This is the training races for Sonic members only, all
participlants will gain points for this series, Time Trial Series Awards will given to
overall top 3 men and top 3 ladies at the Sonic End of Season party!
In the first round, O2 Creation will sponsor gift for top 3 men and ladies!! and also gift for all member take part in this time trial!!
Time: 07:30am for body-marking, 8:00am start
Swim: 500m
Start from Lifeguard Tower 3.
Two laps swim clockwise round the left most buoy,
swim back to the beach for 100m sand run and head for 2nd lap.
Bike: 14k
Bike mount from P sign on Shek O carpark
Shek O (A) >
Cape D Aguilar (B) > Big Roundabout (C) x 3 times >
Shek O (A)
Bike dismount from P sign on Shek O carpark
Run: 4k Shek O carpark to Big Wave Bay car park and return note: run around the entire BWB carpark Finish at Shek O carpark
We finally step into April with the warmer weather and seeing the sunshine after the long cold, wet and dark off season from January to March. However, it also the beginning of the rain season so check the weather forecast before you head out for a ride, you don't want your smoothest ceramic bike parts to get wet!
Many of us had been taking some time off from training after lot of racing and still enjoying good result from last year.
Mary Galvin - new swimmer
Out of Shape Charles - nobody behind
Same for the Sonic Editorial office, our Sonic Newsletter editor Elizabeth Galvin (Lizzie), who keep doing our swim carrying her baby last year, gave birth to her first baby girl in last December; Charles Hui also got very engaged at his work and skipped lot of training in the first quarter. Both have resumed their 'duty' and get back to training routine, Lizzie has recovered very quickly and she will do Splash n Dash race in stronger body! Charles also signed up number of races and now you're reading their first Club NEWSletter in 2012, finally!
Now, showing you two pictures, cute little baby Mary on the right, out-of-shape Charles on the left doing Singapore Biathlon.
So we all back into the action, how about you?
Duathlon Series
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Michael Lam in Duathlon 1
Three duathlons were held by TriHK to kick start the 2012 race season. The first was on 15 January in Shatin and Sonic
celebrated with two wins by junior members. Michael Lam came home first in the
male youth open category in a time of 49.37 and Kelly Law won the girls’ 2000
age group, in just over an hour, two minutes clear of the next competitor.
Ivan Yeung
Other notable finishers included Ivan Yeung who
was sixth in the men’s 30-34 age group. In the age group above, Hang Chan
finished just inside the top ten. Young Hei-Cheuk Kong also competed.
Gigi Wong
Stephenie Bina
A month later in the second race of the
series it was another win for Michael Lam but Kelly Law had to settle for
silver. Senior women were represented by old friends Stephanie Bina and Gigi
Wong who chased each other to come fourth and fifth respectively in the 30-39
age group. Other places included Christopher Tong, ninth, in the 40-44 age
group with Ho Lee, fifth, in the age category above. Other Sonic competitors
included Dreyfus Koo, Charles Hui, Christopher Chen and Marco Lai.
Ivan in the wet Duathlon 3
Michael leading the pack
The third and final event moved from Shatin
to Brides Pool Road in the very wet rainy morning, with Ivan ninth in the 30-34 category, Hang Chan tenth in
age above and Christopher Tong fourth in the 40-44 category with a fast bike
leg.
The Next Best Thing - MICHAEL LAM!
Sonic grown junior Michael Lam was interviewed by Sports Soho magazine! Work hard all the way Michael, be our next Alistair Brownlee!
March
3: Singapore Navy Biathlon
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Held at the East Coast Park on 4 March, more than 2200 participants competed
in the 12th Singapore Biathlon where New Zealander Dylan McNiece successfully
defended his Men’s Open title and Singaporean Clara Wong won the Women’s Open.
For Sonic, the competitors were Charles, Lyn and Frederic who completed the 1.5km swim and 10km run
course in the blistering heat.
Few of us fly to Singapore for visiting Sonic Singapore branch members and doing this aquathon, they called it 'Biathlon'. It's always a challenging swim in East Coast and the 10k run in the East Coast Park is a pleasure, we've done this race with Frederic, Adelyn and Tim Cosulich, with super cheering team of Gigi and Joey-Lynn! It was also nice to meet some familiar Sonic friends in the race! Also to Tim's smashing 4th overall finish!
Click THIS for the race website, well organized and highly recommended!
Fred pushing Lyn to finish together!
Tim pushing toward 4th overall finish
Left to Right: Charles, Su Mei, Brian, Dave, Joey, Gigi, Fred
March 19: Ironman 70.3
Singapore
People trend to agree with the statement that Singapore is another active City in terms of organizing sports events, 2 weeks after the Biathlon, another group of Sonic fly there for a more hardcore event - Ironman 70.3.
