Sports: Participatory and Spectator
Keeping fit in Cairo is difficult but not impossible. The expat Hash House Harriers (tel 350-5577) is one of several clubs organizing street running , best done on Gezira, Roda or the west bank Corniche, before 8am or after 10pm to avoid heavy traffic and air pollution. Alternatively, by paying GBPE1.50 to enter the Youth Club under the Giza side of the 6th October Bridge, you can "stray" into the Gezira Sporting Club - just keep away from the built-up area near the running track, where guards check for tickets. Although the Gezira Sporting Club's extensive facilities are only available to members and guests, anyone can use the gymnasiums in the Ramses Hilton (GBPE25), Nile Hilton (GBPE54) and Atlas Zamalek (GBPE10 per day) hotels; or call the Community Services Association, 4 Road #21, Ma'adi (tel 350-5284), which runs a fitness centre with a weight room. Of the city's spectator sports, football is the most exciting. During the season (Sept-May), premier league teams Ahly and Zamalek take on challengers like Mahalla and Masri at the Cairo Stadium or the Maoulin el-Arab ground, both in Medinet Nasr (Fri, Sat & Sun; GBPE3-15; kickoff is at 3 or 4pm). Riot policemen with machine guns are regularly in attendance at matches since football riots, though infrequent, can be extremely bloody. The Saturday Egyptian Mail gives details of horse racing at both the Heliopolis Hippodrome Course and the Gezira race track, from mid-October to mid-May. Races start at 1.30pm every other Saturday and Sunday; the international ones and the local derby are both enjoyable. From November to April, Cairo's bridges provide a fine view of rowing races every Friday.
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