PHNOM PENH ATHLETICS CLUB

With this week's event being unfortunately washed out, and with some shorter track distance events and relay races coming up in the next few weeks Phnom Penh Athletics Club took the opportunity to get hold of some much needed new pieces of equipment. A set of forty multi-coloured cones will ensure the upcoming 4x100m relay course can be set out clearly with colour-coding to differentiate the start and finish lines, 100m splits and the start & end of the three takeover zones. These cones are also great for setting up athletics training exercises in the week. The 300-split memory stopwatch should be sufficient for hand-timing the club's races for the time being! These equipment purchases were made possible with the support of donations from participants. Club events are generally free to enter so that they can remain accessible to as many people as possible, however, we welcome donations from participants (and the general pu...

September's 5km road race took place in ideal conditions and we were delighted to welcome four 5k first timers (including three complete newcomers to PPAC) ensuring both youth and senior athletes were well represented. In the youth race first timer Erika put in a great effort to cross the line first in 28:38 while Andarge and Yin Ling topped their respective categories in the senior race. Youth athlete Sivmey produced the biggest improvement of the morning lowering her PB by an impressive margin of 8:23! In the senior race Guanghai, Vannak and Lorinda produced strong performances to lower their personal bests by 41, 47 and 55 seconds, equating to improvements of around 3% for all three. There were Points PBs for Vannak and Dickson and Sokha Best Laps for Sanket, Dickson and Sivmey. The race saw four extremely consistent performances, all with ratings well under 1.00, with Muyngim top this week,...

A high quality field lined up for only the second 10km road race of 2021. We welcomed two first timers and eleven athletes were running their first PPAC 10km race - a great opportunity to set a marker for long distance form as we head into the cooler months. We were treated to another great performance and PPAC club record as Andarge set a new PB of 36:16 as personal records tumbled across the board. The day's biggest improvement came from Matt, continuing an amazing run of form, slashing 2:04 off his previous best closely followed by James and Jack with respective 1:37 and 55-second improvements. There were five Points PB's with big jumps for Guanghui and Dickson. Well done to youth athlete Sreyleap for finishing comfortably under one hour in her first 10km race! Mark produced by far the most consistent performance of the day, with Guanghui and top female finisher Yin Ling also sub-1.00 for consistency. The only athlete to record ...