Andy Patrick maintains his top form won 2nd runners up in 50-54 group, Tim Cosulich continues his success after Singapore Biathlon and won 1st runners up in 30-34 group, ranked 16 overall before his farewell to Asia, also ticket to Las Vegas World Championship!
Sacha finishing his 2nd Ironman 70.3
Tim could be a star
Sacha Cheong finished his 2nd Ironman 70.3 with his super bike, Evangeline done this race as a preparation to her Busselton 70.3 in May.
BIG thanks to the strong supporting crew by Joey-Lynn, Adelyn and Ren!
March 31 - April 3: Sonic Training Camp Nam Ao
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Coaches Kenneth and Kenji led the annual Sonic
training camp in Nam Ao, Shenzhen in late March and early April. The miles were
clocked up for swimming, biking and running - and participants also learnt
about nutrition and stretching. The hotel and the beach in Nam Ao is surprisingly beautiful according to the team's reporting. Water quality is good and they also enjoy doing bike training with Kenji from the quiet highway to the mountain area in Nam Ao! Coach Kenneth also instructing the afternoon swim after the long ride in the morning!
Girls team in the middle of bike training
Swim in Nam Ao
Kenneth: Keep going!!
Training! Training! Training!
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Thanks to Coach Kenneth and Alan Tam for their hard work coaching us for the past few months
with a focus on speed training. Coach Alan Tam has introduced some tough sessions
especially circuit training – and capitalized on Sonic members’ competitive
natures by setting up relay sets in the pool, pitting the fast lane and the
super-fast lane against each other! Training quality is being enhanced, ensuring no junk miles on that 1 hour run and 1 hour swim during Monday and Wednesday.
For example, this is the swim band drill we've been doing during January, e.g. 16 x 100m swim band, classic!
Love it? or Hate it? Hang in for 1 or 2 months, you will know when you do race or simply put on the beach wear!
Welcome new members to Sonic in 2012: Kathleen Berroth, Hok-Hang Chan, Christopher Chen, Thomas,Aoife (Eva) McGillion, Rubery Sally,
We keep updating the member list. And it's still growing!!
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Socials: Lamma Seafood lunch
Two tables worth of hungry
Sonic triathletes travelled to Lamma Island in March for a sumptuous seafood
feast. Thanks Gigi Wong for organizing. Watch out our mailing list for any social gathering!
Left to Right: Rita, Kim, Gigi and Yoji in Seafood lunch
A boat ride to Lamma
Road Bike Rental from Victory Cycling Workshop
Sonic dedicated bike shop and mechanical service Victory Cycling Workshop offers road bike rental services, they have some proper road bike could lend to our members who like to try out the Shek O training.
You have to arrange picking up the bike before Saturday 7pm and return to their shop before Monday 7pm.
Contact Jobar at Victory Cycling Workshop
Address :
G/F,Tung Fat Building, 39 Kam Ping Street, North Point, Hong Kong
Tel: 2578-7766
Sonic Time Trial
The date is set! Sonic Time Trial is a internal race, members of Sonic can score point from each Time Trial and overall Top 3 men and ladies will be awarded in the Sonic End of Season Party in December! It's a chance for Sonic members to meet and social especially whose don't normally see in our regular training! And you can also see these Time Trial as your pre-race preparation!!
We will remain organize FOUR Time Trial this year.
No registration is required, just show up, detail route map will be posted prior the event.
May 20: Shek O Sprint Triathlon
July 22: Shek O Aquathon
September 23: Shek O Triathlon
October 28: Tung Chung 40k Bike
Club Kits Order for the summer
Any members who want new club kits, trisuit, cycling jersey, please send me the form and payment from this link: http://sites.sonicsports.org.hk/Home/club-kits-2008
Lead time will be around 1 month.
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Upcoming races
Get your calendars and credit cards out for the
many races in Hong Kong and around the region including:
Shaun Mullen in Vietnam Tri
Revolution Asia’s Splash and Dash series kicking
off on Sunday 13 May, www.revolution-asia.com
Events listed on www.triathlon.com.hk include the
Festival of Sport Age Group Triathlon in Plover Cove on 6 May, Triathlon
Championships on 3 June at Shatin and the Aquathon series throughout the summer
in July, August and September.
A few of Sonic also signed up the Bintan Triathlon on 27 May, and also Bangkok Triathlon on 3 June.
