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Malaysian runners move to malls as haze disrupts outdoor exercise

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Persistent haze from forest fires in Southeast Asia has forced fitness enthusiasts in Malaysia to move their training indoors. Runners in Kuala Lumpur and surrounding areas are now completing laps within air-conditioned shopping malls as outdoor air quality reaches unhealthy levels. Several monitoring stations across Malaysia have recorded pollution levels above 150, prompting this shift to indoor exercise spaces. AI

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Malaysian runners move to malls as haze disrupts outdoor exercise

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Iman Muttaqin Yusof ·

    Haze forces Malaysian fitness groups to swap outdoor runs for shopping mall laps

    Runners in Malaysia are swapping their usual routes through parks and city streets for laps around shopping malls, commandeering air-conditioned corridors to keep up their training as a stubborn blanket of haze makes exercising outdoors increasingly hazardous. The switch comes as…

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