Challenge Taiwan
Three months of training leading to our race in TaiTung, the season opener of 2015, Challenge Taiwan half iron distance and Tri-Asia standard Olympic distance on 25 April. Team of 15 Sonic living and having fun together for 5 days!
Many congratulations once again to our podium finishers and first time triathletes! Your consistent training and dedication in the winter paid off!
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| We are Ready! |
Half distance:
Janice Lee on AG champion
Eric Chan on AG champion
Adelyn Cheong on AG 2nd
Olympic distance:
Gloria Poon on AG 2nd
Josie Ling on AG 3rd
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| All podium finishers with Coach and B&B owner |
Since many of us raced Challenge Taiwan and Ironman 70.3 Vietnam the week after. Festival of Sports Triathlon in Plover Cove, which traditionally a season opener, had fewer participation from Team Sonic.
Nevertheless our representative did race well with impressive result. Andy Lai and Gabriel Lau raced at 2:27:36 (AG 5th) and 2:56:16 at Olympic distance; whiles Tsoi Ka Cheuk and Tam Nga Man both crowned their junior AG champion, Lai Chun Ming also won 1st runner up at male elite junior at Sprint distance.
Ironman 70.3 Vietnam
In the first weekend of May, we have Alex Marly, Andrew Li, Ian Ngai and Idy Chiu went to Da Nang for the first Ironman 70.3 in Vietnam. Per their report, the swim was calm and great, pancake flat bike course could bring you a faster bike split, the run always the most challenging under the heat and high humidity. It was a tough day in the office we hat off to Andrew, Ian and Idy for their debut Ironman 70.3 despite the ankle twist on Alex before the race.
Aquawiz Eco Charity Triathlon
Ironman 70.3 Vietnam
In the first weekend of May, we have Alex Marly, Andrew Li, Ian Ngai and Idy Chiu went to Da Nang for the first Ironman 70.3 in Vietnam. Per their report, the swim was calm and great, pancake flat bike course could bring you a faster bike split, the run always the most challenging under the heat and high humidity. It was a tough day in the office we hat off to Andrew, Ian and Idy for their debut Ironman 70.3 despite the ankle twist on Alex before the race.
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| Idy approaching finish line |
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| Ian jump over the finish line |
It's
definitely a place to make ironman! It's a steel mill where you see all
the steel and heavy duty machine like in the movie of Transformer! Few
of us from Sonic entered the 'turbo' distance consists of a sprint
triathlon plus a super sprint triathlon in the enduro format! It could
be similar to what we did at Shek O brick training, however you pushed more
than that in the race mode.
It's
the great race organization we can see Aquawiz had been putting a lot
of effort to setup themselves as a boutique race organizer to bring us
the alternative race format, they even offer coffee, coconut water and
popcorn after race! Their next signature race is on end of November,
Duathlon at TST, yes you will able to run and ride next to our famous
Victoria Harbour!
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Well done to our junior Chris Kwan finish his first Tri! he is now officially a triathlete!
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Wan Chai Training Pool emergency mainteance
Due to the under water side mirror leakage, the pool is closed until further notices.
We have considered an options such as swimming in public lanes at other LCSD pool however we have developed a proper swim etiquette, the swim at public lane will be very unpleasant...
Dryland and
circuit training at Happy Valley is the best alternative, for this
short-term arrangement, we move the training to THURSDAY because
of the horse racing on Wednesday evening at Happy Valley (HV).
Mon 8:00pm - 10:00pm: Run at HV
Thur 8:00pm -10:00pm: Run/Dryland/circuit training at HV
Sun 7:30-10:30am: full triathlon brick Shek O
You may also import the Team Sonic Training Schedule (Adult & Junior) into your calendar by clicking this
New Technique Swim session
Additionally, we launch the weekly technique swim integrate with junior swim training every Saturday 5:00pm - 6:00pm at Sun Yat Sun pool at $500 per calendar month or $150/session.
Please email sonicsports@gmail.com for inquiry.
Your next goal
It's important to set your goal so you may keep yourself in sharp and push yourself to the next level! After your successful first half of the 2015, what's next? It's the season of Open Water Swim and Aquathon in Hong Kong, week after another. Be wise to plan ahead so you have adaptive race and training in your schedule. Certainly our Shek O training on Sunday if it's not a weekend for Tri-HK race.
See the upcoming race later this page. Well... looks like your only Triathlon race is HK Triathlon, it could be just a sprint distance race at Sunny Bay per the talk of our bike ride..., otherwise we need to go oversea...
Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
Additionally, we launch the weekly technique swim integrate with junior swim training every Saturday 5:00pm - 6:00pm at Sun Yat Sun pool at $500 per calendar month or $150/session.
Please email sonicsports@gmail.com for inquiry.
Your next goal
It's important to set your goal so you may keep yourself in sharp and push yourself to the next level! After your successful first half of the 2015, what's next? It's the season of Open Water Swim and Aquathon in Hong Kong, week after another. Be wise to plan ahead so you have adaptive race and training in your schedule. Certainly our Shek O training on Sunday if it's not a weekend for Tri-HK race.
See the upcoming race later this page. Well... looks like your only Triathlon race is HK Triathlon, it could be just a sprint distance race at Sunny Bay per the talk of our bike ride..., otherwise we need to go oversea...
Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
70.3 Taiwan is one of our flavors race that close to home and challenging race course! Some said its like "our own version of Ironman World Champion at Kona" since we all train very hard for this race in the summer, Kenting could be sunny and windy as well!