14 September: MetaMan Bintan Iron Distance
Triathlon, the Southeast Asia Championship, Bintan, Indonesia (55 minutes from
Singapore). See Sonic’s Shawn in action at last year’s event!
We're sure Sonic will be very busy training in this summer and see all these races as a good lead to Ironman 70.3 Philippine on 5th August and Ironman 70.3 Taiwan on 4th November!!
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And don’t miss the amazing chance to win two
entry places into the Laguna Phuket Triathlon on 25 November including two
nights’ accommodation through TriMag Asia.
HOW?! 1. You need to be 2012 Register member of Sonic Sports Associations. (some of you still too busy to renew) Sonic Register member list as of 2012 March http://sites.sonicsports.org.hk/Home/sonic-list
TriMag
Asia will then close their eyes and draw two members based on the above
criteria!! I think they will announce the lucky one around mid-late
April.
What is LPT?! LPT is Laguna Phuket Triathlon where
Team Sonic members had been participated since 2005, it has been grown
as 10 days Tri-Festival week in Phuket during the race week in adjacency
to Phuket 70.3 Ironman race. http://www.lagunaphuket.com/events/triathlon/index.php
LPT 2012 takes place Sunday, 25 November 2012 at 6.30am. Registration opens on 1 April 2012.
The Laguna Phuket Triathlon is Asia's premier destination
triathlon featuring a unique 1.8K swim, 55K bike and 12K run through
spectacular tropical scenery. Over the past sixteen years the popular
race has attracted thousands of age group athletes as well as triathlon
legends Mark Allen, Greg Welch, Craig Alexander, Paula Newby-Fraser,
Michellie Jones and Chrissie Wellington, to name just a few.
OKAY! Stop holding your remote control, even though EUROSports is showing European cycling race every night, Giro De Italia is also on May! See you at our training, our Time Trial or in the races!
Yvan in HK Triathlon 2011
Lastly, to those who knows Yvan Corno, a tall Frenchman has been training and racing with us since 2009, he is taking his time off from the Triathlon training because he recently ill and has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leukemia (cancer of white blood cells), he is now undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Hong Kong hospital. Some of us pay a visit to Yvan, he is in good triathletes spirit to fright with the cancer, visiting is allowed but limited to avoid unnecessary infection. Though he can be reached by email yvancorno@yahoo.com or Facebook. He is staying in touch with our mailing list and he is following everyone in Sonic, "Besides family and career, doing Triathlon with Sonic is one of the reason for me to get over it." says Yvan.
Yvan crossing finish line with his boy
After the rain, the sun will shine again.
Yours
Charles Hui, Elisabeth Galvin
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Upcoming Races
May 6: Tri-HK Age-Group Triathlon
May 13: Splash n Dash 1 May 20: Sonic Time Trial 1
May 27: Bintan Triathlon
June 3: Tri-HK Sprint Triathlon Scrience Park
June 3: Bangkok Triathlon
June 10: Splash n Dash 2
June 24: Splash n Dash 3
July 8: Tri-HK Aquathon 2 - Repulse Bay July 22: Sonic Trime Trial 2
August 5: Ironman 70.3 Philippines
August 26: Tri-HK Aquathon 3 - Golden Beach
September 9: Tri-HK Aquathon 4 - Discovery Bay September 23: Sonic Time Trial 3
October 14: Tri-HK Hong Kong ITU Triathlon October 28: Sonic Time Trial 4
November 3: Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
November 18: Sanshui ITU
November 25: Laguna Phuket Triathlon
December 2: Ironman 70.3 Phuket
The team is heading to China for Sonic Training Camp from 31 March - 3 April, Easter holiday is also coming, please see below for Sonic Training arrangement:
1st April Sunday: Shek O Training as usual, lead by coach Alan Tam
2nd April Monday: OFF, coach Alan Tam not available
4th April Wednesday: special session at Deep Water Bay 8:30am - 10:30am, swim & run, gather at VRC side, all are welcome. 6th or 7th April Easter Friday & Saturday: Tung Chung - Airport group ride: Exact date to be confirmed.
8th April Sunday: Shek O Training as usual 9th April Monday: OFF
Stay tuned on Sonic Facebook page or Yahoo Mailing list sonicsports@yahoogroups.com in case we are arranging any causal session during the Easter Holiday.
