Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010
Gulf News
Designed to help prevent knee, foot injuries
Abu Dhabi Health-conscious Abu Dhabi residents need no longer worry about foot and knee injuries caused by jogging on hard surfaces.
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City opened a specially designed rubberised track for jogging at Al Mushrif yesterday.
The track was designed to prevent foot and knee injuries to joggers.
The 2.4km, Dh3 million track — the longest jogging track in the capital — is located on Khaleej Al Arabi Street (Musaffah Road), stretching from a pocket park near Abu Dhabi National Bank to an Adnoc petrol station. It will primarily serve the residents in Al Mushrif.
However, easy road access to the location and ample parking space are expected to attract residents from all areas.
Improving health
It is part of the municipality’s plan to construct 5,200 metres of jogging track across the city to improve the community’s health, said Abdullah Al Shamsi, acting executive director of the infrastructure and municipal assets sector, who inaugurated the jogging track.
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Not hard to take
Abu Dhabi Municipality opened the city’s longest jogging track in the Mushrif area. The specially designed rubberised track will protect the feet and knees of joggers.
safe exercise
Jogging tracks in the capital
Jogging track near Shaikh Sultan Road , Street no: 32 (Opened four years ago)
2400 metre track along Khaleej Al Arabi street (already opened)
800 metre double track for jogging and biking at Afrah Al Nahyan Yard near Mohammad bin Khalifa Street and Khalifa bin Shakhboot Street (to open soon)
1100 metre track at Al Mushrif near Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed School for boys (to open January)
900 metre track at Zafarana on Street 29 surrounding Sixth of August School for Girls, for opening next January (to open in first quarter of 2011)
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By Binsal Abdul Kader?Staff Reporter
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