• The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City. All photos by Antonie Robertson / The National
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City. All photos by Antonie Robertson / The National
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
  • The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.
    The Tough Mudder event held at Dubai Festival City.

Wellbeing

Dubai Tough Mudder: residents push through pain barrier - in pictures

Teams of runners work together to negotiate obstacles over a 10km course in Dubai's Festival City

The National

November 15, 2019

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Residents pushed themselves to the next level at Dubai's staging of the Tough Mudder race at Festival City on Friday.

The event, held during Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed's Dubai Fitness Challenge, saw teams work together to negotiate more than 20 obstacles over a 10km course.

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