ENDURANCE SPORTS COACHING TO MEET YOUR NEEDS
At Tri Town, coaching has always been at the heart of what we do. Our experienced coaches create personalized training plans for cycling, running, and triathlon, helping athletes of all levels reach their potential. We understand the challenges of balancing training with everyday life, and we’re here to remove the guesswork so you can focus on achieving your goals. Please stop by our award winning shop to meet us in person or explore our services below.
PRIVATE, PERSONALIZED COACHING
Private coaching is our premier coaching service, designed to help you achieve race-focused goals by optimizing your training volume, intensity, and workout balance. We create a completely customized training plan tailored to your unique schedule and current fitness level. Recognizing that every athlete has individual strengths and weaknesses, we ensure your plan reflects these qualities. Our private coaching is the best way to enhance your strengths, address your weaknesses, and prepare both mentally and physically for your race season.
Our coaching rate is $300 per month, and the first two months are paid up front. You may cancel at any time.
To get started, fill out our New Athlete Intake Form below, and one of our coaches will contact you within 24–48 hours.
New Athlete Intake FormBLOOD LACTATE THRESHOLD TESTING
Used by top athletes worldwide, blood lactate testing determines training zones, tracks fitness improvements, and optimizes race pacing. Conducted in our store studio, the test takes 60–90 minutes and offers clarity on how hard or easy you should be training.
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Meet Our Coaching Team
Travis Wood (Head Coach)
Travis discovered triathlon in 2015, transitioning from a competitive running background and quickly embracing the challenge of multisport. He raced for the Boise State Triathlon Club for three years, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in Human Biology. After college, he committed fully to the sport, competing in the collegiate club circuit, national championships, and world championships across multiple distances—earning course records and numerous podium finishes.
In 2019, Travis earned several age-group victories at the 70.3 distance and won the overall title at the USAT Sprint Distance National Championship. From 2020 to 2025, he raced professionally around the world, gaining extensive firsthand experience with triathlon training, equipment, and race preparation.
Today, as Tri Town’s Head Endurance Coach, Travis brings a thoughtful, athlete-centered approach to coaching. He blends scientific training principles with real-world racing experience, helping athletes—from first-timers to elites—reach their potential. Along with coaching, he supports daily operations at Tri Town and remains deeply committed to growing Boise’s triathlon community.
Ricardo Valverde
Ricardo is a USAT coach who joined the TriTown team in 2019. His motivation is in helping others find the passion and success in triathlon that he has found, while avoiding the mistakes he made as a self-coached athlete at the beginning of his triathlon career.
Professionally, as an Electrical Engineer & Physicist, Ricardo appreciates the scientific, data-supported aspect of the sport. Prior to finding triathlon, he played soccer at the collegiate and professional levels: NCAA D1 - Virginia Commonwealth University and pro with Deportivo Saprissa out of his home country of Costa Rica...Pura Vida!
Ricardo has been racing Triathlons since 2008. As a triathlete, he has completed full-distance Ironman races in each continent (7 total) and in between a couple dozen Olympic and 70.3 races, the most recent one being IM70.3 Costa Rica, where he qualified for 70.3 World Championships
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Margaret Hepworth
After many years of being focused on family, Margaret transitioned from juggling triathlon around kids' activities to training and racing more as an empty-nester. She has experience at all distances and has raced USAT Nationals and ITU World Championships multiple times. After battling cancer, Margaret has spent the past 8 years enjoying Ironman 70.3 and Ironman races and has numerous age-group wins. In 2018 she was ranked 1st in the world for Ironman 70.3 and was on the podium in Kona at the Ironman World Championships.
Margaret recognizes that there is no one recipe for success and approaches each individual with a unique plan. She looks forward to helping athletes to overcome obstacles and maximize their potential. Margaret brings a spirit of compassion, humor and practicality to all that she does.
Kate Bevilaqua
Kate Bevilaqua has been involved in triathlon since the late 1990s and has spent the past two decades competing as a professional triathlete. Over the course of her career, she has left a significant mark on the international stage, earning six Ironman podiums—including three Ironman victories—and fifteen podium finishes at the 70.3/Half-Ironman distance. In recent years, she turned her focus to ultra-endurance events and was crowned the 2016 Ultraman World Champion.
Kate’s athletic influence extends far beyond her race results. She is widely admired for her commitment to promoting the sport and for serving as an inspiration to women in athletics. With a deep passion for health, fitness, and community, she has played an important role in encouraging participation and nurturing talent throughout the triathlon world.
After transitioning from athlete to coach, Kate has spent the past 15 years mentoring the next generation of triathletes. Backed by a Performance Coaching Qualification and decades of firsthand experience, she built a coaching platform grounded in personalization—highlighting individual strengths while addressing areas for improvement. She has successfully guided athletes of all levels, from first-timers to elite and professional competitors, helping them achieve meaningful progress and personal bests.
In addition to her coaching, Kate shares valuable insights on race strategy, mental preparation, and achieving balance between training and life. Her approach prioritizes not only performance but also cultivating a genuine love for the sport and ensuring athletes enjoy the process.
Committed to lifelong learning, Kate continues to stay current on the latest developments in coaching and athletic training, ensuring her athletes receive the highest quality guidance and support.
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Guy Crawford
Guy began his triathlon journey in 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand, and has been a dedicated athlete and student of the sport ever since. He raced short-course draft-legal events throughout his teens and twenties before earning his long-course professional license in 2009. He has competed as a professional triathlete for more than 16 years.
During his pro career, Guy and his wife, Kate, began spending half the year in Boise. Just a few months after Tri Town opened, he walked into the shop—and never really left. Now, as part of the coaching team, he’s excited to share the knowledge gained from a lifetime in the sport.
Guy has been coaching since 2011 and is an Australian-accredited Performance Coach. He works with athletes of all levels, from beginners to professionals, and especially enjoys helping people grow throughout their athletic journey.
His résumé includes three Half-Ironman victories and a third-place finish at the full-distance in 8 hours 23 minutes, plus hundreds of triathlon races across nearly three decades in the sport.
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Antonio Gonzalez
Antonio is the owner and co-founder of Tri Town. Antonio began working in the cycling industry in 2001, and began racing triathlons in 2003. From the beginning, Antonio became a student of sport and the cycling industry as a whole. He is a founding member of the BSU Triathlon Club, a professional bike fitter, a multi-disciplinary coach certified by USAT and NICA, and a professional mechanic. As a mechanic, Antonio worked for Tour De France cyclists, an Olympic Medalist, and a host of professional triathletes, including Ironman Champions and World Champions. As a competitor, Antonio is a diverse athlete with experience in Ironman distance to sprint racing, with overall race wins in multiple triathlons, duathlons, cyclocross, road races, crits, and time trials. His unique blend of real-life athletic experience, coaching, bicycle maintenance, and business has helped formulate Tri Town's "whole solution" approach to serving endurance athletes
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