“Nice event. Would appreciate cold water at the sta - Nice event. Would appreciate cold water at the stations. ”

“Good Experience, Much to improve - -Not A bad course -No distance signage around the course (we didnt know how far was left or done) -Marshals were very supporting -Obstacles could be tougher and more physically challenging -Many obstacles had the same concept (hill climbing, running up stairs) (sliding and the car, sliding under wood sticks) -A sprint category could be added to get more people to join -The Race can be made tougher by making the running distance shorter and increasing the difficulty of the obstacles ”

“Excellent - You Can Give Some Discount On The Registration Fees.”

“Very good! - All good, motivate you for training harder!”

“Good race but - Could be better with the following improvements: - Along the 10km , there need to be indications about how much distance and how many obstacles are left. It allows first timers to manage tehir energy - Definitely need entertainment areas for families and specially kids ... This event could be better as a family event.”

“Good event - Cold water at the stations. Distance markers.”

“Good fun all round - Well organized and lots of fun. Getting there early for registration was a bit of an effort. Some of the obstacles had queues when I got to them; not that this had a massive impact on my time!! Looking forward to next year Andrew”

“Great course - Great course obstacles in a great area of Yas Marina. The only thing I missed a little were some more snacks and food after the event, which would be a great opportunity for a bit of socializing with others too. Overall great”

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“Great event - Very well organized, great venue, very nice atmosphere. Water stations were poor because in most of them the water was not cold, therefore it did little to reduce body temperature. But otherwise, great event, many thanks for organizers, and cheers! Best regards, Dalius”

“A one line summary - No cold water available at any of the water stations. But, that's really my only comment, the rest was awesome. Thanks. :)”

“Tough. - Excellent event. Superbly organised and run. Marshalls were friendly and helped enormously. Tough course, especially in the heat, but that is what it was about. Could have been fitter!!!”

“Great, but signage needs some improvement - Great event, signage needs to be improved next year to avoid confusion ...”

“Great addition to the UAE fitness calendar - Overall a great event. I think the obstacles could be a bit tougher though. Hope to see it again in Abu Dhabi in 2015”

“No info pre race, but a good course - There was no info about the race day. What time to be there , what's in the race pack. What we need to bring and such. Had to call Yas marine circuit to figure this out. ”

“Great event - Very well organised and brilliant atmosphere. Assault course was just the right difficulty. Would definitely recommend again.”

“Racing Time - It would be good if the race was held in the morning, because of the heat”

“Great intro to the community, fun overall - The marshal for crawling under the net on Abu Dhabi Hill was stationed at the top of the hill and failed to tell waves of folks to crawl under the netting not run over it. should be explicit/ stationed at the correct place. some obstacles were less than average and offered no athletic ability to complete. should be more challenging requiring athletes to use all four extremities. Overall, a great day out, made a few new friends and had fun..great job organizing overall, just want to elevate i”

“It was a nice but could be great - I have a small 2 notes that made me bit frustrated during the race course, it is about communicating the distance every part of the race (2KM for example). or communicating the obstacle Nr out of the 17 obstacles. that was not there, so we were only running not knowing how long more we have or how many obstacles we finished... it was v v easy to number the obstacles :). also I didnt get the Energy Jelly but other got which is not nice during the run, this must be availabe and with extra amounts.”

“Great experience - It was a great pleasure to participate at the Urbanathlon 2014. It would really be helpful if distance marks were available at each covered KM to notify the participants how long distance is still remaining to the finishing line.”

“More obstacles in the circuit - I 'd like to have more obstacles in the circuit and equal distance between one obstacles and the next one. Regards”

“Too much running. not enough challenging obstacle - The obstacles were not great. there was too much running involved”

“It was a fun event - The obstacles were not that challenging. Yas Marina is an interesting area- but running around fancy cars was not too challenging. ”

“Well organised and executed event - Very well organised with meticulous detail to ensure an easy straight forward running of the event. ”

“Really good fun! - - Thanks for having so many water stations, and the overhead fountains were great too - The swim across the Marina was a fun difference to the other obstacle races, although needed more entry and exit points for the swim - Fantastic that the circuit provided so much shade throughout the race - Needed more wall space at the end to avoid queues. Perhaps a slightly longer time between the waves would help with this too - More opportunities for spectator points throughout the event”

“Great event. - Great event, looking forwards to next year.”

