Phnom Penh Athletics Club: March 2023

Sunday 26 March 2023

PPAC-113 5km Road Race

The 2023 season continued with fifteen first timers and 42 finishers for the March PPAC 5km on the road. Well done to everyone, we hope you enjoyed the event and encourage all runners to come and try again soon!

Results
Category leaders this week were Lorry, Paul, Sreyleap and Thibaut. There are eleven PBs for runners with previously recorded times, with big improvements of multiple minutes for several, as well as a big +100 PPAC points improvement for one youth athlete.

Race Replay

Analysis and Consistency
There are three sub-1.00 rated consistent pacing performances with one sub-0.5 performance for Davide. Pacing was challenging this week with conditions quite humid and warm for optimal distance running.

Volunteers
A special thanks as always to our eight volunteers on the morning - welcome to Mathieu officiating alongside Michele, Sarah, Seavleang, Kimkheang, Vanong, Seavmey and Neil.

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Sunday 12 March 2023

PPAC-112 200m & 800m Track

The club's first track racing of the year made great use of early morning weather conditions at the stadium. There were two heats in the 200m and all athletes ran together for the 800m. The session was rounded out with some long jump practice.

Some obstructions around the track meant the 200m was run in lanes 3 & 4 and the 800m started from lanes 2 to 4.

We welcomed one first time athlete and also took the opportunity to conduct more volunteer training for timing and officiating.

200m Results

800m Results

Switching from road running to track is a fun challenge and great opportunity to focus on technique and try to see how fast you can really go!

As always a special mention and thanks to the volunteer organisers on the morning, including additional assistance from all the athletes - on a morning where everyone had the opportunity to run.