2012 HKAAA form

Dear all members,

For those joining our regular training, please fill in and return the HKAAA membership form with HK$80 payment return to Kenneth by 15 January.
This is for the HKAAA card to access Wan Chai Sports Ground starting from 1st February.

Thanks,
Charles

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Fwd: 2012 Sonic + Tri HK Membership renewal

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Dear all members,

This is a reminder for membership renewal.
Especially if you're going to join the Duathlon Race 1 which deadline on 5th January, please send back the membership form to Kenneth or myself by 4th January (coming Wednesday).
We had already submitted the first batch of membership renewal to Tri-HK office.

We wish everyone a happy new year and stronger 2012.

Thanks you.

Charles Hui

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Dear all,

Reminding everyone on the Sonic + TriHK membership renewal, we will submit the first batch to Tri-HK office before the Christmas, please return these TWO forms and payment to me or Kenneth as soon as you can.

Or you can fill in the form and return by scanned & email with your payment receipt.

cheers,
Charles

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Okay guys and girls!

Membership registration/renewal for Sonic, TriHK:TriHK: All current members should have received the email from TriHK staff on 3rd Nov subjected as "2012 Tri HK Membership 2012年香港三項鐵人總會會籍", print that out.
TriHK annual fee: $150 for adult, $60 for junior or student (40% off early bird discount)
Sonic: Fill in the attached Sonic membership form and attached together with TriHK form and print out
Sonic annual fee: $200 for adult, $100 for junior or student.

So we will receive TWO paper form from you, we hope to receive most of your membership form by the Christmas so we can stamp the club chop and send the first batch to HK TriA by 2012.
Yes we need to stamp the form, please.

Pass two paper form to Charles or Kenneth during Sonic training session, with cheque payment or bank-in receipt of HK$350 for adult or HK$160 for student

Bank-in to Sonic a/c at Heng Sang Bank: 289-537789-001

HKAAA form will be released in December, we will inform you in separate email.

All membership in Sonic, Tri-HK, HKAAA valid from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.

Hey but What's the reasons to be the members of Sonic?!
In case you're still in doubt....

Reasons to be members of Sonic?

1. 10% off discount in TriSports.HK
2. Take part in Sonic Time Trial Series, Swim / Bike / Run training courses, Training Camp, Oversea race logistics
   
3. Inclusion in the Sonic rankings
4. Free Sonic T-shirt
5. Sonic mailing list / Newsletter
6. TriA membership renewal, group entry for races
7. 30% off discount in HIGH5 group order
8. 15% off discount in consultation fee (exclude accuptunture) Warren & Partner Physiotherapy Centres
9. 25% off discount in book ordering from Frields and Assoicates: Chris Wu chriswusc@yahoo.com.hk
10. 10% off discount in 3rd MOVE Triathlon Gear Shop
11. Discount in Bike maintenance service at Victory Cycling Workshop
12. 10% off discount in SportsWorld
    
13. Discount in Dream Bespoke Tailoring
14. and many more.....etc....!!

How to Join Us?

1. Download and fill in the Sonic Sports membership form from here

2. Download and fill in the Hong Kong Triathlon Association membership form from here

3. Please return your application and post to P.O. Box: 96865, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, Kowloon.

• Your application should include:
• Membership form for Sonic Sports Association
• Membership form for Hong Kong Triathlon Association
• HK$350 (HK$450 after 28 Feb 2012) cheque payable to “Sonic Sports Association” if you are adult
• OR
• HK$160 (HK$200 after 28 Feb 2012) cheque payable  to “Sonic Sports Association” if you are junior or full-time student
• Two additional photos

4. We will contact you once your application was received.

Please feel free to email us for further enquiry: info@sonicsports.org.hk

All new member can enjoy a one-day Trial course 　

Thanks,
Charles Hui
Club Secretary
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November/December 2011

Sonic newsletter: November/December

After a lot of racing and hard work, we are finally in the off season. It’s the time to wrap up your achievements, start planning on next race goal, heal your injury, work on the technique, and spend time with your friends and family that you’ve missed out during the race season, and be a well-balance triathlete!

BMW Destination Ironman 70.3, Taiwan, 5 November

A key race for Sonic, after 6 months of training and preparation, a large contingent travelled to warm and beautiful Kenting and enjoyed fantastic success across male, female and relay categories.

Water condition was perfect and crystal clear; just you can’t imagine how rough would it be while you’re competing the swim against 1500 triathletes altogether. Lot of elbowing, kicking, catching feet, losing googles and some even lost the Polar watch! You don’t feel like that we don’t call it an Ironman swim. The famous Kenting wind was settle a bit this year but the draft marshall was really doing their job, so the penalty box always fill with one or two people. The real race always begin in the run, everybody suffered and just how much you can tolerance in the hurt box. The good result coming from the consistent training and mental toughness!

The ever-strong Michal Bucek was second in his age group 30-34 with Andy Patrick recovering from a disappointing Ironman in Las Vegas to finish second in the 50-54 age-group category in a time 5.07.25. Janice Lee was the club’s highest-placed woman: third in the 25-29 age-group with a time of 5.57. Other successful team-mates include Evangeline Quek who was fourth in her age group and Sonic was well-represented in the women’s 30-34 age group with Stephanie Yeung who was sixth, Gigi Wong who came ninth and Adelyn Cheong who was just behind in 10th. In the next age-group up, Teresa Mak was 10th and the club’s relay team Relay No More II were second. The successful relay team was formed by Sonic guest Mari Niiro, new member Sacha Cheong, and our famous Frederic Beaujean.

In fact, Sonic men also doing very well in the race, let’s keep up the good work and keep improving next year!

As you can see from the picture, the team enjoyed celebrating its success.

Sonic Time Trial 4, 20 November
Out at Sunny Bay, It’s the fourth Sonic Time Trial for the 40km bike ride along Cheung Tong Road. It was a good preparation for those want to test their new bike new gear or prepare for the Phuket Triathlon. Coming in first for the men was Clinton with Adelyn Cheong the quickest female. Special mention to Sonic Sacha who produced a powerful bike split and Kim Lai who attempted her first non-stop 40km bike ride despite the windy conditions.

Thanks to everyone who supported the club’s time trial series this year. After this race, the overall Sonic Time Trial series award winners are:
Men:
Champion: Andy Patrick
First runner up: With the same number of points are Yvan Cornve, Christopher Tong and Sebastien Stoffel
Second runner up: Eric Chan

Female:
Champion: Janice Lee
First runner up: Adelyn Cheong
Second runner up: Jeanette Wang

For full rankings, you can look up: RANKING

Laguna Phuket Triathlon Festival

Laguna Phuket Triathlon on 27 November
Phuket 70.3 Asiapacific Championship on 4 December

That’s the week of triathlon event happening in Laguna Phuket Resort!
The week was first kicked off by the Laguna Phuket Triathlon (LPT) consists of 1.8k swim, 55k bike and 12k run. That was the race to reunion with some of the Sonic from Singapore, Shanghai and US! 16 of us sharing 2 villas with a lot of Tri-Talk and sharing some good laughs!
The LPT race day was sunny and fine without Jelly fish attacking, our Italian Timothy Cosulich had a fantastic swim split and exit the water with female Pro Belinda Granger, just he had lost some time by two minor bike crashes and finished the race at 4th in his age-group. Sonic Party Girl Janice Lee finished strong at 3rd in her age-group and Sonic Kona Girl Joey-Lynn Musselman finished in 2nd in her age-group, after her success at Ironman World Championship at Kona, Hawaii in October. Andrew Patrick was sadly DNF by hurting the calf and caught cold, Frederic Beaujean was DNS and turning himself to be a photographer for the team along the race course!

