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PPAC-146 3000m & 200m Track Double-Header [6 April 2025]

For our April track meet, we had a mix of club members and guests showing up to put in some hard work and test themselves against strong competition. The 3000m is an excellent fitness test, athletes can use this distance as a benchmark and it is very helpful for setting paces for training zones or for predicting goal race paces for longer distances. The 200m is a pure speed event, and something that a lot of us forget to train for, but is always a fun race and often has exciting close finishes! Race report and full results and analysis below:

Race Report
In the 3000m, Hugo P. was the men's leader from the gun, demonstrating consistent pacing with a clear goal time in mind, achieving a 12.5s PB. Styvenn (2nd) earned himself a PB by shedding a whopping 23.6s off his previous best. Styvenn is one of the brave few who show up every Tuesday morning at 5AM to grind it out in our Early Bird Threshold session. Clearly the hard work is paying off! Another huge PB improvement comes from Bora, wiping an entire minute from his previous best in the 3000m! Bora is also a PPAC member and regular attendee of our Thursday speed sessions.
In the women's field, Muyngim (1st) started off fast with the leading men, fading somewhat but still putting up a strong time and setting herself a PB for the distance.

The 200m heats were held 15 minutes later and arranged into heats using the finishing order from the 3000m. In the Men's A race we had some exceptional running, with four athletes running under 30s. No mean feat for untrained sprinters! In the B heat, Axel, in his first PPAC showing, impressed with a 28.67s performance, showing a lot of untapped potential for speed and pushing his case for an A heat berth next time! The Women's race saw Meyjou (1st) demonstrate her exceptional sprinting form and experience to make the 200m look easy!

It has been very satisfying to see the overwhelming support for our club membership over the past few weeks since we launched our membership tiers. Having a strong membership base has allowed us to more strategically plan events, and to ensure excellent turnouts at all of our weekly training sessions.

See you soon for more fun training sessions and athletics events and we look forward to seeing you for our next race which will be a 5km at Sokha on Sunday May 4th – look out for further announcements on our Facebook page and Telegram channel.

Full Results

3000m Race

200m Race

Detailed Results, Analysis and Consistency

In the table below you can compare your pace across the 7.5 laps of the 3000m race, as well estimated 1000m splits. Note that the first half-lap split measures 200m while all remaining splits are 400m.

Volunteers & Supporters
A special thanks as always to our volunteer officials and helpers on the morning – Craig, Jack, Meyjou, Sivmuyleng, Vincent and Yonas as well as our dedicated weekly training session leaders.

We would like to extend our gratitude to all the amazing club members, runners and supporters who made this running event a success and whose support allows us 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/non-sportspeople) to get involved and we appreciate your feedback. We look forward to seeing you all next time! 

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