It was Nov 30th 2017, the Martyrs Day. The UAE was gearing up to celebrate its 46th National Day. People were in a holiday mood and busy planning the long weekend. Amidst this festive fervour, there were two Indian expatriates who were thinking a tad differently.
The duo consisting of Umesh Goel and Devendra Singh were beginning their inspirational initiative to Walk 7 Emirates in order to express their gratitude towards their home away from home, the United Arab Emirates and also to pay homage to the martyrs of UAE.
WALK 7 EMIRATES was undertaken on the 30th November on Martyrs’ Day by two Indian expats, Umesh Goel, 44 and Devendra Singh, 32 who walked 172kms passing through all seven Emirates.
Both Goel and Singh were very excited about accomplishing their objective. “It was a landmark day for the UAE and we wanted to celebrate this in a unique manner. Hence, we decided to walk across all the Emirates to commemorate the unity and diversity, which is an essence of UAE culture. Also, we wanted to pay our tribute to the martyrs and heroes of UAE and express our gratitude to the rulers of Dubai and UAE for developing this country as a diversified melting pot of all nationalities where we enjoy our lives with friends and family. We also wanted to inspire the younger generation to believe that it’s possible to achieve our dreams, whatever the challenges,” said Goel, who has been a passionate runner and fitness fanatic and has successfully completed a number of 10K, half marathons and full marathons. Singh, who works for a leading property developer has been passionate about running for some time as well.
This story is from the January 2018 edition of OutdoorUAE.
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