The LPT Post-race party was as crazy as always! “It’s not about the race, the race is just to keep our body in good shape to make sure we look good and sexy in the post-race party!” – Charles said.

Charles on podium...dance!

Joey and Janice with their trophies

LPT crew chill time in Phuket island

Andy Patrick climbing the steep hill

The LPT crew then spent a few days to wire down and doing some recovery swim, bike and run in Phuket before handover the race clothes to more hardcore 70.3 warriors!

 Nobody wants the rain for the race in Phuket because there are a few steep climbs and descents in the bike course! Wet conditions made for slippery hills but at the same time, allowed for cooler condition for the run. Shaun Mullen had a fantastic swim split at 29:47, his girlfriend Louise Wheeler had been very busy at work and lost track at training, somehow still made to the finish the 70.3. Sacha Cheong continues his success from Taiwan and attempted his first 70.3, nicely removing the title of one-sixth Ironman with strong bike and run split. Singapore fastest Ironman triathlete Jeanette Wang of Sonic finished 3rd in her age-group, Joey-Lynn Musselman finished in the fifth in her age group 45-49 years Andy Patrick recovered from illness to finish a strong 12th in his age group, the men’s 50-54 years. Social success was enjoyed at the post-race celebrations.

Jeanette Wang in the strong run

2011 Kam Sheung Road Duathlon, 11 December

The well-organized Titan Kam Sheung Road Duathlon happened on 11 December, the cooler temperature and dryer condition made the best setting for bike and run events. Some of the Sonic done this race, finished on podium and bring home with price money!
Christina Lee 3rd in age-group, Billy Chow champion in age-group, Michal Bucek 2nd in age-group.

Sonic End of Season SUPERSTAR Party
The 8th Sonic End of Season Party was successfully held on 17th December right after the Tri-HK AGM!

This time we’ve invited a lot of superstar from difference ages of spaces to our party, we have Egyptian queen, Star War princess, James Bond, Greece Knight, Spartan, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Street Fighter….

And of course a few round of lucky draw to give away a lot of bike, and run kits, goodies bags, helmet and even gift vouchers!

We also have the following awards presented on the night:
Sonic Triathlete of the Year: Andrew Patrick, Gigi Wong
TriA series: Michael Lam, Kelly Law

Sonic Best Improvement Awards: Frederic Beaujean, Simon Jones, Evangeline Quek, Adelyn Cheong

Once again, We here appreciate all the members participation in Sonic training and events, trained hard and representing Team Sonic for the shining result.

We also thank you to all our supportive sponsors sponsoring our lucky draw items to made the party successfully! Namely TriSports.HK, SportsWorld, Victory Cycling, 2XU HK, Newton Running, Aquadiva Swimwear Hong Kong, Easton Bell Sports, Luma and Bike City.

Sonic Triathlete Awards
Since 2009 Sonic Sports Associations have awarded the Triathlete of the Year trophy to recognize the members of Sonic who have particular success in events, made an outstanding achievement in triathlon and made significant contribution to Sonic Sports Associations along the year.

We apply the following criteria when deciding the awards:
1. Attendance to club training and activities
2. Participation and achievement in local and oversea races
3. Contribution to the club
4. Sportsmanship and Ethics

Please direct all nominations and comments to the Chairman and Club Secretary
We’ve added this section on Sonic website for the “Roll of Honor” since 2009!
http://sites.sonicsports.org.hk/Home/triathletes-of-the-year

Member Profile - Gigi Wong
This time we interviewed our newly Sonic Triathlete of the Year - Gigi Wong to share what made her to Sonic and doing this sports for 7 years! See THIS!

Training update
Wan Chai Sports Ground and Training Pool will be closed for maintenance from mid-December. Effective from 14 December until 31 January 2012:

Monday: 8pm-10pm Run at Happy Valley running track
Wednesday: 8pm-10pm Swim at Morrison Hill Swimming Pool
Sunday: 7:30am-10:30am Swim/Bike/Run at Shek O Beach

No training on public holiday (26/12 and 2/1)

The club Training Calendar has been updated and you can add it to your Google calendar or iPhone: https://sites.google.com/site/sonicsports/Home/sonic-training

Membership registration and renewal for Sonic and TriHK
Membership registration and renewal are currently progressing.
Sonic members should fill out and print the Sonic AND Tri-HK membership form for 2012 membership. Please return to Kenneth or Charles the two paper forms along with a cheque or bank receipt for $350 for adults or HK$160 for students for Sonic AND Tri-HK membership.

Membership analysis in 2011
Last portion of the newsletter is always for the keen members if you read to this line.
The last membership analysis Sonic Secretary office has done was in 2008.
The analysis showing the membership of Sonic is steadily growing since 2003.
Gender distribution is also slightly shifting from 70/30% in 2008 to 60/40% in Male to Female ratio.
In nationality population, British troop became the 1st non-local membership base while French and Singaporean are right after.

The analysis showing Sonic Sports Associations is still growing in the last eight years even though we’ve been facing a lot of challenges, the sports of triathlon is getting more popular in Hong Kong and more Triathlon Clubs are setting up and promoting the sports in the healthy way. And more women are willing to spend time on fitness and endurance sports.
It’s also showing Sonic is still the inclusive club with cultural diversity and strong atmosphere in training and racing.

Let’s keep up our spirit and to welcome the more exciting year of 2012!

Team Sonic is One Team, One Spirit.

Upcoming races
Kaoshung Love River Triathlon, 3 March 2012

The event involves a 1.5km wetsuit swim starting from a pontoon in the Love River. The bike leg is five laps of the downtown area crossing two bridges, mostly flat. The run is four laps along the river and across two bridges. Prize money for overall placings includes $30k for the winner with $20k for second place, $15k for third place, $10k for fourth place and $8k for fifth. Age group money extends to $5k for first placem $3k for second and $2k for third. Link (Chinese): http://www.ironman.url.tw/2012raceinfo3.htm

Kent Wong will co ordinate a small group to travel to Kaoshung to leave Friday at noon and returning on Sunday night, with hostel accommodation for around HKD$250 per night. Contact Kent if you’re interested: pkkentwong@gmail.com

August 2012’s Ironman 70.3 Philippines will take place in Cebu, the entrance is filling up quickly. Email Kent Wong urgently for accommodation and flight information: pkkentwong@gmail.com

Some of us done Philippines 70.3 at Camarines Sur had a fantastic and eyes open experience in terms of the race organization and meeting some local tri-teams, post race party was also great! You can see some pictures from Sonic Photo Album

Hong Kong Triathlon Associations and ITU Triathlon also updated their race schedule.

