PHNOM PENH ATHLETICS CLUB

2023 got underway in superb style with 38 starters, including 7 first timers, and 36 finishers - a great mix of runners on the morning. Well done to all who took part, we hope you enjoyed the club's first event of the year and encourage all runners to come and try again soon! Results Category leaders this week were Sokung, Samnang, Lorinda and Paul. There are nine PBs for runners with previously recorded times, with improvements of multiple minutes for many of them, as well as two significant +100 PPAC points improvements for two athletes. Race Replay Analysis and Consistency There are two sub-1.00 rated consistent pacing performances for first timer Samantha and Mark, and in terms of pacing this week the overall standard was excellent across the field - all finishers managed to run their two Sokha laps within less than one minute difference. Further improvements in pacing in the first kil...

Coolest and least humid conditions for running for a long time, however, strong winds on the back straight posed a challenge to the runners on the morning. A great new +1 minute PB and points PB for Visak, and welcome to first timer Vesal! Results Race Replay Analysis & Consistency Like and follow us on our FB page , join our Strava club and watch our athletics videos on YouTube . If you're interested in helping out please contact us through FB or at phnompenh.athletics@gmail.com, you can also support our work further with details available on our blog . © PPAC 2022

November's 5km race was PPAC's biggest of the year with over 20 new runners and almost 50 at the start line and an age range of participants spanning 48 years! Conditions this month were slightly cooler under cloud cover despite a later start. Well done to all the athletes - many of whom were taking part in a 5km club race for the first time - and this week's top category finishers Sokung, Hector, Meyjou and Andarge (who registered a 7th 5km first place of the year, and 18th overall). This week's race saw one of our closest ever sprint finishes for fifth place (separated by around 1/100th of a second) and seven athletes with previously recorded 5km times recorded PBs, including first sub-30 and sub-40 minute performances for two runners - well done! Results *NEW FEATURE!* Race Replay Analysis & Pacing Consistency ...

Approaching the end of the year, PPAC's sixth race of the 3km road series was held in cooler conditions at the Chbar Ampouv 'off-road' course. Ten athletes started, with first timers making up half the field with youth runners coming from Kampong Thom joining those from local groups. All completed the race under twenty-one minutes including a couple of exciting sprint finishes.   Again we had some excellent performances all round, with new PBs for three out of four athletes with previously recorded 3km times and six athletes achieving their first 3km results. Three athletes improved their times by a margin of over 10% which is a huge jump in performance but even small improvements are a great achievement - as you reach closer to your potential, every little improvement is more and more of a challenge! This week we had three athletes with good pacing consistency scores between 1.4...