What do you do when a family friend visits UAE for a short weekend? After I run the Bahrain Marathon on Friday, I decide to take my buddy Lance to Jebel Jais in Ras Al Khaimah to check out the Via...
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Training camps – not only for professionals
When you think of a training camp, the first thought that probably floods your mind is: that’s something for professionals! However, the reality is that anyone can benefit from one and it may be, in...
Three Tips to Earn Free Speed and How to Break the Plateau
It’s very easy to progress as an athlete in the early stages – practice makes perfection and with time you will gain form, fitness and experience. There are ways of improving your performances with...
Oman, The Magical Wonderland!
Eastern Arabia, and the UAE in particular, is an Off-Road heaven. Every week-end, between November and the end of March, as the weather finally cools off over the desert, thousands of us from all...
Crossing the Crescent: From Arada to Khis
The Rub Al Khali, or Empty Quarter, is the largest sand dune desert in the world, covering around a quarter of a million square kilometres. Mainly located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, small...
The Omani Coast and Wahiba
Last Part The Wadi lines through the Dhofar mountains from Mazyouna to the coast are deep, spectacular and deserted. We followed this part of Route 14, the Oman Empty Quarter to the coast road....
The Off-Roaders Corner
Name: Kaylie Thomson Nationality: New Zealand Occupation: Corporate Services Manager (Corporate Banking) Vehicle: Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 2013 Tell us the background story of the car… My first...
The Arab Pulse: Mt Toubkal – Morocco
Last Part Day 3 I checked the time and it was 3:30am. Rachid had not come to wake me up and I did not want to go back to sleep, anticipating he would come in and fetch me soon. I began to pack my...
Xtreme Lengths: XDubai Unveils the XLine Dubai Marina, the World’s Longest Urban Zipline
At 1km, 80km/hr, 170m high and not one, but TWO ziplines, the new XLine delivers twice the thrill in Dubai Marina XDubai is taking ziplining to the extreme with the unveiling of the new XLine. Set...
First Red Bull Psicobloc Climbing Event in the Middle East
Climbers from across the region gave it their all in the first Red Bull Psicobloc climbing event held in Dibba, Musandam Climbers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Lebanon gave it...