January 15: TriHK Duathlon 1
February 12: TriHK Duathlon 2
February 19: Sri Lanka 70.3 and 5150
March 3: Kaoshung Love River Triathlon
March 4: TriHK Duathlon 3
March 18: Singapore 70.3
April: Sonic Training Camp
April 12: Fuzhou ITU
April 15: TriHK Aquathon 1
May 6: TriHK Age-Group Triathlon
May 6: Subic Bay ITU
June 3: TriHK Age-Group Triathlon
July 8: TriHK Aquathon 2
July 15: Singapore ITU
August 5: Philippines 70.3
August 26: TriHK Aquathon 3
September 9: TriHK Aquathon 4
September: Japan 70.3
October 14: TriHK HK Triathlon
October 17: Auckland ITU World Championship
November 4: TriHK Aquathon 5
November 4: Taiwan 70.3
November 18: Sanshui ITU
December 2: Phuket 70.3

September/October 2011

Sonic newsletter: October

Faster than a speeding bullet, here is a roundup of what Sonic athletes have been getting up to over the past month.

Sonic athletes were found competing across the world on 11 September, starting with the Las Vegas Ironman 70.3 World Championship
For the first time, the event was held in Las Vegas near Sunset Strip and more than 1800 athletes competed including Sonic’s Andrew Patrick and Michal Bucek.
Congratulations to Michal who finished in 4.39.14, with an impressive 29.40 for the swim, 2.33.57 for the bike and 1.30.50 for the run. He was ranked 137 overall with a division position of 23. 
Incredibly disappointingly after all his hard training, Andrew was forced to drop out of the event after a 35.17 swim because of illness. Here below he describes the experience:

“I started suffering from flu symptoms on the flight over. I tried to shrug them off, as I often feel like that on long-haul flights, probably due to the low humidity and lack of quality sleep. Unfortunately, upon arrival in Las Vegas, despite feeling exhausted I could not fall asleep. Jetlag would haunt me for the next few days, which was not a recipe for recovery. Over the next couple of days, I dosed up on various medications and forced myself to start the race. I would never have done so in that condition in Hong Kong but I had travelled a long way and spent a lot of money on the trip, so had to give it a go. I took the swim easily and did not feel too bad until I exited the water, when my non-stop hacking cough got going. I forced myself through T1 and on to the bike, but the cough did not abate. Moreover, I was going so slowly up the long hill out of transition that everyone was passing me, including one of the physically challenged athletes with just one leg. I kid you not! After 10 minutes I reached the turn to head off into the desert. I had a choice to make and it was not a difficult one. I plugged the plug, headed back to my hotel, crawled into bed - and still could not sleep. It has since taken me four weeks to recover. On top of the viral respiratory infection, I got a stomach bug and followed that up with bacterial bronchitis. Clearly, I had run my immunity pretty low. So I have had to learn some lessons again.

1. Don't push yourself too hard, training or partying, before a big race.

2. Try, try, try to get plenty of sleep.

3. Take precautions to avoid getting sick or injured.

“Fortunately, I back to training again and am looking forward to racing in Taiwan 70.3. Stay healthy!”

Andy took part in the Clean Half 15km swim on 8^th October and finished in four hours, 35 minutes. Congratulations.      

Beijing ITU World Championship Final
Inspired by watching the world’s top 50 elite men and women, seven Sonic athletes competed under Kent Wong’s leadership including Edwin Wong, Gabriel Lau, Ren Ho, Philip Penaloza, Sacha Cheong and Ian Brownlee.

Vietnam Triathlon
 

Congratulations to newly engaged couple Shaun Mullen and Louise Wheeler who competed in Hoi An and both won their age groups. Special mention must go to Louise who was racing in only her second triathlon. Shaun gives his account of the race: “Louise and I had a fantastic time in our second olympic distance triathlon together. The conditions were great apart form the sea, which was a little on the rough side. The bike and run were both fairly flat, so it was a great course. We both won our respective age categories with Louise smashing through the finishing line with a time of 3:04:09 and my time of 2:28:15 was enough to get me second place overall (that will give you an insight as to how relaxed the competition was!). All in all a fantastic day, well-organised given the locale and circumstances and definitely worth a Sonic trip next year.”
Back in Hong Kong… 18 September: Sonic Time Trial 3

A strong monsoon wind in Shek O meant the swim leg of the trial was cancelled and times were recorded instead for a 4k run followed by a 27k bike finishing with a 4k run. Ten good souls completed it and Dr Jones was the man of the day, kicking off the run with a big lead and coming in home first overall with 13 points and a time of 1.31.19. Brian Lee caught up to complete the course 50 seconds later and Janice Lee was the first girl back in 1.39.31. Thanks again coach Kenneth for keeping note of the times.


Watch out for the waves! Here’s why the swim leg of the time trial didn’t go ahead.

8 October: The big one: Ironman World Championship Kona
Michal Bucek competed for the second time, coming in placed 109^th overall in a time of 10.23.26. He completed the swim in 1.03.40, the bike in 5.20.16 and the final marathon run leg in 3.52.13. Singapore’s Joey-lynn Musselman qualified for the first time this year and came 44^th in the women’s 45-49 age group. Her swim time was 1.14.06, the bike was 6.41.42 and her marathon 4.48.09. Many, many congratulations to these two inspiring athletes for racing in the world’s most prestigious Ironman event.

9 October: Hong Kong’s biggest triathlon: TriHK HK Triathlon Championship.
Thirty-seven Sonic members competed in the national triathlon, which this year moved from Sunny Bay and Disneyland to Plover Cove in Sai Kung.
Sonic women were frequently found on the podium with the best result amongst the girls from Janice Lee who won came home ahead in each of the three disciplines in the olympic distance 25-29 years category to finish clear leader overall in 2.43.20. Her team-mate Evangeline Quek took bronze place on the podium: both girls are pictured below.



Congratulations to Kim Lai who finished in second place in the sprint distance for women aged 25-29 in a time of 1.43.00. Stephanie Yeung who took bronze in the olympic distance 30-34 age group, coming home in 2.42.24. In the fun distance veteran category, Winnie Chi came second.
Highlights for Sonic’s male team included young Michael Lam who cruised home to win the male youth open category in a time of 32.22. On the other end of the scale, Ivan Lo won bronze in the olympic distance Male Elite Open category, finishing in 2.01.33. In the sprint distance, Simon Jones took bronze in the 30-34 age group in 1.23.55.
Ivan Yeung came seventh in the 70-strong male 30-34 year olympic distance category, in a time of 2.25.23. Christopher Tong was also seventh in the 40-44 years olympic distance race, coming home in 2.28.36. Several team-mates were chasing each other behind him: less than a minute separated team-mates Yam Ho Yeung and Billy Chow who came in at 2.35.05 and 2.35.52 respectively. Close behind were cat-and-mouse pair Yvan Corno and Sacha Cheong who finished in 2.36.18 and 2.36.27 respectively.
23 October: China ShanShui ITU Asian Cup
Julius kicked off this interesting triathlon trip by opening a few bottles of wine – which had to be drunk before clearing Hong Kong customs authorities…
Ten Sonic members entered this race and brought home good results – as well as good prize money.
Michal Bucek came second, Andy Patrick was third and Kent Wong came tenth - with the Sonic relay team taking first place on the podium. Andy took the first leg and led the pace to finish in the top three, in the second leg Gigi Wong held on to maintain the position and close the gap on the leaders with Kent and Michal making up the third and final leg to cross the line ahead as champions. “The new team relay is really good to boost the team sprit, helped of course by the 3000 RMB in their pockets after the race,” says Charles Hui. “The team won so much local respect, it was like they were stars,” says Charles – who unfortunately had to leave the event early because his China visa expired.
Credit must go to the organisers for the excellent venue, accommodation and logistics support. But bad luck to Gabriel Lau and Edwin Wong who didn’t board the bus to China due to injury and illness.

