Ismail Ssenyange successfully defended his title at the Westin Kilomarathon.

Run under lights at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Ssenyange beat 84 competitors over the full 26.2km course (six laps) to record a time of 1:38:21.3. Zerguine Sylvie (2:22:31.0) was took top honours in the female race. Osama Saeed (53:57.7) was first home in the 13.1km race, with Caitlin Bass (1:00:20.0) the female winner.

Still time to sign up for 2014/15 Asics Run Series

There’s still time to register and take part in Race 1 of the Go Sport/ Asics Run Series which takes place at The Track Golf Club in Dubai this Friday.

The event features a 4km, 8km race and 12km races, with a wide range of age group categories.

Entry fee for adults is Dh150, juniors Dh100 and there is a 50 per cent discount for families of four or more entering. Entry fee includes electronic chip timing.

All finishers receive a medal and sponsored giveaway prize, sponsors vouchers, downloadable race certificates, live results through Facebook & SMS, Youtube clips and photographs of them finishing the race as well as fruit and refreshments.

Entries for this event close on Wednesday, October 29, 2014.

All information regarding the races can be found at www.supersportsdubai.com

DESC students conquer Desert Warrior Challenge

On the face of it 10kg sandbags, a refuse skip full of ice and a 20m high net wall might have little place at a running event.

But they were all among the 24 obstacles facing the team of DESC – Tara Chan-A-Sue, Talal Alami, Rodrigo Bascaro and Sophie Sowerby – who tackled the inaugural Desert Warrior Challenge at the weekend.

Carefully designed to replicate the demands of military training courses, the obstacles were scattered across a 10km track and challenged competitors to climb, crawl, carry and clamber their way through tunnels, sand dunes, up ropes and through water hazards.