Gathering time this Saturday 09:30 Wan Chai Pier Starbucks
Room 1: Kenji, Cathy
Room 2: Kenneth, Eugene
Room 3: Teresa, George
Room 4: Chris, T Wong
Room 5: Kim, Rita
Room 6: Andrew, Frederic
Room 7: Elsie, Adelyn 31 March, Saturday
10:00 Depart Wan Chai Pier Starbucks
13:30 Arrived at Nam Ao Hotel 南澳大酒店
14:00 Lunch, Checkin, Shopping
16:00 Light workout on Bike
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Briefing
Shopping for supplement after lunch (water, drink, fruit)
Light workout on the bike to preview and familiar with the training course
1st April, Sunday 07:00 Breakfast
08:00 Morning Swim
09:30 Run Training
12:00 Lunch
15:00 Dryland core exercise
17:00 Bike Skill (Game)
18:30 Dinner & Briefing
You may swim with wetsuit, water temperature is still chilling.
2nd Day training still on easy to moderate level
2nd April, Monday
06:30 Morning Run 30mins
07:30 Breakfast
Group A:
08:30 Bike Training 90k on Rolling
12:30 Lunch
16:00 Swim & Run Brick
Group B:
08:30 Swim & Run Brick
12:30 Lunch
15:00 Bike Training 60k-70k on Rolling
Group A+B:
18:30 Dinner & Briefing
3rd Day is moderate level, volume day
Recovery drink after high volume day
Stretching
3rd April, Tuesday
07:00 Breakfast
08:00 Brick Training
12:00 Checkout
12:30 Lunch
16:00 Bus depart from Nam Ao
18:30 Estimated back to Wan Chai Pier
First 70.3 of the year! Well done Sonic boys and girls! Andy Patrick 3rd in AG Tim Cosulich 2nd in AG (1:32 run split!!) Good work to Sacha and Evan who did keep training in the past few months while we all staying in the warm bed!!
Now BBQ party time tonight to those in Singapore, thanks Ren Ho for organizing!!
Tri-HK Duathlon 3 is full (only 200 quota filled up in 1 week)
Tri-HK Aquathon 1 (Kowloon Tsai) only for junior this year
Sonic Training is 31 March - 3 April, I am working out the costs and logistic with travel agent, will send out once completed!! Block your holiday if you're joining, we already have a few members joining.
New race in Asia - 5150 Taiwan & 5150 Philippine, difference race experience from ITU Triathlon
5150 is the Olympic Distance Triathlon (51.5k in total distance), featuring in time trial format swim start, less looping on bike and run, and non-drafting, more sponsors.
So, our training is now for the pre-season, and condition yourself for the training camp!!!
Reminding everyone, Tri-HK membership renewal discount period until 28 Feb, if you still not renew your membership, please contact me as soon as possible!!
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sure Step Asia Pacific<info@2xuhk.com> Date: 2012/1/26 Subject: 2XU HK Warehouse Sale To: sonicsports@gmail.com
As stated in the previous email, Bike Technique Class Level 1 will start from February on every Saturday morning at Science Park. (4 sessions). Here is the detail:
When: Start from 18 Feb, every Saturday 9am-11am, 4 x week
Where: Shatin Science Park
What: Level 1 class is fundamental technique on riding a road bike, focusing on bike handling skill, braking, safety and basic repair skill. Course structure is designed by Coach Kenji Leung, who finished the course with satisfactory level will be encouraged to promote to Level 2 class which focusing on group riding, riding with open traffic, speed control....etc.
Requirement: Member of Sonic, Road bike and bike helmet is mandatory.
Costs: HK$1600 per person per class.
Number of participants: 5 - 8 person
How: Please reply to this email or contact Charles Hui @96633012 if you're joining before 1st Feb.
Sonic Sports starts organizing this bike technique class with CMS Cycling Team since year 2005, many of our members did benefit from this class and gained significant confident on handling bike in their training and races, hence to improve on their bike split and enjoy the sports of cycling.
To give everyone a heads up on the upcoming schedule of Training Camp and Bike technique class L1, we will be co-organized by "ZERO 1 競毅運動教學" aka coach Kenji Leung!!!
Training Camp 31 March - 3 April (4D3N) Nam O, ShenZhen China.
Bike Technique Class Level 1 will start from February on every Saturday morning at Science Park. (4 sessions)
Please mark your calendar and block your leave schedule in advanced if you're keen to join!
cheers, And Good luck to your Duathlon Race tomorrow!
Happy New Year! To make the most of our holiday with beautiful weather setting, our coach Alan Tam is inviting everyone to join him tomorrow for a casual swim and run training at Deep Water Bay.
When: 8:30am Deep Water Bay What: 1.5k swim, 10k run (bring wetsuit)
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.
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日期： 2011年12月30日下午6:14
主旨： Fwd: 2012 Sonic + Tri HK Membership renewal
收件者： Sonic Sports <sonicsports@gmail.com>
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.
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.
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....
