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About Us
News Photos Testimonials HSE Staff: I Ling Matthews Claire Pate Javaun Moradi Brian Rumple Sam Council Jon Barker Paul Cox Bill Vickers Bryan Goble Ryan Castleberry John Klekamp, M.D. Jesse Selwyn Andrew Jacobs Jono Senk Artur Sagat Madeleine Pilchard Scott Perkins Guest Instructors: Martin Strong Dr.Michael Wax
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Ryan Castleberry is a fitness and motivational coach, as well as an avid multisport athlete. As an instructor, Ryan excels at motivating students to shatter their physical and mental limits. As an athlete, Ryan is in perpetual training for his next adventure race. Ryan draws on his previous experience in the military, where he served in the Air Force as a tactical air controller assigned to an Army advanced Airborne team. Ryan also held duties as Air Assault coordinator, and combat lifesaver, and physical training monitor. Notable awards include a Airforce Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Medal, and the Presidential Fitness award, which he won for receiving a perfect score on the Army Physical Fitness Test.
"While my wife and I were riding our motorcycle on Sunday June 27 2004 at 11:30 am, in Cleveland, GA. a drunk driver slammed into us head on. This caused me to go over the handle bars face first into the windshield - shattering it with my face and then flipping me over the Dodge Durango. I crushed my left orbital, nose, both cheeks, completely broke the roof of my mouth, lost 2 teeth and broke 4, as for my knee I tore my post crucial ligament, tore my post lateral meniscus and broke cartilage, if that doesn't top it all off I suffered a minor brain injury and spent 6 weeks as an out patient at Shepard Center." Ryan Castleberry is the epitome of our axiom, If it Seems Impossible… It's Got to Be Us. Ryan's doctors told him that he would never be able to run or ride a bike much less race again. Ryan's iron-willed determination proved them all wrong when he raced and finished his first triathlon in less then one year from this brutally crushing accident. Ryan continues to race in some of the toughest adventure races and triathlons in the nation. His most recent goal is to finish and win his age group at Iron Man Wisconsin. Can you think of a greater inspiration and comeback story? You'd be hard pressed!
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