Travel in style

Goodbye coach Rockson
Coach Rockson will take a break from training the Sonic team to focus on his career and his own training. The club has been impressed by his knowledge on stretching and circuit training and Rockson also helped the team a great deal during the training camps of this year and in 2010.  The team is sad to see him leave as coach: we will miss him and we wish him the very best for his career development and sports training. We look forward to seeing him at future races.
Training will be maintained by coach Kenneth and coach Alan Tam.
Updated training arrangements:
Regular session on Monday and Wednesday
Monday and Wednesday: program handled by coach Kenneth.
8pm-9pm: Run training at Wan Chai Sport Ground (main set to cover 5k-8k)
9pm-10pm: Swim training at Wan Chai Training Pool (main set to cover 2k-2.5k)

70.3 session on Monday and Wednesday (until after Taiwan 70.3)
Monday: no coach will attend this session but Janice will coordinate.
8pm-10pm: Run training at Happy Valley running track (main set to cover 14k-16k)
Wednesday: program handled by coach Alan Tam/Kenneth
8pm-10pm: Swim training at Wan Chai Training Pool (main set to cover 5k)

Morning swim on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7am
The new sessions will continue until 27 October and resume from January 2012 (unfortunately it wasn’t possible for the club to secure a lane during November and December). Coach Alan Tam will lead the morning sessions for the next two weeks.
Upcoming races
The team is training hard for a busy season.

5 November: Ironman 70.3 Taiwan. 2 weeks to go! A key race for Sonic this year, the club is sending a large team: check out the start list at http://www.ironmantaiwan.com/
6 November: The pleasant TriHK Aquathon 5 in South Bay – a relaxing race in cooler conditions than the earlier aquathons of the season.
20 November: Put a date in your diary for the Sonic Time Trial 4 including a 40k bike. Please come along to the time trial – it’s important for training and for coaches to see how you’re progressing.
27 November: Laguna Phuket Triathlon. One of Sonic’s favourite races – the paradise location (almost) makes up for the humid conditions…
4 December: Back to Thailand for the Ironman Phuket 70.3 AsiaPacific Championship: representing Sonic are Shaun Mullen, Andrew Patrick, Sacha Cheong, Joey-lynn Musselman and Jeanette Wang

July 2011

Hi everyone,

It has been a while!
Summer is here! I'm sure everyone get tone up, slim up, since we are all in the 2 hours run and 2 hours swim on Monday and Wednesday! This training arrangement will remain across the summer, until the Wan Chai Sports Ground re-open in September. So, how to survive the 2hrs non-stop training?
- fuel your body before training e.g. after work snack
- re-fuel with sports drink or supplement during the training
- recovery snack/meals after training e.g. banana
- more water/ nutrition / stretching during your easy day

I am not a nutrition professional but here are the good read, also consult our coaches.
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/nutrit.htm
http://www.highfive.co.uk/

And remind that Sonic member enjoys 30% off in ordering High5 products.
http://sites.sonicsports.org.hk/Home/sonic-file  

Enjoy your summer, stay fit and very fit!

9 July: Shek O ChallengeIt's a challenge, also a beach party with beach volleyball, Firsbee, BBQ and DJ-ing!
It's a 2.2k open water swim from Big Wave Bay to Shek O Back Beach!
Check this out: http://www.shekochallenge.com/

Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
The race early bird entry is open until 30 June!
It will be helpful to let me know if you have signed up, Team Sonic will join TriSports package like last year, we have one Sonic bus to travel from airport to Kenting!
So far, I have these name on my list:
Kenneth, Gigi, Janice, Adelyn, Evangeline, Stephanie, Teresa, George, Frederic, JC, TeamSonicMaMa (Rita/Elsie/Charles)....

18 June: 2XU Middle Island Swim Challenge
It's a 3.2k swim event around the Middle Island (outside Deep Water Bay).
Congratulations to Shaun, Greg James, Pearl, T Wong, Billy, Philip Penaloza for their achievement in long distance swimming.

19 June: Sprint Triathlon
The only sprint triathlon before the HK ITU at Shatin Science Park.

It has been postponed for 1 week due to the rain storm on 12 June, the race finally ON under the perfect sunny weather, the race also became a showcase for some of us put on the new Sonic outfit! Even though we recorded a higher number of DNS (no show) in the recent years, still we have some good result and medal bring home!

Sprint Triathlon:
Ivan Yeung, 6th in M30-34
Yeung Yam Ho, 2nd in M40-44
Christopher Tong, 4th in M40-44
Andy Patrick, 2nd in M50-54

Junior:
Kelly Law, Champion in Girls 2000
Kong Yan Pui, 3rd in Girls 1996
Michael Lam, Champion in Youth Open

Super Sprint:
Alan Tam, Champion in M Veteran

Sorry for Sebastien, Greg and those who prepared for this race but missed it due to the re-schedule.

Tri-HK Aquathon 3
Once again, multi-sports events fill up very quickly this year,  next race is Aquathon 3, 10 July, at Repulse Bay, in 500m swim/5k run/500m swim format. Hope to see many of us doing this! Sign up now at http://onlineregistration.triathlon.com.hk/ before 30 June deadline.

Ironman Korea 70.3
Since the Ironman China cancelled, Our coach Kenneth will be doing this race with Andy Patrick while Jeanette Wang will be doing a full Ironman during the weekend of 4th July, it seems to be a tough course, but they all tough as steel! Let's wish them have a great race ahead!

Sonic Time Trial 2 rescheduledWe had a very intense Sonic Time Trial on the last Labour day holiday hope you still remember, As the date on 1st July, Kenneth will fly to Korea for racing, the Sonic Time Trial will be re-scheduled to 24 July, Sunday, in Aquathon format. 1.5k swim + 4k run, bike training afterwards.

Farewell to Su Mei

Another Sonic moving on, Su Mei Teh will move back to Singapore in July after 5 years in HK and training with Sonic. She is one of the keen and gorgeous Sonic girls who try hard to take part in our training and racing despite her busy working life. We will miss the date when we saw the lady walking into the Wan Chai running track in high heels and professional business dress code while we all running out of breath in the middle of the interval!

She will join the Shek O brick session on 4th July before moving back to Singapore.

Sonic members profile
In the coming few weeks, I will setup a corner on our website featuring our members' profile, no matter no faces or familiar faces, watch this space!

