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About

Get to know Liza Rachetto

Coaching
philosophy

My goal is to see athletes overcome obstacles to achieve their goals. The modern-day athlete needs to balance many commitments from outside the athletic sphere, including work and family. The landscape for the training athlete is littered with a multitude of options and opinions. A good coach uses experience to navigate the best path to success.

Professional
certifications

ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
USA Triathlon Level 1 Coach
USA Cycling Level 3 Coach
USMS Level 2 Coach
B.A. in Sports Medicine/PE

Triathlon achievements

2022 Ironman World Champs: AG World Champion (45-49)
2017 ITU Long Course World: AG Champion
2017 IM Los Cabos: 2nd overall AG
2017 IM Santa Cruz: overall AG winner (AG winner '23, '22)
2016, '15, '14 IM Cozumel: overall AG winner
2013 IM Lake Tahoe: overall AG winner
4x overall winner at Barbs Race Half Vineman
6x Hawaii Ironman World Champs competitor
6x AG Ironman World Champs top 5 finisher

Cycling
background

From 2005-2021 (17 years), professional cyclist on Team TIBCO, Lipton, Vanderkitten, Primal/MapMyRide, and International UCI teams Chirio-Forno d'Asolo (ITA), Hagens Berman | Supermint, and Fanini Data Systems (ITA).

Coaching experience

Coach of New to the Sport to Ironman Age Group World Champion triathletes since 2012
USA Cycling U17 Athlete Development Program Coach
Masters swim coach since 1998

Hi, I’m Liza.

Here to enable you to build confidence, multisport skills, and healthy habits.

Whether you want to compete in your first Ironman, improve your next Ironman, or finish on the podium, I provide a solid foundation for you to achieve athletic health and racing strength.

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Testimonials

What athletes are saying

"This year, I beat my last year's time at Santa Cruz 70.3 by 9 minutes. My age-group ranking jumped from 41st to 23rd. And, even more amazingly, I achieved this by having both a significantly faster swim and bike leg. Running has always been my stronger sport, and I was elated after Liza helped me achieve a 2:52 at the California International Marathon last year and score a slot at the 2026 Boston Marathon. But triathlon has always been a tougher nut to crack. I needed to swim and ride faster while managing life and an ambitious marathon schedule. Liza not only let me fully explore my potential in running, but also devised an ingenious, executable plan to help me become a much more capable swimmer and cyclist, as this year's Santa Cruz result proved. These achievements were long in the making, and whenever I experienced the inevitable setbacks, Liza was always a text or a call away, making sure that I stayed on track and allowed my body the recovery it needed. I could have never imagined achieving any of these successes without you, Liza."

Jerrold Alcantara