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PPAC-138 5000m Track Meet [29 September 2024]

Phnom Penh Athletics Club's eighth 5000m/5km distance race of 2024 began at 6:10 AM, in warm, bright and humid conditions at the Olympic Stadium track. Track races are generally conducive to better times compared to the road, and this was no exception with a slew of impressive new PBs including a new all-time PPAC record over the distance. 18 runners toed the line with the prospect of 12.5 exciting and dramatic laps awaiting...

The race report and full results are below. See you soon for more fun training sessions and athletics events and we look forward to seeing you next for a Youth 2km race on 13 Oct and Open 3km on 20 Oct.
Stay tuned to our Telegram channel and Facebook page for the official announcements and MORE opportunities to qualify for the 5000m Showdown!

Race Report
A stellar performance from Terence was the highlight of the event, as he continues a meteoric rise in Cambodia's athletics scene. His club-record time of 16:04.68 was achieved with masterful pacing and provides other athletes a great template for quality racing and a source of inspiration!

On the women's side we saw Muyngim racing strongly to take yet another 1st place alongside Chanthy (2nd), also no stranger to a PPAC event podium, but it was newcomer Sokkeng who provided an impressive 3rd place in her debut showing!
Viphup was the youth category leader, with another strong performance from the promising athlete while Sophal and Tes showed us the value of consistent pacing. Both athletes gave up significant leads to other runners early in the race, but remained confident in their ability to gradually make back the time back and, in the case of the former, secure a 1:36 PB!

Special mention to Rain and Somaly who secured huge PBs improving by 2:32 and 3:03 respectively, while others continue to make hard-earned incremental gains 👏.

Three runners took part in their fifth club event, and it was fantastic to have several new runners join us, as we welcomed Hugo and Adolfo for their first Phnom Penh Athletics Club race, coming after months of hard work training with the club every week – some excellent results for their first outing!

We're always pleased to welcome people looking to get fitter through athletics and running at our weekly training sessions and races. Wishing all our runners an enjoyable Pchum Ben break, and we'll see you all back at training this week!

Full Results (detailed)

Analysis and Consistency
One runner recorded a sub-1.00 rated pacing consistency score in this 5000m and two more scored sub-2.00, indicative of excellent and well paced races, respectively.

The Pacing Consistency score is designed to give runners an idea of how well they have balanced their efforts across the whole race. The most evenly paced runs with ratings below 1.00 indicate excellent pacing, and the lower the number, the better, in general, for optimal performance in aerobic running events like the 3, 5 and 10km.

In the table below you can compare your pace across every 1000m split of the race, and along with the pacing consistency rating, see how it all contributes to your overall finish time, as well as an ALL NEW suggested optimal pace that could lead to potential improved times!
Volunteers & Supporters
A special thanks as always to our volunteer officials and helpers on the morning - Jack, Craig, Sivmuyleng, Kimkheang and Meyjou as well as to our dedicated weekly training session leaders. It's not always an easy job, but the team try their best every time to ensure the event lives up to the standards expected!

We would like to extend our gratitude to all the runners and supporters who made this running event a success and whose support allows us to continue to organise community athletics activities for all. If you would like to contribute via donation, please find our QR here.
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/non-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!

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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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