Double Triathlon 2XTRI
A new format of racing in HK! Thanks Revolution-Asia for the innovative, it will be a 300m swim/12k bike/3k run for two times at Science Park.
Check this out: http://www.revolution-asia.com/Events/2XTRI_-_Double_Triathlon.htm
.....but why don't we do a few set of bricks at beautiful Shek O beach instead?!

HK ITU TriathlonHong Kong ITU Triathlon in 2011 will go back to Plover Cove, in 2nd weekend of October.
6am start time in such a remote place is part of the game!

Volunteer recruitment!!For new club kits ordering!
I need one help to receive all order form and $$ from the members, consolidate all items and help to place order to Champ-Sys and 2XU.
Just for July order.
Any helping hands, email me.

Upcoming Races
Be selective! Avoid getting tired of racing before end of the season, stay injury free and motivation is the key!

03 Jul: Deep Water Bay Ocean Swim
09 Jul: Shek O Challenge
10 Jul: TriHK Aquathon 3 (Repulse Bay)
24 Jul: Sonic Time Trial 2 (Shek O Aquathon)
21 Aug: TriHK Aquathon 4 (Discovery Bay)
14 Aug: Ironman 70.3 Philippines
14 Aug: Bay 2 Bay Summer Ocean Swim
28 Aug: Double Triathlon (Shatin)
04 Sep: Sonic Time Trial 3 (sprint)
11 Sep: Splash n Dash Aquathon 1
09 Oct: Splash n Dash Aquathon 2
09 Oct: TriHK HK ITU Triathlon
05 Nov: Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
06 Nov: TriHK Aquathon 5 (South Bay)
13 Nov: Splash n Dash Aquathon 3
20 Nov: Sonic Time Trial 4 (40k bike)
27 Nov: Laguna Phuket Triathlon
04 Dec: Ironman Phuket 70.3

Report from Kenneth

Thanks for everyone came to our training camp! Hope can help you some and more improve! Everyone have a great performance in this camp! First!
-Charles,Thank you so much you help us a lot always!  Ready all in this every training camp! Sorry about I give you so many stress!
-Kenji, Thanks for you to take care of everyone! Especially on the last bike session! You help Janice and George when they going up and down hill! And brought us to ride a good place! Help us how to maintain the bike! So lucky is he can change better after one day and you  can keep coaching us!
-Rockson,Thanks for help us to follow up our date, and handle the bike,brick session, Especially the core and stretching session! All of time very helpful to take care all in the training camp! Hope your leg feel ok afternoon run!
-Gi Gi Chan, I can see you push very hard every session, brick! So hard, Swim a bit scared, but still keep do the long distance swim! Bike, hope can go through your mine how to keep easy to go down the hill!
-Andrew Practick, you are so strong on the bike, finally! Your 18 yrs old bike broken in this camp and you can change another bike finally! Also in the Brick session! He made me feel die!
-T T Wong, you had improve a lot in the brick session! Also on the bike, You can "fly up" on the bike now! Also you knew how to clean your bike, that why you should faster now!
-Chirs Lee, good swim in the sea! You can swim straight forward, change faster and stable! On the bike, try to keep relax you upper body, it should be more helpful to improve!
-Teresa Mak, your bike skill and speed improve a lot! In the brick session, I never see you like that fast and concentrate  ! I like it! Also, you can take care by yourself even George not on your side! Hehehe
-George Lee, on the swim already can see you more stable, but need more come to training in Shek O! If you can improve your swim! You should be very fast! Hope you enjoy the last bike session!
- Winnie, big improve on the bike, you can understand how to use the gears and how to do U turn easier on the bike! Try to keep training, you should ok to follow all persons in the next training! You will be feel more fun and enjoyable! On the swim, also keep training la! Rockson can help you alot! Don't always say Sorry, Slow is not a problem! Everybody should  go through it! Don't give up!
-Rita Koo, you can do the single hand now, take the bottle, your next target is how to keep single hand to turn around! Long time no training before, that why the bike skill get lost! Don't worry! Back to training everything will be ok! Don't forget take your bike to the shop, checking or maybe buy a new one! hehe
-Evangeline, bike improve alot! Easy to climb up on bike after T1, up hill faster, Also stable when you down hill! Push very hard in the brick session! I think maybe your bike a bit small for you! You should check it ok? Also do more core session la!
-Ldelyn, very very strong on the bike! So lucky is I can help you before the training in Tung Chung long bike session, that why I can see your performance in this training camp! If you change your bike, I think you can fly! Also do more speed run to let your legs can make stronger! You should change your long legs to high frequency mode! Don't waste your legs! Swim need more training! Transition should be more practice,  faster change!
-Pearl, all strong, you can try to thinking about how to adjust in the training or race, when you keep maintain, harder/easier, for the last, how to keep hard your core to speed up! On the bike, try change one hard gear to go up hill! It should be suitable!
-Janice, hope you feel better! After holiday and straight  came to the camp, it should be hard for you! But still can do your best in all session! Push very hard in the last bike session, maybe need improve the bike skill, it can help you keep saver on the bike! "I know you feel so tried already"!push very hard in the brick session! Hope you can do more well in your next race!

PS: I am so happy about all members enjoyed this training camp! Hope I can improve a lot too! Even in coaching skill or in my sports life! Also hope everyone can understand my "Hong Kong English!" many thanks for everyone!

Note of Thanks - Pearl

Many thanks to Kenneth, Kenji and Rockson for coaching us.  Also thanks to Charles and Gigi for working out the logistics.  Appreciate a lot the support and encouragement of sonic buddies.  All these made the training camp a great success.  I joined Sonic on 26 Apr 2010 and this camp marked my first anniversary with Sonic :)

 

Pearl

Note of Thanks - Rita

Thank you Coach Kenneth, Kenji and Lok for all the exciting program. And Charles and Gigi for all the trip preparation work! I am very impressed with all of your passion even this is my third training camp with Sonic. So happy to be a part of it. See ya all tonite!!!

Rita =D

Note of Thanks - Gigi

It was my XXtimes of joing the Sonic Training Camp since 2004! And yes, it was always fun filled, lots of laughter and wonderful experience training :)
Thanks Kenneth, i can see that you have put effort on every single session with us. Maintaing our high Sonic spirit and yet pushing all of us to reach our ownself of limit which i'm sure everyone reach it! And giving us advice on each of us after a training camp is the first time i see you did it! Well done!
Rockson, thanks for your preparation and the innovation that you have put into the training, which made the camp and the training a quality one.
Kenji, thanks for your coaching! its always a memorable one and enjoying every talk you have share!
Charlie, poor you suffer alots from your illness and you still putting your efforts towards the camp and make sure everyone happy and enjoying the camp! Your love towards Sonic is always the unlimited one:) respect!
And the fellas Team Sonic, i'm glad to share the happiest Easter with all of you! Every moment is so enjoyable and always  fun remaining our top Sonic spirit! Thanks everyone being patient and not screaming towards the staff quarter room, logistic arrangement, etc....
Cheers, Gigi

Note of Thanks - Winnie

Thanks coach Kenneth, Kenji and Rockson, Charles and Gigi, and all of you for making my first training camp so memorable and enjoyable, a fruitful Easter Holiday.