“Well organized - Showers must be there at the finish line”

“Challenging and fun - The running over long and flat areas is a bit boring. A bit more fantasy could have been used when designing the obstacles.Nice finish with the last obstacle close to the finish area. The trench, the swim and the armwalk were good obstacles. Running in between cars is something else. The obstacles makes the meomories so put in more energy when designing them. Best regards, Rickard”

“Great event, but improvement needed for next year. - Overall this was a great well organised event, let down by a few minor niggles: My bib number was changed before the event with no email notification; AM start should be considered as it was still quite hot in the afternoon. This may have also helped with the water stations and the lack of cool water for later waves; Obstacles not as advised, organisers could take some lessons from other Urbanathlon courses for quality and type of obstacles. Other than that great and cant wait for 2015.”

“Great Event POOR Marshalling and HOT water! - Really great event! Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it! My only issue was that the marshals were not too clued up about the course and sent us in the wrong direction a couple of times. The worst thing however was the lack of COLD water on the course - yes you had plenty of water stations - but EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM the water was terribly HOT. Also maybe a suggestion for the next race is to number the obstacles or add kilometer markers so we know how far into the course we are ”

“Great events - Great race course and excellent arrangement. Much appericated the efforts of orginisors and guide at various points of the course. Bravo”

“A great day out - A great way to spend the afternoon. personally achieve something productive & healthy! ”

“Beautiful and HOT - Great fun! Would have loved some water beforehand. The course was beautiful but some of the obstacles were a bit lame... Would have liked more of a challenge. Markers to show distance would be AWESOME. The time of day was really hot. Ensuring plenty of water throughout would have been nice. Overall loved it and will sign up again!”

“By SMS - Very good preparation, very good communication, very good organization, very beautiful route, diversified obstacles. A little disappointed by after running: water and bananas only. Stands of fast food would favor the coming of the public and the hanging atmosphere and after race. But I will be back next time !”

“All in all a good event - The only suggestion would be to have water available before the start given how long people had to sit in the heat waiting to start. I enjoyed the event.”

“Awesome fun - This is the first time i took part in a race like this and now i wonder why i didn't do it before. It's a moderately tough event (for me at least) which was well organised, right from the parking, to race pack collections, the course, obstacles, water stations, marshalling etc and I'd love to do it again. Loved the medal too.. However, if i had to be picky there is one suggestion I'd like to make; The final wall could have been a little wider to accommodate more than just two people! Kudos!!”

“Well organised event - Course was great, a lot of fun running inside the race track Support Stations - I was in wave 6 (41+) but by the time we reached the water stations, all the water was really warm from not being cooled. need to have all water in chiller then distributed during the race for the benefit of all runners - not just the first waves Pre-event - bib numbers were changed, no notification but I did stumble upon it by luck! other than those 2 points - well done”

“Great experience, obstacles not really tough - T shirts are not good, no more small and medium size available when i collected my race pack. no photo galleries for this event.”

“Was - Needed distance markers, many obstacles were quitequite. The event could have started at 4 perhaps to avoid the sun. The location was beautiful though and event staff were very encouraging”

“Good organization but boring Obstacles - If you wanted to run 10k and get sprayed A few times, it was ok. If you were looking for fun and interesting course with obstacles it definitely was under par. The video of the event in Singapore is hundreds more times more eventful than Yas. You can't park a few cars and Ask people to zigzag and call it an obstacle. It was a 10k run, nothing more”

“It was amazing experience - The hot weather factor has been a major at this race maybe if it was at November weather will be nice other than that everything was we organized and the track was really challenging it was nice experience I really enjoyed it ”

“I loved it, but need more obstacles - The challenging part was actually the distance, but not the obstacles. I wish if we had more obstacles. Long distance running got me bored. At the end, it was really fun. I will definitely attend it again if they arranged another event. Kind regards, Mohammed Alblooshi ”

“Was just great! - Everything was just fine. We had to wait at some obstacle due to clogging of many competitors. All I would recommend is to place signs that shows distances, at least at the 2.5k, 5k 7,5k and 9k.”

“Excellent - Excellent event would like to see one more in the UAE soon.”

“One of the best things I've done in 2013 - Urbanathalon was one of the greatest experiences I've had. It really pushed me to my limits and I was really proud of completing it. I think I was the only emirati female to join this year which makes me really happy and proud of myself.”

“Boring course, silly obstacles, water very hot - Big mistake comparing the yas urbanathlon to the one in singapore (in the video), the race was boring, wayyy too much distance between obstacles, next time try way less distance and more obstacles, plus there was around 7 obstacles that were tooo easy and unnecessary (slip between 2 cars, go around the car, water on the road you have to run across... I mean what is that!!!!) If i wanted to run 10km i would have done it on corniche. We want something better guyss... The course was shamful...”