Sunday 19 May 2024

PPAC-131 5km Road Race [19 May 2024]

The club's fourth 5km race of 2024 set off for an early kick-off of 5:45 AM in typical mid-hot-to-rainy-season conditions with 24 runners setting off and finishing between 20 and 38 minutes. A fantastic group of early-rising runners across all levels and backgrounds brought great energy and enjoyment to the morning!

The race report and full results are below. See you soon for more fun training sessions and athletics events including our next 5km race on 9 June!

Results
Markus, Muyngim and Sothireak and Lijee were respectively senior and youth category leaders this week. Four runners with previously recorded times set personal bests (PB), improving on previous times by margins between 13.8s and 1:46, including one runner hitting sub-25 for their first time in a PPAC 5km race 👏.

We're always happy to have new runners try out the road 5km race, and it's amazing to see regular runners continue to improve, with consistent finishes and PBs across all levels of performance. Several runners hit club milestones with Muyngim chalking up a 25th event, Markus' 20th, Mathieu's 15th, Bora's 10th and Sophorn completing his fifth event, plus we welcomed several more PPAC first timers – keep on running!


Full Results (detailed)

Race Replay

Analysis and Consistency
Runners produced six sub-1.00 rated pacing performances – impressive given the characteristic seasonal warmth and humidity – including a top-3 all time pacing rating of 0.04 in the 5km for Sophorn.

The Pacing Consistency rating is designed to give runners an idea of how well they have balanced their efforts across the whole race. Ratings under 1.00 indicate excellent pacing, and the lower the number, the better, in general, for optimal performance in aerobic running events.

Volunteers & Supporters
A special thanks as always to our volunteer officials and helpers on the morning - Jack, Seavleang, Sivmuyleng, Michele, Blandine, Meyjou, Yonas and Neil!

We would like to extend our gratitude to all the runners and supporters who made this running event a success and whose support allows PPAC to continue to organise community athletics activities for all.

Phnom Penh Athletics Club is a community-oriented club with the vision of contributing to the development of grassroots athletics and access to sport for all in Cambodia. We welcome community-minded runners, coaches and parents (including non-runners/sportspeople) to get involved and we appreciate your feedback. We look forward to seeing you all next time!

Keep on track of our schedule of 🏃💪⏱ training sessions, 🏁 🏅races and more fun activities 👟🎽 on our Telegram channel!

Connect with us via the following ⬇️

Registration forms
  • New runners (adults) register here
  • Under-18s: Provide a completed and signed (by parents/guardians) U18 registration form to phnompenhathletics@gmail.com or hand to us on the day of the event.
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Monday 13 May 2024

PPAC-130 3000m Track Meet [12 May 2024]

Our rescheduled third track meet of 2024 set off for a slightly delayed 6:05 am start in humid but acceptable conditions with 9 runners completing the 7.5 laps between 9 to 17 minutes. This group of runners with varying levels and experience showcased some great ability and determination in what was either their first ever 3000m event or first attempt since some time!

The race report and full results are below. See you soon for more fun training sessions and athletics events!

Results
Terence, Muyngim and Alexus were the category leaders this week. The club record for the distance (considering both track 3000m and 3km on the road) was obliterated by almost 45s by first timer Terence who also scored a 3rd overall all time points score across all events👏. Two runners with previously recorded times set personal bests (PB), improving on their previous best 3km road race times.

We're always happy to see runners try out events on the track – consistent training and racing leads runners to continue to improve their performances. This week Tes competed in his 30th event, having also participated in the club's first ever 3000m track event in early 2020 – keep on running!

Analysis and Consistency
Consistent pace is one of the key elements to great performances in distance events on the road and the track. The analysis table and charts below allow runners to assess their pace per 1000m and per every 200m split.

The quickest 1000m and 200m splits for each runner are highlighted bold, and the quickest 400m split has the two respective 200m splits italicised.

It's often beneficial to have some additional pace available towards the end of the race that will be useful in competitive sprint finishes. In addition to the training and race practice required this also relies on not starting the race too fast. Six out of nine runners scored their quickest 200m split straight from the start signal (5/9 also scored their quickest 400m and 1000m splits the same way!). Two runners managed to save their best single laps and sprint finishes to the final stretch and 3/9 achieved their best 1000m split in the final section.

Volunteers & Supporters
A special thanks as always to our volunteer officials and helpers on the morning – Yonas and Neil for officiating, plus vital pre- and post-race support from Craig, Meyjou and Jack!

We would like to extend our gratitude to all the runners and supporters who made this running event a success and whose support allows PPAC to continue to organise community athletics activities for all.

Phnom Penh Athletics Club is a community-oriented club with the vision of contributing to the development of grassroots athletics and access to sport for all in Cambodia. We welcome community-minded runners, coaches and parents (including non-runners/sportspeople) to get involved and we appreciate your feedback. We look forward to seeing you all next time!

Keep on track of our schedule of 🏃💪⏱ training sessions, 🏁 🏅races and more fun activities 👟🎽 on our Telegram channel!

Connect with us via the following ⬇️

Registration forms (you can take part in regular club events once registered)
  • New runners (adults) register here
  • Under-18s: Provide a completed and signed (by parents/guardians) U18 registration form to phnompenhathletics@gmail.com or hand to us on the day of the event.
© PPAC 2024
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