Get ready with your snow gears on Sept.17 to run in -4ºC at Ski Dubai

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

On Sept.17 Ski Dubai at the Mall of Emirates will again be the center of attraction as the second edition of Snow Run takes place on its slopes in -4ºC.

Following the huge success of the first DXB Snow Run, this year Dubai Sports Council and Majid Al Futtaim are promising more thrills and chills in the second edition.

Men and women of all nationalities are welcome to register for the second for the 2nd DXB Snow Run.

Emiratis, expatriates as well as tourists - aged 16 and above can participate in the fun-filled event.

This year, the organisers have added a second 5km category to the original 3km Run is te new addition this year, which will double the fun.

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All those interested can register through the official website of Dubai Sports Council, www.dubaisc.ae or the PremierOnline website (https://www.premieronline.com/event/dxb_snow_run_5567).

Participants from 46 different nations took part in the inaugural DXB Snow Run, organised as part of Dubai Sports Council and Ski Dubai’s ‘DXB Snow Week.

A big number of them being Emiratis and tourists, and Buti Al Nuaimi of the UAE topped the timesheet in the men’s category, while Pia Hansske of Germany was fastest among the ladies.

The 2020 DXB Snow Run was the first such event to be staged in this part of the world, and most certainly, it was the world’s first snow running competition to take place in the summer, and that too in a desert.