Run : Running Tracks & Parks near KL area

Other than running tracks in your own home area, you can try going out to some parks or running tracks :

Here is a list of running trails that you can try:

1. Taman Rekreasi Bukit Jalil
Crowd: Crowded on weekends and 5-7 pm on weekdays

Distance : 3 - 8km 

Level: Vary - it got normal tracks for beginners and hard ones for bigger tracks and hilly

Public transportation: None

Night: Open until 8pm

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2. Bukit Komenwel Bukit Jalil
Crowd: Crowded on weekends and 5-7pm on weekdays

Distance: Vary, 2 - 5km

Level: Vary, flat and hilly

Public transportation : LRT Sri Petaling & Bukit Jalil

Night: Closed

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3. KLCC Park
Crowd: Very crowded - all the time

Distance: 1.3km per loop, marking tracks for every 100m

Level: Easy, synthetic rubber pavement

Public transportation : LRT KLCC , MRT Persiaran KLCC (Putrajaya Line)

Night: Open until 10pm, well-lit, security guards

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4. Taman Tasik Titiwangsa
Crowd: Crowded on weekends and 5-7pm on weekdays

Distance: 2.5km per loop

Level: Easy, flat track

Public transportation: MRT Titiwangsa

Night: Open until 10pm

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5. Taman Tasik Perdana ( Botanical Garden )
Crowd: Normal, crowded on weekends

Distance: Vary, the park is huge

Level: Vary - Stairs, hills, flats

Public transportation : MRT Muzium Negara, LRT KL Sentral

Night: Closed

You need to cross the small road, towards the museum. There is a pathway between of MRT construction side and the museum that lead to the small entrance to the park :

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6. Putrajaya 
Crowd: Not so crowded except on event days and weekends

Distance: Putrajaya is huge, fewer cars, and you can try new routes every time

Level: Vary, open road, mostly flat sometimes hilly

Public Transportation: No trains, just bus

Night: It's an open road, quite calm 

Paths to try: Putrajaya Botanical Garden, Taman Saujana Hijau, Putrajaya Wetland, Taman Putra Perdana, Taman Canseri, Taman Wawasan, Taman Empangan

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7. Taman Pemaisuri, Cheras

Crowd: Normal, crowded on weekends 

Distance: Vary, the park is huge

Level: Vary - Stairs, hills, flats

Public transportation: LRT Cheras, but you need to walk 15 mins more

Night: Not quite sure

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8. Perdana Lake, Cyberjaya

Crowd: Normal, crowded on weekends near the playground

Level: Easy - Flat

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9. Desa Park City

Crowd: Normal, crowded on weekends

Distance: 2.2km loop

Level: Easy - flat

Night: Open

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10. Taman Botani Negara, Shah Alam

Distance: Vary (Short 5km, Medium 10 km, Long - over 15 km)

Level: Moderate - Hilly

Night: Closed

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11. Kepong Metropolitan Park

Distance: 3.8km loop

Level: Easy - moderate

Night: Closed

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Hiking or Trail :

1. Bukit Kiara Park, KL

Distance: Vary

Level: Vary - several kinds of trails: Mont Kiara entrance or TTDI entrance

The trail to try: Bukit Kiara Loop (8.7 km) - moderate

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2. Taman Tugu 

Distance: Vary, the park is huge

Level: Vary - several kinds of trails

Trails to try: Green-Yellow Trail (2.7 km), Nursery Trail (1.3km), Orange Trail (1.1km)

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3. Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve Trail / Taman Eko Rimba

Distance: 1.8km, easy route

Level: Easy (bamboo canopy walk), Vary - several kinds of trails

Trails to try: Bamboo Walk (can bring kids)

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App : Runkeeper

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Hello !

A mobile application that I love to use during my exercise : Runkeeper.
There is also a web-based edition for Runkeeper.
Click here for iPhone version and here for Android version.

Features that I love :

1. Easy to use and straight forward

When I go out jogging, I will click open the application, choose an activity : running or walking, and click on the "Start Activity" button right away. It will then automatically track my location, how far, time, map, and such. 

Why it helps? It is a very convenient application to use. Click "Start" and off you go !

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2. Achieving your Goal
I am aiming for 50 km running and 30 km of walking in 3 months.
Runkeeper gives you a platform to keep track your goals.
Why it helps ? Tracking how far you've achieved and how much farther you need will keep you on your track. Well, at least it helps me. 3 km more to go before aiming for 100 km run ! :D

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3. Save your Activities 

How far, when, map, time taken to complete it, how much calories burned and such.

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4. Share and tweet.

Why it helps? Everything is about social network nowadays! Share it with your friends, compete, drag them along. 

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The web based can 

- list down events that you can join near you

- find street team

- save your routes & share

- make training plans

- give you visual statistic like this :

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I work as a conceptual designer for mobile application and during my free time, I explore the beautiful wonder of arts in current digital medium mainly in tablets and smart phones. I'll share my finding here from time to time. Enjoy the geeky side of me ! :D - azreenchan

Little Stories 22 : Keeping Fit !

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Hello !

It's been years since the last time I exercise. I doubted my fitness level, guessing it must be much lower than it used to be. So I started to go out again. I saw a Charity Run banner near the lab, googled it, asked around for partners, filled in the form, registrered and I was on the training mode again.

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In 2 months, I managed to run for over 40 km, that's by 2-3 times running at the park near the lab every week. I trained for the IMU Charity Run held on the 22nd Sept : 5 km. I guess what actually helped me to keep on the training mode was the event itself because right after the event, I stopped running completely , and it has been more than a week. 

 I managed to be one of the top 100 for women contestants 5 km 

and that is my younger brother !  

Hope to be on the track back again soon.

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Event list :
Sports.my

Use apps :
Fitocracy or Fitrunner