Yas officials look to New York for ideas

A team of executives from Yas Marina Circuit travelled to New York City to share ideas and best practices on staging community fitness programmes.

The Abu Dhabi group teamed up with organisers of the Big Apple’s Healthy Kidney 10k road run, which is sponsored by the UAE Embassy and raises money for the National Kidney Foundation.

The track is aiming to incorporate ideas from the New York event at its own community health initiatives, which include weekly programmes like TrainYAS and GoYAS and annual events such as the Zayed Marathon, the Adnic Yas Run and TriYAS Triathlon.

“This was a tremendously useful experience for us,” said Ahmed Al Kaabi, head of government affairs at Yas Marina Circuit. “By sharing ideas and experiences, we hope to be better placed to host future international fundraising events like this at Yas Marina Circuit.”