Thanks again!!!

winnie

Note of Thanks - Chris Lee

Many many thanks to Kenneth, Rockson and Kenji for spending their holidays coaching us, and to Mr and Mrs Hui for organizing the entire event and taking so good care of us.

The training camp was such a wonderful experience and I am so glad I got to share it with all of you sonic teammates!

Cheers,
Chris

Note of Thanks - Janice

Yes, thank you all the coaches, Charles and Gi for all the effort. I've just washed pablo (my hot bike) and he has never been this clean. Thank you again Kenji for teaching us how to wash our bikes.

Thank you also for all my amazing teammates, I felt that there was as much team building as there were individual training and we grew as a team after the camp.

Keep up the good work and hope to see you all soon.

Also, if someone has seen my voice, please let me know. I am missing it very much.

Janice :)

Note of Thanks - Evan

I second Andy. Thanks to Charles an gigi for planning and organizing the camp.

Thanks to all the coaches for the fantastic training.

And of course thanks to all the teammates for the amazing company!

See you all at training.

Note of Thanks - Andy

Just to add my note of thanks. It was a great camp.

Kenneth, Rockson and Kenji, you were all fantastic: high quality coaching made fun! I could not ask for more.

Charles and Gigi, it would not have happened without your organization. I know you must put in a lot of time behind the scenes running the Club. It is very much appreciated.

All camp participants, thanks for your company, which made for a very enjoy6able weekend.

C u soon!

Andy.

Note of Thanks - T Wong

Thank you all you guys, I had a great time in the training camp, really enjoy it. Thank you Charles and all the coach spent lots of time on the preparation and take care everything during the trip. Yeah, the bike clearing  is very professional, I'm going to do it after Shek O training.

T

Training Camp Rundown

Rundown

22rd April 2011 (Fri)
1330 Arrive to Nam Oi
1400 Lunch
1600 Swim,Run Brick session (beach)
1730 Stretching session 30~45mins
1830 Dinner
2000 meeting (Run Down)
2200 Sleep

• PS: first day training, Don’t Push too hard!
• Focus: Brick session is a short sprint transition, make sure bring your suitable equipment (speed Shoes, race belt, cap…)
• Other: Will try to take the video for the Brick (iPhone)

23th April 2011 (Sat)
0630 Warm up run 30mins
0730 Breakfast
0900 Bike session 2~3hrs (80k, 70k, 50k)
1300 lunch
1600 Open Water Swim 45mins
1700 Stretching session 45 hour+ Core session+ partner Stretching
1830 Dinner
2030 meeting (session detail)
2200 sleep

• PS: Check pulse in the morning;
• hill climb training on the bike;
• No Wetsuit swim;
• Focus: Bike session, try push harder when up hill!!
• Open water swim, race practice, speed work;
• Core session bring the towel for help your stretching;
• Other: Middle hard session day, please concentrate the up/down hill skill and the Body Position

24th April 2011 (Sun)
0630 Warm up run 30mins
0730 Breakfast
0900 Brick Session (Open water swim, Bike, Run) Bring all of your race Kits! e.g.Race Belt
1200 lunch
1530 Run+Dryland session+ Stretching
1800 Down Town for dinner
2100 back to hotel
2130 meeting (Discuss)
2300 Sleep

• PS: Race Practice for the Brick session,
• Focus: Quick transition in the brick,
• Other: Hard session for the brick session.

25th April 2011 (Mon)
0630 30mins easy run (Optional)
0700 Breakfast
0800 Long bike (100K,70K,60K)+30mins Run
1330 lunch
1500 Back to Hong Kong from Nam Oi Hotel

• PS: Morning Run Optional;
• Focus: Try to keep same speed in the bike session
• Other: Keep refuel on the bike

Tips:

• Check and record your rest pulse each morning;
• Don’t forgot bring your suitable equipment! E.g. Racing speed shoes, strong shoes, race belt;
• Bike parts should be ready. E.g. all bike tools, Tries…!
• Ready your sports refuel. E.g gel, energy food, sports drink…!
• Heart rate Monitor;
• Prepare your checklist;
• Don’t forgot buy the insurance for the training camp!
• Training schedule could be adjusted based on actual terrain, fitness of everybody!

Training Camp Checklist

Welcome to the Nan Ao training camp!

Itinerary will be updated on

Gathering time: this Friday 0930am at Wan Chai Pier bus terminus (outside Starbuck)

Checklist

• Your valid visa, entry card to China
• RMB dollar for all lunch & dinner
• Sonic do not cover any insurance regarding this training camp, you are strongly advice that you should cover your own travel insurance.
• Bike storage in bus: remove both wheels and put under the coach storage, bike box is no need but some protective foams is recommended for your bike
• Nan Ao weather forecast: north east of HK, 20C-25C (HINTS: wind chill factor, light rain or/and sunny period)
• Always with light jacket
• Bike cleaning kits (in case of shower)

Cycling/Running

• running shoes, cap (rain or shine)
• bike shoes and helmet
• 2 to 3 extra inner tyre (I had two tyre puncture last year)
• electric tape (in case outer tyre puncture)
• bicycle hand pump (coach will bring floor pump)
• 4 set of cycling jersey, cycling short
• 4 set of running clothes
• cycling vest or windbreaker, arm warmer (temp. expected to be ~22C, will be raining)
• oil/luct for bicycle gear/chain (for clean up the bike after rain)
• mini first-aid kit
• cycling sunglasses (dark/clear lens)
• front and rear light for cycling
• cream for cycling plants

Nutrition (sorry, cannot get sponsor this year...)

• nutrition supplement (energy bar, gels, snack, chocolate our long ride last for 3-4 hours! HINTS: 1 gel/bar per hour)
• energy drink powder (HINTS: 500ml energy drink during training, another 500ml energy drink after session)
• Radiation kits (nearby Nuclear plant)

Room allocation
Room 1: Kenneth, Ren Ho
Room 2: Kenji, Rockson
Room 3: Winnie, Janice
Room 4: Charles, Gigi
Room 5: Evangeline, Adylen
Room 6: Rita, Pearl
Room 7: Edwin Wong, Andrew Patrick
Room 8: Teresa, George
Room 9: Christina, T Wong

April 2011

Hi Everyone,

Weather gradually getting warm, you should start feeling strong if you've been training consistently along these few months , or you should feel like it's a time a go back to Sonic training as it's not too far to the summer. Race season is also beginning!

Aquathon 1
Tri-HK race season kicked off by the Kowloon Tsai Aquathon where the good swimmer can show off their flip turn while everybody cheer up from the pool desk! Great super sunny day and lot of medalist from Sonic!! Frederic won his first medal in his life time given by strong fields of friends support, Italian sausages and good wine...!

