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PPAC-118 5km Road Race


Another cooler race, but high humidity after a few rainy days, greeted runners at the September 5km road race. Great effort from all the participants, with finish times ranging from 20 to 47 minutes. We hope you all enjoyed the run and will join us again soon. The race report and full results are below, and you can find our upcoming 5km race schedule at the bottom of the page!

Results
Craig and Jessica were the category leaders this week. Three runners set personal bests (PBs) all of them improving their previous times by small margins! We were pleased to see regular runners continue to improve, with some long-standing records falling and newer runners continuing to make great strides.

Race Replay

Analysis and Consistency
We had two very good sub-1.00 rated pacing performances this week. The Pacing Consistency rating is an algorithm designed to give runners an idea of how well they have balanced their efforts across the race. Ratings below 1.00 are very well paced, and the lower the number, the better, in general, for overall optimum performance.

Volunteers & Supporters
A special thanks as always to our volunteer officials on the morning - Seavleang, Kimkheang, Sivmuyleng, Blandine, Jack and new helper Yonas who kindly led the pre-race warm up before seeing everyone home as bike sweeper!

We would like to extend our gratitude to all the runners and supporters who made this running event a success. Phnom Penh Athletics Club is a community-oriented club with the vision of contributing to the development of grassroots athletics and sport in general in Cambodia. We welcome runners (and non-runners) of all levels to get involved and we appreciate your feedback. We hope to see you all next time!

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