This November marks the 10th annual Dubai Fitness Challenge, one of the largest community fitness initiatives in the world. Here's how visitors can join in on the fun.

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At 6 a.m. on Sunday, November 22, Dubai 's Sheikh Zayed Road will fall silent. For one morning only, the city's six-lane superhighway—usually a blur of Nissan Patrols, taxis, and delivery scooters—will belong to tens of thousands of competitors as Dubai Run takes over the city’s skyline at dawn, following in the footsteps of a record 307,000 participants last year.

Leading the charge is usually Dubai's Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the driving force behind the Dubai Fitness Challenge (DFC) and one of the city's most ambitious experiments: to turn itself into the fittest city in the world.

"The people of Dubai have created an inspirational fitness movement, sending a powerful message that traveled far beyond our city,” Sheikh Hamdan said during a previous edition of the challenge.…