Well done to all podium finishers!!!
Stephenie (AG 30-39 2nd runners up) and Ivan (AG 30-34 5th)
Sebastien (AG 30-34 4th and 1st runners up on short course)
Frederic (AG 35-39 6th)
Yeung Yam Ho (AG 40-44 1st runners up)
Eric Chan (AG 45-49 5th)
Lee YingHo (AG 45-49 6th)
Ivan Lo (Male Elite Open Champion)
Michal Bucek (Double Champion on long and short course)
Tam Sze Lun (AG 45-49 1st runners up)
Michael Lam (Male Youth Open Champion)


Tribal Enduranro Aquathon
Run swim run swim and do it all over again....what a new format bring in to local races series by Tribal! We have good number of Sonic tried it and love it! Congratulating medal finishers Ian Brownlee, Andy Patrick and our first time medalist Christina Lee!!!

TriMag Asia launch
The first local published Triathlon Magazine 'TriMag Asia' will be launched in April, the magazine is published by a group of local triathletes and the articles will cover all triathlon surrounding in Asia! We will share with everyone during the training once we got the first release!

Trisports.HK expansion
Trisports.HK is now relocated to Wan Chai and expended to 3000sq feet shop that we are looking forwards for more possibility happen in their space! Check out their Facebook page news feed and the attached flyer.

Sonic Training Camp
Our training camp is on the main menu in April, we are all training up and condition ourselves for this 4D3N triathlon camp in Nan Ao during the Easter holiday!
Let's see what will be in the goodies bag of Mama Rita?

May Bank of China Age Group Triathlon
Sign up now at triathlon.com.hk for the Bank of China age group triathlon! Multi sports events are so overwhelming in HK, even duathlon and aquathon filled up very quickly!
This race is Sonic mid year target race, make sure your Sonic trisuit is ready!
OD: 1.5k/40k/10k
Sprint: 750/20/5

Tri-HK Aquathon 2 and Sprint Triathlon
Two races in June by Tri-HK also start accepting entry on triathlon.com.hk!
20 May: Aquathon 2 at Golden Beach Tuen Mun
12 Jun: Sprint Triathlon at Shatin Science Park

Ironman Chjna
Our coach Kenneth, Andy, Sebastien, Tim, Billy, Jeanette are all training hard for the Ironman China full/70.3! No surprise to see them in Cheung Tung road!

Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
The race early bird entry is open now!
Sonic will be returning to Kenting for this race, we are all gonna have another fruitful summer to train for that Shek O alike swim, sunny and windy bike and run course!

Laguna Phuket Triathlon
Laguna Phuket Triathlon Unconditional Entry Slots Have Sold Out, But Entry Slots With Accommodation Are Available: means you can still sign up the race with the accommodation booked in Laguna resorts! So far I hear some Sonic already signed up e.g. Tim, Susana, Evangeline, Adelyn, SuMei, Michal, Gabriel, Andy, Ren, Gigi and Charles....it's the end of the season and we all gonna train hard for the post race party and international Sonic re-union!

Check out http://www.lagunaphukettriathlon.com/ or TriSports.HK

New Club discount by AquaDiva Hong Kong
New swimsuit brand from Australia 'AquaDiva' (mostly for ladies) landed in HK and members of Sonic are now entitled for group discounted at 20% off. Visit the Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/aquadivahk
Contact: HK Distributor at aquadivahk@gmail.com

Keep in touch Stoffel family...
Up to this line, we heard from Sebastien that he and his family will leave HK and relocate to New York for good.
Sebastien is a Sonic-grown triathlete and he is one of the very keen member of Team Sonic!
We all will miss Sebastien, Pascale, their two lovely daughters Innes & Claire and the little boy Antoine.

We will host a farewell party at 5th June, after training in Shek O for Stoffel family.

Upcoming Races
Be selective! Avoid getting tired of racing before end of the season, stay injury free and motivation is the key!

22 Apr: Sonic Training Camp
02 May: Sonic Time Trial 1 (sprint)
08 May: TriHK Age Group Triathlon (Plover Cove)
15 May: Tribal Enduro Aquathon 2 (Repulse Bay)
22 May: Bintan Triathlon
22 May: TriHK Aquathon 2 (Discovery Bay)
29 May: Ironman 70.3 China
05 Jun: South Bay Summer Ocean Swim
12 Jun: TriHK Age Group Triathlon (Chong San Road, Shatin)
01 Jul: Sonic Time Trial 2 (Shek O Aquathon)
03 Jul: Deep Water Bay Ocean Swim
10 Jul: TriHK Aquathon 3 (Repulse Bay)
07 Aug: TriHK Aquathon 4 (Plover Cove)
14 Aug: Ironman 70.3 Philippines
14 Aug: Bay 2 Bay Summer Ocean Swim
28 Aug: Double Triathlon (TBC)
04 Sep: Sonic Time Trial 3 (sprint)
11 Sep: Splash n Dash Aquathon 1
09 Oct: Splash n Dash Aquathon 2
05 Nov: Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
06 Nov: TriHK Aquathon 5 (South Bay)
13 Nov: Splash n Dash Aquathon 3
20 Nov: Sonic Time Trial 4 (40k bike)
27 Nov: Laguna Phuket Triathlon
04 Dec: Ironman Phuket 70.3
TBC: TriHK HK ITU Triathlon

March 2011

Hi everyone,

Say goodbye to off season and start to shave off some pounds!

Duathlon 2
Looking back in Feburary we had a Duathlon Race 2 at Science Park unforeunately the weather made the race much more a brutal battlefield! Lot of flat tyres and some crashes...
But the rain and the cold didn't stop us! Men's fields: our super fit Michal promoted to 30 and remains on the podium right after two very strong triathlete former Olympic runner Clinton Mackevicius and AJ Anderson, Sebastien ranked 5th despite the flat tyre at the end of the bike leg, no news from 35-39, while Billy, Chris Tong and Bernard stayed close and ranked 5th, 7th and 8th in 40-45 field; Lee Yingho ranked 5th in 45-49; Ladies fields was more tense, Janice and Pearl raced shoulder to shoulder, until Pearl got crashed.
Janice crowned champion in 20-29 and Pearl won 1st runners up in 30-39, Gigi back to business and ranked 8th.
On Junior side, our future star Michael Lam suffered from the trapped by the group, having hard time staying in the pack, finished the race in 3rd in Youth Open.

Membership Renewal & Registration
The early bird discounted renewal for TriHK membership is over. TriHK office had already proceed all membership form submitted by Sonic. Full members list of Sonic is posted on our website.
In case you missed the renewal, you can still do it online at http://onlineregistration.triathlon.com.hk/ and let me know when you completed the renewal.

Once you became a TriHK & Sonic member, you can enroll the races organized by TriHK and your race participation will able to gain points to Sonic and strengthen the position of Sonic among all the HK affiliated club in TriHK systems.

Duathlon 3
TriHK Duathlon 3 will take place at Bride Pool Road and Luk Keng this Sunday! It's the challenging course, rest well and and hope everyone have a good race!

Training Camp Kenting
Sonic Training Camp is accepting entry, so far we got 10 members confirmed (include 3 coaches). 8 slots still available!!
Please response to Charles and Kenneth to confirm.
Once we gathered the exact name list we can proceed to secure flight ticket and accommodation arrangement.

