“Well organised race about running. - Thank you Graham and Katrina for a great event. The focus was on the race and no gimmicks were required. Results were available instantly despite being manual, several chip timed events should take note. Next time could you flatten the hill.”

“This is now a good regular event - Great organisation.. thanks Graham and DRR”

“A well organised and enjoyable race - A great race, well organised- relaxed and a fun course- a great start to the season.”

“All you can expect and actually need - I believe this is what a race should be! I don't care about the medal or the T-shirt for 150AED! Here you have a kind nice and friendly race on a nice track! This is very enjoyable and it brings a nice feeling. I love this race and I will do it again. Thanks for the organisation.”

“Nice start to the season - Nice start to the season, well organised as usual, although start a bit of a mess as most could not hear instructions.”

“Very well done - Thanks to Graham and the team for a successful event hope to see you again next year for quicker times”

“Cobwebs - A very good tradition to start the event calendar. Despite the humid conditions, it's always a fun way to blow out the cobwebs.”

“Organiser needs speaker phone - The people standing at the back could not hear the pre race instructions. There were around 350 people enteried in the event so the only way all of us could possibly hear the instructions at the start is if the organiser had a speakerphone. Also we paid 50 dirhams for entry. Would have been nice to receive a medal at the finish line. ”

“Sticky! - Tough start to the season. Very humid. Challenging! I think it would be helpful if Graham had a microphone when briefing before the event as we could not hear him. ”

“Great race to start the season! - The weather was very humid and hot, it was a tough race specially with the hill on the course but I loved every minute of it! Very well organised. My only suggestion is to go for electronic timing. ”

“Great event - Almost about 3 quarters of the race, one of the marshalls (on a bicycle) told me to speed up or drop out, which I considered a bit rude honestly. I know I'm slow and I'm already far behind, but that's my ability (for now) and my goal was to reach the finish line. And more importantly, I wasn't interfering with the other racers or holding anyone from passing by. I don't ask for appreciation or even encouragement, but I definitely don't welcome such discouragement. Overall, great event. Thanks.”

“A tough run for the start of the season - Very well organised event on a unique Dubai running course. Challenging heat, humidity, and hills.”

“Well organised event - Tough but good race - difficult to get manual timing 100% correct with that number of entrants. ”

“Motivational event - Again and again graham prove that he's the best for event organizer”

“Nice race - I really like this race, a great start of the season and I like the 'course, its also one of the few races in the UAE in the evening. well organized by Graham and his team, and this one will always stay on my calendar.”

“Great start of the running season - Great atmosphere, my watch (and from others) said the run was slightly longer than 5k but that didn't matter it was a great place to run :) ”

“Had a great time, will recommend to beginners - It was my first time in the Dubai Autodrome. The hills were extremely challenging for someone who was used to running on rubberised tracks around parks and on beaches. Had an awesome experience, overall A huge thanks to Dubai Road Runners Raghuram ”

“Nice blowout for the start of season - thanks. - Well organized tough little run to start the season, really enjoyed it. ”

“Great event, lot of fun - The marshals around the track instead of motivating some to the slow runners, made derogatory statements of how slow they are. We need to be motivating the slow runners who probably run for the first time. In spite of that, there were some marshals who were cordially motivating which was great. Some rotten apples I guess. ”

“Pretty good event - Could have been better if there would have been stalls for snacks after the race and if there were goodies or certificates given out to all participants..... but overall it was a good experience”

“Very intense - Cold water would be better”

“Great organization! - Great organization! Thank you :)”

“Hot and sticky - No fuss race, well organised - a great way to kick start the Dubai season. Well done and thank you. ”

“Excellent first race of the season - Excellent way to challenge yourself at the start of the new season! ”

“Nice - Miss the distance around the run ... just to know where we are in term of distance - could motivate and help! 1 station of water is not enough especially by more than 35 degrees. otherwise nice”