Runners have been training hard for this. Happening this weekend, the KL Standard Chartered Marathon 2024 (KLSCM, formerly SCKLM) will see a long list of road closures on Saturday and Sunday – two days instead of one as the 10KM and 5KM distances will be held tomorrow, leaving Sunday for the half and full marathons.
The 2022 edition introduced a new route for the 42.195 km full marathon, which was repeated last year. It appears that the FM route is largely similar, save for minor changes in the early city portion.
Runners will take a tour of the KL city centre (Jalan Raja Laut, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Bukit Bintang, KLCC) before heading down Jalan Ampang to enter the AKLEH. They then ran back towards the city centre and make a U-turn at the end, crossing the Saloma Bridge twice.
After the comprehensive city tour, it was all the way to Ampang, joining the MRR2 briefly before running almost the full length of the DUKE highway. FM runners then exited the DUKE at Jalan Kuching for a straight line back to Dataran Merdeka for their medals – no Bukit Tunku. This year’s route should be the same.
The 21.097 km half marathon route is pretty much similar to the FM route, but without the AKLEH U-turn and DUKE highway stretch. Compared to last year’s HM, this Sunday’s run omits the Jalan Raja Laut – Chow Kit – Kg Baru loop.
The flag off times are 6.15 am on Saturday for the 10KM race and 7am for the 5KM race. On Sunday, FM runners will start at 3.30 am and HM runners at 5.15 am.
As usual, organiser Dirigo has arranged free LRT and MRT rides for runners in the morning but while all Rapid KL lines will be operating, trains will not stop at all stations – check the image below to see which stations are covered and drive to the nearest one. The free train rides are from 3.30 am to 6am on Saturday, and 1.30 am to 6am on Sunday.
Lastly, the race pack collection expo a.k.a. Active Lifestyle Expo is happening at the KL Convention Centre till tomorrow. Today’s hours is till 8pm and it’s 10am to 6pm tomorrow. Good luck runners and may you achieve your targets!
If you’re not running, it’s best to leave brunch and shopping in KL for another weekend – see the full list of closed roads above.
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