21-25 April at Kenting, Taiwan
Hotel: To be confirmed
Charges: HKD7000 per person approx.
Coverage: Flight, Hotel, transport from airport to Kenting, Coaching fee for 3 coaches covering swim/bike/run/scretching
Target 15-20 persons.

Club Kits 2011
Refer to my previous email regarding Sonic Club Kits 2011 with the great help from T Wong, please send me the form and payment by 13 March.
If you don't see us, you can email the form and payment receipt.
We will place order next week.

Expected Delivery - mid April.

Sonic Time Trial Series
Our 2 times Sonic Champion Sebastien is waiting for the schedule and invitng more strong & fits Team Sonic Triathletes to challenge his title.
Boys & Girls, we set this!
02 May: Sonic Time Trial 1 (Shek O 500m/26k/4k)
01 Jul: Sonic Time Trial 2 (Shek O 1000m/4k Aquathon)
04 Sep: Sonic Time Trial 3 (Shek O 500m/26k/4k)
20 Nov: Sonic Time Trial 4 (Tung Chung 40k bike)

This is the training races for Sonic members only, all participlants will gain points for this series, prices will given to overall top 3 men and top 3 ladies at the Sonic End of Season party!

The future of Wan Chai Training venue
The development project for Shatin-Central Link of MTR has been confirmed.
The new railway will able to strengthen the linkage between the New Territories and Hong Kong Island, serve areas in East Kowloon that currently do not have any MTR service.

In short terms, the training venue will still be remained in coming 1-2 years based on the current project timeline.
In longer terms, the pool will be moved more towards Harbour Road.
Potentially, all water-sports club will face serious scarcity of resources during that time as we do not foresee any new swimming pool build before the construction.

Read this if you're interested in the plan.
http://www.mtr-shatincentrallink.hk
http://www.mtr-shatincentrallink.hk/pdf/public-consultation/consultation-meeting/district-council/wan-chai/18012011_ppt_c.pdf

Flying with your bike on CX/DragonAir
Sporting Equipment handling charge in CX/DragonAir flight Reminding everyone for the new policy from Cathay Pacific and Dragon Air applies since 1 December 2010.
A special handling charge of USD75 (per trip) is levied per item for sporting equipment (bicycle); irrespective of whether the item is included in your free baggage allowance or standard excess baggage charges have already been paid.
Ref: http://www.dragonair.com/da/en_HK/helpingyoutravel/baggageallowance

Suggest to check with your travel agent prior any ticket booking.

Upcoming Races
There are TOO MUCH races coming up in this race season, a race a day NOT keeping a doctor away, you can't do all, plan ahead! Avoid getting tired of racing before end of the season, stay injury free and motivation is the key!

13 Mar: TriHK Duathlon 3 (Bride Pool Road)
03 Apr: Tribal Enduro Aquathon 1 (South Bay) 10 Apr: TriHK Aquathon 1 (Kowloon Tsai)
21 Apr: Sonic Training Camp
02 May: Sonic Time Trial 1 (sprint)
08 May: TriHK Age Group Triathlon (Plover Cove)
15 May: Tribal Enduro Aquathon 2 (Repulse Bay)
22 May: Bintan Triathlon
22 May: TriHK Aquathon 2 (Discovery Bay)
29 May: Ironman 70.3 China
05 Jun: South Bay Summer Ocean Swim
12 Jun: TriHK Agr Group Triathlon (Chong San Road, Shatin)
01 Jul: Sonic Time Trial 2 (Shek O Aquathon)
03 Jul: Deep Water Bay Ocean Swim
10 Jul: TriHK Aquathon 3 (Repulse Bay)
07 Aug: TriHK Aquathon 4 (Plover Cove)
14 Aug: Ironman 70.3 Philippines
14 Aug: Bay 2 Bay Summer Ocean Swim
28 Aug: Double Triathlon
04 Sep: Sonic Time Trial 3 (sprint)
11 Sep: Splash n Dash Aquathon 1
09 Oct: Splash n Dash Aquathon 2
05 Nov: Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
06 Nov: TriHK Aquathon 5 (South Bay)
13 Nov: Splash n Dash Aquathon 3
20 Nov: Sonic Time Trial 4 (40k bike)
27 Nov: Laguna Phuket Triathlon
04 Dec: Ironman Phuket 70.3
TBC: TriHK HK ITU Triathlon

Sonic Time Trial you cannot miss!

Thank you for reading.

Feburary 2011

Kong Kei Fat Choi!

Apology for skipping the newsletter last month since the one man editorial office had not been able to clear up the mind for some write up last in January, many people down with flu last month since the continuous low temperature in HK  (well not those -20...), I hope the flu crowd is not much from Sonic Triathletes as some of us are still actively doing some long session for the coming HK marathon! Or for the coming season!

Duathlon race 1 recap
The first race of the season kick off in 30 Jan. Some of the new stars to watch this year!
Men 30-34
Michal, Tim and Sebastien in a row for 2-4th; Michal promoted to the new AG for more challenge, ranked 1st runner up after AJ Anderson of Tritons; Tim's strong run leg secure the 3rd position and Sebastien right after!
Sonic girls power to be regenerated in such early season, only two representing in AG30-39, Pearl Tie ranked 4th while Stephanie Yeung (Bina) ranked 6th! Junior Michael Lam ranked 3rd in Youth Open after being selected to join HkG regional squad, and Kong Yan Pui won champion in her age group.
More good result in coming races!

Duathlon race 2
TriA duathlon race 2 will be this Sunday, same place, same course, start list already posted on TriA website. No training in Shek O.

Farewell but not a goodbye: Susanna, Ren, and Timothy
We have three very keen Sonic Triathletes move on this year; Susanna Campunzo have job relocation to Dallas, she joint us since 2008 as a very beginner triathlete and start developing her fitness and strength, and race with everyone in many Sonic trip, Ironman China 2009 was her eyes open trip, she was quickly inspired and addicted into the Ironman triathlon, year 2010 was her dance floor, finishing the first 70.3 in Singapore, 6 months later she became podium finisher at Hk triathlon and Taiwan 70.3! A good athletes takes 3-5 years to develop, she is one of the example, 3 years of life in Sonic with 2 times Triathlete of the year, we all miss you Su!

Ren Ho is another cheerful young man who love the sports of triathlon and help a lot in the recent year of Phuket LPT for Sonic accommodation, he joint us since 2007, he relocated to Shanghai last month.

While Timothy Cosulich is a semi built Triathlete before he joint us in last October, he is already an Ironman finisher after one 70.3 attempt but he always humbly claims himself a beginner, he joint us in last October and he has been raced Phuket LPT with us and just experienced his first podium finish in Duathlon, he will move to Singapore this month but we will probably see him back in the Aquathlon season!

Club Kit/trisuit order
I am collecting order form until 20/2, still the current version, expected delivery end of March.

Membership renewal
Please also send me the membership from for renewal by 20/2, we will submit the last batch of discounted renewal by end of Feb.
The $150 discounted renewal deadline on 28/2; after this will costs $250.

Stay tuned for Sonic time trial series and training camp 2011!

I wish you a happy Chinese new year, and a healthier year of rabbit!

Thank you for reading.