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PPAC-63 5km Road Race

Six weeks after our last 5k road race we welcomed two first timers giving us a lineup of twelve athletes looking to get back into racing shape and have a crack at one of PPAC's regular events.


29 degrees is pretty hot for a 5k race starting before 6 am, and given the context there were some great efforts all round with all twelve athletes coming in under 26 minutes and 75% well under 23 minutes.
There were three excellent PBs for James, Matt and Muyngim all of whom also scored points PBs, respectively underlining the quality of those personal performances. Six athletes hit the 500 point mark (including two female athletes in the top 5), with only Andarge breaking 700 points this week.

 

Matt and James's excellent PB performances were supported by highly consistent running, both recording incredibly steady times across the first two sections before accelerating to gain a few seconds each on the final lap.

Matt topped the O₂ consumption charts and had the second highest fitness factor behind Jack. All the runners hit a fitness factor of over 50, another impressive achievement.


Great to see some excellent racing again and special thanks to our helpers this week. Please join us for slightly less distance and a little bit more pace in the 3k coming up!


© PPAC 2021

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