Athlete Bio

Jose "Big Island" Alvarado - athlete bio

Athlete Bio

Age: M40-44

Geography: Tristar Athletes International

Country: Honduras

Fun facts: Jose has epic training grounds where he lives, running at altitude on dirt trails and while getting excellent heat acclimation. Honduras can be a challenging place to train but for this Tristar Athlete he has excelled in these conditions! Jose has a wonderful family and like many other Tristars trains hard and works hard 💪🏻

Bio, goals and races: Jose recently raced the Costa Rica 70.3 where he placed 3rd in his age group to qualify for the half ironman world championships in NICE. He first has a big goal of doing well this year at Ironman Copenhagen, going faaaast! He is in great shape and should be fun to watch on the course.

Tristar Athletes Jose Alvarado
  • Jose has a “dagger” of a run and uses running power to control his efforts and intervals. You should see his track workouts!

  • Even though Jose is one of our far flung Tristars, he does have a great local network of athletes that he can tap into to train with on the bike to keep motivated and push his limits.

  • Trains with a Wahoo Kicrk/Zwift setup to deliver his racing and training peaks sessions with accuracy based on his FTP.

  • Jose has developed a deeper aerobic base on the run that he had not had in previous seasons. We have targeted for his training plan physiologically specific MAF HR runs.

  • Jose has an enhanced and periodized strength training regimen to complement his big goals.

  • ELITE team member


“Training plan-for success” - Jose’s recent knowledge base for training and racing

Custom training plan + advanced education to support this athletes races, training and goals.


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