KLSCM 2025 - Sold Out in under 4 Hours!

Oh my god, Malaysian runners. You guys are scary. 

The Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon (KLSCM) 2025 is sold out and it's all thanks to the ever growing community of runners in Malaysia! 

Public registration for the 17th edition of the marathon opened this morning at 10.00am and KLSCM 2025 reached its capacity in record time, selling out in under four hours! 

To recap how fast this is, 2017's KLSCM took 3 days to sell out and 2020 saw it selling out in 7 hours (before the Big C kicked in). But today really took the cake. 

Registration began on 17 April for those eligible for Priority Registration as well as for the Run For A Reason (RFAR) programme and Corporate Challenge. Runners still intent on securing a slot in KLSCM 2025 can opt to register under the RFAR charity initiative to run for a charitable cause to raise funds for RFAR beneficiaries. But even then, I have heard those slots are selling out fast and are harder to get now as some of the charities has stipulations. 

The Corporate Challenge, on the other hand, is a competitive yet fun platform for companies to register and compete as a corporate team while running for charity.

Those who did not manage to secure a slot are also advised to watch out for upcoming promotions offering entries. This includes Standard Chartered Malaysia’s promotions for selected Standard Chartered Priority Banking clients where they can enjoy a complimentary running slot when they deposit and invest with the bank from 23 April till 31 May 2025. So hint hint, start apply for Standard Chartered cards now. 

“We are humbled every year by the overwhelming response from the running community and greatly appreciate their enthusiasm and support for the sport and the event,” said Rainer Biemans, the Director of Dirigo Events and Project Director of the KLSCM.

“The KLSCM has always been a platform for runners of all levels to raise their individual bars and we wish all participants the best of luck for this year’s race. We believe in helping build champions and we look forward to seeing many personal bests as runners push themselves to become the champions that they are. We will be kicking off running clinics for participants soon,” he added.

KLSCM 2025 will be held on 4 and 5 October 2025 at a to-be-determined starting line and ending at Stadium Merdeka. 

The title sponsor is Standard Chartered Malaysia while global sports brand ASICS and Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur (PHKL) are the Gold sponsors. The other official partners are 100 Plus, Counterpain, High 5 Nutrition, Seiko and TudungPeople. The event is also supported by venue host Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), Malaysia Athletics, the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and the Kuala Lumpur Traffic Police.

In the meantime, if RFAR or corporate category doesn't work for you, runners can standby for the organisers to open up their marketplace for the official trading and selling of entries. Please do not buy your entry from unofficial channels or try to ghost run the event for your safety and everyone else.