Jason Bryant

What are some of your lifetime running goals?:

Glorify God with my running, whether a run in the woods all alone or in a race. Stay focused on the next step and make it a good one. Run for as many years as possible, hopefully, still be running at 100. Be a unique runner.

Do you have a claim to fame?:

Not really. I am just quietly weird. That is until you get to know me, then I am obviously and uniquely weird.



Do you have any vices?:

I might have one, but my wife, Alison, says I shouldn't tell you what it is for your sake. But I will tell you if you ask.

What makes you tick as a runner and in the real world?:

The realization that I have the opportunity to run and live, so I should make the most of both. Live exceptional, run exceptional as defined by myself. Doesn't mean all of life or every run will be good, just I made my choices and made the most of the opportunities in front of me.

What drives you to run?:

Unfortunately a car drives me to most races. Actually there is just some unexplainable desire to run, a burning. And if I'm going to run, I want to try to run faster or farther. Running is one of the things I was created to do.

What is your favorite movie?:

Shawshank Redemption

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

Mountain goat - Kind of self-given because of my email address. Though my high school coach has said many times I climb like a mountain goat when we have been trout fishing on a stream on the side on NC mountains. I chose that email address because I run uphill or on very technical terrain much better than I can run on anything else. Also when I was a kid, there were mountain goats that roamed on the huge rock face of a local state park, Stone Mountain in NC. I admired their ability to move along the steep rocks. So basically I like thinking of myself as a mountain goat. The one other nickname is jb. We had three Jasons on my high school cross country team, so the reason is obvious. Only a handful of local people from back in the day still use that one.

What's the longest you've gone without sleep? Why?:

Around 38 hours, probably last weekend. No exciting reason, just traveling,

If you had to be named after one of the 50 states,
which would it be?:

Idaho - I'm Irish



What did you have for lunch yesterday?:

To be honest, I don't remember, which would be the case most days. I eat what appeals to me at the time or whatever is in front of me. I grew up eating full cooked dinners, we didn't call it lunch, as I grew up on a family farm. Everyone worked and worked hard on our farm. I miss those lunches/dinners.

If you could hook up a thought monitor to your head,
would you see pictures, hear words or would music be
playing?:

If you could hook a thought monitor to my head, it would freak people out. All three would be going at the same time, plus random sounds, silence, smells, and movies. Most of the day, my head is constantly going. Let's just say, I think out of the box, on the box, beside the box, near the box, and without a box.

What really scares you about trail running?:

Honestly, nothing. At some races with really rough terrain or bad conditions, I've been told to be careful. My response, "I don't believe in that."

If your life was made into a movie, what would it be called?:

Life Through the Eye of a Runner I have actually been putting scenes together since high school. The opening has always been a runner on a trail when a stick goes into the runner's eye. It's a dramatic comedy, kind of like Monty Python or Something About Mary. One of my favorite scenes is "Nipple Washer." You'll have to ask to find out.

Where would you live if it could be anywhere in the world?:

There are lots of places I'd like to live all at once or at different times, beautiful places I've been or have yet to go. Plus since I CAN live anywhere in the world, I guess I'd live right where I am at. If you don't like something change it or accept it, but take ownership of you life. As for where I live, it is kind of neat to have lived in one place my whole life and still roam in the woods where I did as a kid.

What's your worst encounter on the trail?:

The first time I fell down, last year. I always liked saying I had never fallen. Other than that nothing and I don't really consider that experience bad.