club homepage at http://www.abudhabitriclub.com/events.htm

If you're in Bahrain: check at http://www.bahrain-roadrunners.com for competitions there

The Annual Wadi Bih race is coming up, Jan 25
There's a half-marathon in RAK on Feb 8, 2008, http://www.rakmarathon.org/thecharity.php. Aug 31 is the last day for reduced fee registration.
28th February, 2008 in Abu Dhabi - Zayed Marathon starting at the Officer's Club and finishing at the Emirates Palace Hotel - organisers expecting 15,000 runners and 2 million Dhs in prizes are offered. Details (but doesn't say how to register): http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/sports/2008/January/sports_January928.xml&section=sports&subsection=athletics

Contacts:

Triathlete sports in Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi Triathalon Club website is at http://www.abudhabitriclub.com. To get on the ADTC mailing list, send email to Abu-Dhabi Tri-Club abu_dhabi_tri_club@yahoo.com

Some URLs:

An article on Abu Dhabi cyclists in the Gulf News: http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/News.asp?ArticleID=19737 (Dateline June 14, 2001 but still online April 28, 2004)
For mail order sites for bike kit – http://www.parker-international.co.uk and http://www.excelsports.com
Other urls for bike equipment: http://www.supergo.com; http://www.rei.com

The Bike Ride group originated largely through the efforts of
Veronica Hookstead who died at age 31, during triathlon swim training in Abu Dhabi September 10, 2000. Veronica is sorely missed by all who had the privilege of knowing her. She had just completed her first Lake Placid Ironman/woman Triathalon.

The abu_dhabi_tri_club YahooGroup list welcomes the participation of runners, swimmers, and cyclist in the various hashes, athletic groups, and triathlon competitions in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. The purpose of the list is to facilitate the dissemination of information regarding athletic events involving the triathlete sports. As member of the list you will receive email posted by other members, and you can automatically send email to everyone else on the list. Only members who subscribe to the list can post or receive messages.

· Subscribe to the abu_dhabi_tri_club YahooGroups list at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/abu_dhabi_tri_club/

· Post to the list at abu_dhabi_tri_club@yahoogroups.com; subscribe by sending blank email to abu_dhabi_tri_club-subscribe@yahoogroups.com, and to unsubscribe, send blank email to abu_dhabi_tri_club-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

&Etc...

Name	Events	Contact	Website
Abu Dhabi hashes		For specific pages, click on links at left	· Wasps: Posts information, current into 2008, at http://www.vancestevens.com/auh3.htm and http://waspsh3.wikispaces.com/ · Island: http://www.geocities.com/auh4/ . · Mainland: egroup at http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/mainlandhash and http://www.hhhweb.com/mainhhh/
Abu Dhabi Striders	Wednesdays	Seldon	Now subsumed under the larger umbrella of the Abu Dhabi Triathlon Club http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/abu_dhabi_tri_club/
Abu Dhabi Triathalon Club	something on each day of the week	Seldon	http://www.geocities.com/abudhabitri/ http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/abu_dhabi_tri_club/
Al Ain HHH (A2H3)	Mondays	Garry Bluff (Bushman) <gjbluff@hotmail.com>; fax 03 7625093	YahooGroup at http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/a2h3
Bahrain Cross Country & Road Running Committee (CCRRC)		Mr Adnan Alqassab, Chairman Tel/Fax: +973 689320 Mobile: +973 9685547 EMail: ccrr@hotmail.com P.O.Box: 15365, Adliya, Bahrain	http://www.bahrain-ccrr.org
Dubai, Creek HHH		Contact, Ian Browning (Ahpisto) 050 4515847 and ahpisto@emirates.net.ae	Creek Hash meets in Dubai on Tuesday nights. It's a men only hash, last hour of daylight.Web Site: http://www.creekhash.net
Dubai, Desert Hash	Sundays	Bums'n'Roses, deserthash@hotmail.com, ICQ 33722213	http://www.deserthash.org; directions to runs (sometimes) in the Sunday Gulf News under the DXB Personal Announcements; YahooGroup at http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/dh3
Dubai Moonshine Hash	Full moon	Simon Dove, aka Wingnut doveasoc@emirates.net.ae or Raymond Caldwell aka Rhode Island Red: rayros@emirates.net.ae	Run monthly on night of full moon from various pubs in and around Dubai. 8pm. Cost 5dhs. – mh3@yahoogroups.com and a website announced June 2001, http://www.deserthash.net/The Moonshine H3.html and Not Found July 25, 2002
Dubai Tri Club	Serious triathletes in the UAE		http://www.dubaitriclub.com
Ras Al Khaima HHH	HHH and Annual Wadi Bih event	John Gregory, 03-352126
Kuwait Hashes		Alan Holden, baldrick2dogs@usa.net, ICQ 3817770	http://www.hasher.net
Muscat Road Runners	The Muscat Duffers are now the Muscat Road Runners	organised by Duncan Snell, contact info for MRR is Rob Gardener email mdacoman@omantel.net.om, mobile number 9239658
Muscat	Saturdays	'family' HHH, Tim Joseph, Grand Master, Dec 2001, +968-513489
Muscat Jebel Hash,	Saturdays and full moon on Mondays	Ken Moore, theiub@omantel.net.om mobile number 9456765; Steve Miller at smiller@omantel.net.om , web master (Oct 2000) May 2003: Bruce Marks <bmarks@omantel.net.om> mobile number 9036640	http://www.omanhash.com The Full Moon Hash of Oman will now run on Mondays. Info can be found at http://www.omanhash.com

UAE HHH YahooGroups:

A2H3 - Subscribe to the Al Ain HHH YahooGroups list by sending blank email to a2a3-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Post to the list at a2a3@yahoogroups.com
DH3 - Subscribe to the Dubai Desert HHH YahooGroups list by sending blank email to dh3-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Post to the list at dh3@yahoogroups.com
MH3 – Subscribe to the Moonshine Hash YahooGroups list by sending blank email to mh3-subscribe@yahoogroups.com; Post to the list at mh3@yahoogroups.com.
Mainland Hash in Abu Dhabi - Don't confuse the above with mainlandhash@yahoogroups.com. To subscribe, send an empty e-mail to mainlandhash-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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