I have formed a running group that meet every Friday morning at 6am on the Corniche next to the Sheraton Hotel by the circular coffee shop. There are 8 of us, 2 running the dubai marathon, 2 running the RAK half marathon, I just ran the dubai half marathon this morning. We run 8 to 12KM+ up to 25km. No running events in Doha, many in UAE and Dubai.