Ironman triathlon…powered by Haamonii!

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WRITTEN BY: theWongstar WRITTEN ON: February 22. 2010

Hello Haamonii fans!

My name is Jocelyn Wong and I am very happy and honored to become the newest member of the Haamonii team and family. As James mentioned, I am a professional triathlete specializing in the Ironman distance: 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of bicycling, and 26.2 miles of running. 2010 will be my sophomore season as I just turned pro last year, and on the tri circuit I’m better known as my pro alter-ego name, “The Wongstar”!

Racing in Cozumel, Mexico

Now a lot of people are curious, and not sure it makes sense that a shochu company would partner up with an endurance triathlete. Aren’t we athletes supposed to be super healthy and anal like that? Well, yes I suppose I would consider myself to be super healthy, but we athletes also like to enjoy ourselves too. Triathletes are definitely of the mindset “train hard, race hard, and party hard!” Some of the best parties I’ve ever been to are post-race parties following a hard day of racing!

I tasted Haamonii for the first time at the grand opening of New People and was very impressed with how smooth it was. As I’ve learned more about Haamonii Shochu, I also realized that it is indeed a very healthy alternative to other alcoholic beverages.

How can you beat 35 calories per 2-ounce shot versus 120 calories for vodka?! And because Haamonii is so smooth, it’s doesn’t cause hangovers or headaches, so I can still get my training in the next morning! (I’ve proudly tested this theory out myself.) Another health benefit is that shochu has been shown to activate enzymes that help dissolve blood clots–similar to red wine.

I’ll be training and racing all around the globe again this year and looking forward to sharing Haamonii with new and old friends everywhere! I will have some Haamonii with me at all my events to celebrate post-race, beginning with Ironman Malaysia this Saturday, February 27th.

I’m currently in Thailand for a 2-month training camp, but before I left, we made sure to celebrate my send-off with Haamonii at the WISH Bar & Lounge in San Francisco–one of the many places you can order Haamonii cocktails.

corsets go great with ties!

The photos above are from the “Tie Good-Bye.” Since I was heading off to “Tie-Land” and I rather enjoy bad puns, I made my friends wear ties for good luck.