2016 Spartan Beast Killington Review

Fit Talk with Melinda Corssino

Jen Klentzman is a mother of 3, personal trainer and obstacle course racer living in Austin, TX. She just finished the Spartan UltraBeast in Killington, VT in 7th place. She is a 2014 Savage Race winner, 2 x 2015 BattleFrog Extreme winner and will be competing in the World's Toughest Mudder in November. She spends her time hanging out with her kids, running, and going to the river to escape the Texas heat. Coach Gary Lombardo, certified United States Triathlon (USAT) Level 1, Spartan SGX Level 2, CrossFit Level 1, CrossFit Powerlifting and CrossFit Endurance coach and multisport athlete. Gary has over 16 years coaching experience, working with athletes of all abilities and disciplines. As a multisport athlete himself, Coach Gary understands through experience the training needs of multisport athletes. He has completed two Ironman triathlons, numerous half Ironman and shorter distance triathlons, obstacle course races (including qualifying for the OCR World Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2016) as well as many running and cycling events. Gary has also climbed numerous high-altitude peaks in the Himalaya of Nepal and India, the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, and the Cascades of the US northwest, and also rock and ice climbs regularly in the mountain ranges of the northeastern US (White Mountains, Green Mountains, and Adirondacks).