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PPAC-149 5km Road Race [6 July 2025]

For our July 5K we were pleased to welcome several new participants for their first event with Phnom Penh Athletics Club, including athletes from Sachkam Running Club.

The race report and full results are below. Please stay tuned to our regular channels for our next race announcements.

Results
This Sunday PPAC was back for another terrific 5K race at Sokha. In an attempt to beat the morning sun, the race started at 5:49 AM with 18 speedy runners taking the line.

For this race, we were fortunate to have some PPAC members offer themselves for pacing duties; Jess (Sub-30), Mark (Sub-25) and Hugo (Sub-20). Their pacing had an obvious impact, with strong pace packs forming during the race and a number of people reaching their goals thanks to the pacing.

At the front of the race, Hugo led a pack of six runners through the Park Lap running at sub-20 minute pace. The group gradually lost a few, but Paul (1st place) and Styvenn (2nd place) were able to keep up the pace and get to the finish under 20 minutes. Tom (4th) held on to the pack for most of the way but finished just over the 20 minute mark. We're confident we will see him reaching that target soon! 

In the mid-pack, we saw Jacques (6th) finishing in 21:41, yet another top-10 performance for the champion V60 athlete, who was attending his final PPAC event. We wish Jacques safe travels in his next adventure.

Our sub-25 minute pace group led by Mark and including Adolfo and Bill were apparently enjoying themselves out on the course and decided to push for sub-24 instead! The three runners worked together beautifully and helped themselves to some solid, consistent performances and PBs for the latter pair.

The women's race was quite spread out, with Anne-Laure (1st) comfortably leading from wire-to-wire. Anne-Laure says she was hoping to beat her time from last month's race, but wasn't able to find the extra gear. We will need to challenge the other PPAC women to show up in force next month to push Anne-Laure a little further! The women's podium was rounded out by Jess (2nd, and sub-30min pacer) and newcomer Bea!

We were also pleased to welcome visiting runners from Sachkam running club, Lyhour and Chanvisith. We are always thrilled to host other clubs and hope to encourage more inter-club competition in the future!

Full Results
Race Replay

Pacing Analysis & Consistency
The table below shows split times and average pace per km for each section of the race. The Pacing Consistency rating is designed to give runners an idea of how well they have balanced their efforts across the whole race. Generally speaking, consistent, evenly paced efforts are the best way to achieve your fastest possible time.
Ratings under 1.00 indicate excellent pacing, and the lower the number, the better, in general, for optimal performance in highly aerobic running events such as the 5km and beyond.

There were four top rated sub-1.00 pacing performances from Styvenn, Jessica, Adolfo and Paul and many best lap performances for the Sokha Lap.

Volunteers & Supporters

A special thanks as always to our awesome team of volunteer officials and helpers on the morning - Craig, Jack, Bora and Florian, officiating for the first time, as well as all the amazing weekly training session leaders!

We would like to extend our gratitude to all the 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 members club that has the vision of making high quality contributions to the development of grassroots athletics and access to sport 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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