Festival of Speed Part II - 5km Road Race (PPAC-71)

The second event of the Festival of Speed, coinciding with PPAC's four weekly 5km Road Race, took place a week after the competition's first event, the 3km Road Race. Conditions were set fair for running with cooler temperatures as the rainy season sets in.

Two separate heats were held, with a senior heat setting off before 6 am and the youth heat following around 40 minutes later.

The youth event started around 10 minutes after the last senior finisher with ten young athletes on the start line - eight of whom new to the 5km road race distance. The first two finishers scored strong PBs improving on the times set in their first 5km race back in early February and all participants comfortably finished the race with the support of Elaine and a few senior athletes.

Festival of Speed standings after 2 out of 3 events

We have some additional analysis in the table this week with four senior and one youth athlete achieving PPAC points PBs with a points PB for Sreyleap and a first point scoring performance for Piseth in the youth race. Many participants achieved PBs for the 5km. Bora improved his previous time by a huge margin of just over seven minutes (a 20% improvement!) and Hugo beat his previous best by just three seconds (just 0.3% quicker). Five senior athletes scored top consistency ratings below 1.0, three of whom also recorded 5km PBs. There were also best Sokha laps for five youth athletes, which is a great achievement considering the previous best laps were all set in the shorter 3km road race. One athlete even improved her best lap twice during the race!

In the fitness rankings seven athletes recorded ratings over 55, and twelve scored over over 50. The fitness factor rating can be used to help judge changes in your relative fitness and performance level across different distance events over time, and a higher fitness factor is a good indicator of improved individual fitness levels.

Thanks again to our volunteer officials Sivmuyleng and Seavleang who did a great job officiating both races, and see you all at the next event!

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