Dubai creek striders was formed by Malcolm Murphy in September 1995. In those early days, a small group of runners used to set out every Friday morning from Block B at the Trade Centre Apartments, on a run which would take them through Satwa, Bur Dubai, through the Shindagha pedestrian tunnel to the other side of the creek. From there, the route snaked through the Gold Souk back to the Abra Station on the Deira side of the creek. The Abra ride back across the creek provided a welcome respite from the harsh Arabian Sun. Once across, the runners headed through the fabric souk, back streets of Karama and Satwa on their way back to the Trade Centre. En-route back, Murph paused for a moment at a park bench, which has fondly become known as 'Murphy's bench'. That particular run became known as the classic, which remains a favourite with some of the original group. DCS has grown in subsequent years with as many as 50 runners pounding the tarmac on a Friday morning on various routes in aound Dubai.