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Run : Running Tracks & Parks near KL area

January 15, 2023

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

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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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