Given to Tri: A Triathlon Training & Racing Blog
Guillermo Esteves
If anyone had told me at any point in my life that I’d get seriously into triathlons in my forties, I probably would have died laughing. Like many, I bought a bike in 2020 to try to get in shape—and let’s just say things escalated quickly from there. My name is Guillermo Esteves. I’m an age-group triathlete based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the heart of Grand Teton National Park. Although I’m still a beginner, I enjoy sharing what I learn during my training and races, paying it forward like many others have done for me along the way. Given to Tri is my triathlon blog, where I do exactly that. With multiple races of various distances scheduled over the coming months, I plan to keep swimming, cycling, and running for many years to come. I hope you’ll come along for the ride.
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Last month I raced what has now become traditionally my last race of the season: Ironman 70.3 Washington Tri-Cities, in Richland, Washington. My primary goal for this race was simple: finish my season strong. If I could finish this race faster than last year, that’d be a nice bonus, but I simply wanted to put a bow...
From 610 KONA: During an interview this morning (Friday) on 610 KONA-AM’s Mike and AJ in the Morning, Hector Cruz, Vice President for Visit Tri-Cities, announced that the Tri-Cities will host the IRONMAN race for another three years. That’s an extension of the event’s original three-year agreement, which covered...
I read a few glowing race reports from this race, all of which raved about the course, how well-organized the race was, and how welcoming Redding was, which made me regret not racing it. Next year it’s moving from its mid-August date to May 23, which would make it not blazing-hot. I’m tempted to add it to my...
Last year, TrainerRoad launched its integration with Zwift, and that’s how I’ve been doing all of my indoor structured cycling workouts ever since. As I wrote at the time, TrainerRoad has been my favorite training app since I got into cycling and triathlons—I love its data-science-based approach to training plans,...
According to the Coeur d’Alene Press, the Coeur d’Alene City Council, the World Triathlon Corporation, and the North Idaho Sports Commission are about to sign a three-year contract that keeps the Ironman 70.3 in Coeur d'Alene through 2029, with races set for June 27, 2027, June 25, 2028, and June 24, 2029. It also...
After last month’s not-so-great race at Coeur d’Alene, I was champing at the bit to come back to Ironman 70.3 Boise and try again. I had a great time last year—I got a PR in the 70.3 distance, and I love spending time in Boise. It’s a cool town and the Boise River Greenbelt is an underrated gem; I’ll take any excuse...
Coeur d’Alene has been one of my favorite races ever since I raced my first full-distance Ironman here in 2023; it has a lovely swim, a challenging bike course, and one of the best run courses in North America. While I DNF’d that first full-distance race, I’ve had good results at the 70.3 distance here—last year I...
Escape from Alcatraz is one of the oldest triathlons in the country—it’s celebrating its forty-fifth anniversary this year—and involves jumping from the San Francisco Belle near Alcatraz Island into the cold waters of San Francisco Bay for a 2.4 km swim, a 29 km hilly bike ride through the Presidio of San Francisco...
The swim start for this race seems chaotic—athletes jump from the San Francisco Belle into San Francisco Bay en masse, and the entire ship is emptied in less than eight minutes. From what I’ve read, last year’s start was more rushed and disorganized than in previous years, which led to an athlete being paralyzed...
I’ve been reading a lot about this race to prepare for it, including this race report from Ray Maker, this course preview from two-time winner Eric Lagerstrom, and this race review by Kelly O'Mara, and suffice to say, I’m more than a little anxious about the swim. To ease my anxiety, I built a swim conditions...
This year’s rules formalize the 20-meter bike draft rules for pros, which they announced last month, and clarify how they will work when age groupers interact with pros. They also lessen the penalty for having an unzipped trisuit from disqualification to a warning and a time penalty if not remedied, ban video...
From Ironman, via email: Ahead of your race next year, we wanted to introduce you to Precision Fuel & Hydration, our Official Hydration Partner for the 2026 IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 Global Series, including the 2026 IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawai’i and the 2026 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice,...
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