The weather’s fine and it’s a great time of year to be out and about.

If you want to combine a good day out with your New Year fitness programme, get your running shoes on for the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon.

The race will be held on 12th - and there’s a fun-run for beginners that’s a doddle at only 3km - so what are you waiting for?

Go to http://www.dubaimarathon.org/ for more details.