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!

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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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