Our first 3km road race in six weeks saw 15 athletes joining for a
6:05 am start. The 3km distance has proven a popular distance for youth
athletes and beginner runners. This week we tried something new by having some
of our team members volunteering to pace-set by running 13, 15 and 17 minutes
to assist other runners in setting a steady pace for their appropriate
goal.
At the front of the race, Andarge and Elaine won the senior men's and
women's fields comfortably with both athletes managing their efforts ahead
of our Half Marathon event the following weekend. Nikko won the Youth
category comfortably with a consistent, even-paced run that included a PB on
the Sokha Lap.
In 2nd place of the senior men, Dickson was the standout performance with a
huge PB improvement of over 2 minutes, and helping himself to a new PPAC
Points PB having stayed with winner Andarge for the park lap section of the
race but having to reduce his pace thereon. Lori also had a strong run for 2nd
place senior female setting herself a new Sokha Lap best time. Claire also set
a new Sokha Lap PB in her first 3km race with PPAC.
Ping Nam and Stephen impressed in their first PPAC showing, and we look
forward to seeing what these athletes will achieve in future racers. Sokung,
Sreypov and Mon closed out the female youth field, with Sreypov and Ma
setting new 3km PBs with significant time improvements over their previous
best efforts.
We were very pleased to see the return of Sanket, after a few weeks out.
Looking forward to following Sanket’s return to full fitness.
As always we would like to thank our officials and volunteers for the event
this week - Meyjou, Seavmey and Sivmuyleng. Thanks to all participants and all
those who support and contribute to the success of the event.
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