Some of us already signed up this race, we will also organized accommodation and transport only for Sonic members. Please let us know if you also want to join!
Training for Ironman 70.3
Long course triathlon is very well established and popular in Asia nowadays. It's also very tempting for newbies triathlete to sign up when all the people around you are going. We'd suggest do reality check on your commitment before you take out the credit card and click the button.
1. Can you commit at least 12-15hrs weekly training volume in the next 4-5 months consistently?
2. Would you able to organize your life to cope with that training load?
3. Do you love riding on your bike for 3-4hours?
4. Would you able to support the traveling costs?
5. Your motivation and passion to this sports.
If you tick all the boxes, then we'd suggest you to start setting the training plan that works for you.
Meanwhile, we'd share this article from TrainingPeaks one more 10 things endurance athlethe need to stop doing
Our coach Kenneth does offer training plan that could tailor for you, he charges additional costs but he would assist you to prepare the race progressively and finish strong!
Ironman Tri-Club program
Ironman is launching the program in Asia. This community based program has been quite successful in North America. I've registered Sonic Sports Associations as the part of the affiliated club, let's see how it roll, maybe we may attracted a few more Ironman triathletes drop in our sessions when they travelled in HK?
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Ironman Tri-Club program
Ironman is launching the program in Asia. This community based program has been quite successful in North America. I've registered Sonic Sports Associations as the part of the affiliated club, let's see how it roll, maybe we may attracted a few more Ironman triathletes drop in our sessions when they travelled in HK?
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Your next step is to help us get to know who your club members are. Please ask your members to go onto
IRONMAN.com and create their
athlete profiles. Your members can select their TriClub by clicking on
the “My Athlete Profile” tab and entering the name of your club in the
drop down menu.
Once
your athletes are registered as members of your club in our athlete
data base, any time they race an IRONMAN or IRONMAN 70.3 anywhere in the
world they will generate points that will go towards your TriClub
Ranking.
Read full details on the
IRONMAN TriClub Program and the
Ranking System online, spread
the word amongst your club members and start earning TriClub Ranking
Points, to determine who will be ranked the number one TriClub in the
Asia Pacific Region and the World!!
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Junior Summer Training Camp
We are organizing a Summer Training Camp for Sonic juniors. It would be a swim and run focus training in the south part of Taiwan. It would take place in August, more detail to announce when we ready! Stay tuned!
Junior Summer Training Schedule
To make our junior ready for the summer race season, we will expand the junior training session on Monday. It will become two sessions a week effective from 1st June.
Mon: 6:00pm-7:30pm Run at Happy Valley
Sat: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Run and Swim at Sun Yat Sun Memorial Park & Swimming Pool
Import into your calendar by
Sonic Time Trial Series
Last, we are also planning the Time Trial series for 2nd half of the season. It is the Sonic internal race practice, we will organize 3 races from Aquathon, Triathlon and the Mixed-Relay to end the season. Each member will score point according to their ranking at each race, point will be accumulated to determine the Top 3 male and female. Awards will be presented at the end of the season party!
Thank you for reading!
Upcoming Race
June 7: TriHK Aquathon Challenge - Science Park
July 12: TriHK Aquathon 2 - Repulse Bay Beach
August 16: TriHK Aquathon 3 - Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Swimming Pool
August 23: Aquawiz Open Water Swim Science Park
September 13: TriHK Aquathon 4 - Tseung Kwan O Waterfront Promenade
September 19-20: Beijing International Triathlon (SOLD OUT)
October 4: TriHK Aquathon 5 - Golden Beach
November 1: TriHK Hong Kong Triathlon Asian Cup
November 1: Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
November 8: Aquawiz New World Duathlon
TBC: Sonic Time Trial Series
TBC: Ocean Swim Serie
TBC: EAST Aquathon 16.3
TBC: Sports Soho Triathlon Challenge
We are organizing a Summer Training Camp for Sonic juniors. It would be a swim and run focus training in the south part of Taiwan. It would take place in August, more detail to announce when we ready! Stay tuned!
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| Junior Training Camp venue at Kaohsiung |
To make our junior ready for the summer race season, we will expand the junior training session on Monday. It will become two sessions a week effective from 1st June.
Mon: 6:00pm-7:30pm Run at Happy Valley
Sat: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Run and Swim at Sun Yat Sun Memorial Park & Swimming Pool
Import into your calendar by
Sonic Time Trial Series
Last, we are also planning the Time Trial series for 2nd half of the season. It is the Sonic internal race practice, we will organize 3 races from Aquathon, Triathlon and the Mixed-Relay to end the season. Each member will score point according to their ranking at each race, point will be accumulated to determine the Top 3 male and female. Awards will be presented at the end of the season party!
Thank you for reading!
Upcoming Race
June 7: TriHK Aquathon Challenge - Science Park
July 12: TriHK Aquathon 2 - Repulse Bay Beach
August 16: TriHK Aquathon 3 - Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Swimming Pool
August 23: Aquawiz Open Water Swim Science Park
September 13: TriHK Aquathon 4 - Tseung Kwan O Waterfront Promenade
September 19-20: Beijing International Triathlon (SOLD OUT)
October 4: TriHK Aquathon 5 - Golden Beach
November 1: TriHK Hong Kong Triathlon Asian Cup
November 1: Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
November 8: Aquawiz New World Duathlon
TBC: Sonic Time Trial Series
TBC: Ocean Swim Serie
TBC: EAST Aquathon 16.3
TBC: Sports Soho Triathlon Challenge
