Born 6/17/72 and raised in Winston-Salem, NC. Went to Mount Tabor High School where he graduated in 1990.
Went on to run at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. Brunt was All ACC in Cross Country twice

Track and Cross Country PR's include:

1500 3:44.3 (relay)  3:46.69 (open) 3000 8:05.88 (indoors)  5000 14:00.69 (outdoors)

 8k Cross Country 24:19

Road Bests

8k Road 23:47    5k Road 14:31     15k Road - 48:48      Half Marathon - 1:11:02

Brant's other accolades include:
National high school mile indoor champion - 1989
ACC champion in the mile and DMR, indoors (1995)
2-time all ACC in X-Country   4-time all-ACC in indoor and outdoor track
NCAA qualifier in 5,000 outdoors (1994)
NCAA qualifier in 3,000 indoors (1993)

Ran in 3 NCAA Cross Country Championship meets
Ran with brother Kyle in the US Junior World CC championship meet in Antwerp, Belgium.

Week 1
9 miles

Week 2
17.5 miles this week, surgery this week

Week 3
Off all week

Week 4
4.5 miles

Week 5
8 miles this week

Week 6
6 miles this week

Week 7
14 - including two runs with the great $ Bill.

Week 8
24.5 miles this week

Week 9
23 miles this week

Week 10
25 miles this week

Week 11
17 miles this week

Week 12
Monday – 5 easy around the Wake trails.
Tuesday – 5.5 easy/moderate around the Gardens.  Ran into Nolan Swanson – random.
Weds. - 5 moderate around Bethabara.  Right heel really hurting.
23 miles for the week

Week 13
1 mile, Plantar this week

Week 14
½ mile – plantar still in control.

Week 15
off all week

Week 16
4.5 miles this week, still sore

Week 17
8.5 miles this week

Week 18
Monday - 2 easy around the Gardens.  Foot better.
Tues. - 3 easy around Tanglewood.
Weds. - 3 easy around Tanglewood.
Thursday - 3 slow around Tanglewood.  Tired.
Friday and Saturday - 0
Sunday - 2 easy around Hanes Park.  Foot hurting.

Week 19
Monday – 3
Tuesday – 3.5
Wednesday – 2.5
Thursday – 4
20 total, 6 days running

Week 20
22 miles

Week 21
20 miles

Week 22
10 miles this week.

Week 23
Monday – 3 easy in Wake Trails.
Tuesday – 4 steady around the Gardens
Wednesday – 5 steady around Tanglewood
thurs - 3 easy around the Gardens.  Tired.
Friday – 4 easy around the Gardens.  Very hot.
Saturday – 3 easy in the Wake Trails. Felt good.
Sun - 8 steady around Salem Lake. Felt decent.

Week 24
Monday – off travel
Tuesday – 4 easy around the Gardens.  Tired.
Wednesday – 5 steady with the kids.  Good run.
Thursday - 3 easy on the treadmill
Friday - 5 easy with the kids.
Saturday - 9 easy/steady around Wake.  Felt allright.
Sunday - 4 easy around Wake.

Week 25
Monday – 3 easy on the treadmill at night.  Tired.
Tuesday – 5 easy/steady around the Gardens.  Very hot and humid.  Tired.  Threw in 2 20 second pick-ups in the last mile.
Wednesday – 4.5 slow with the kids.
Thursday – 4.5 slog at Umstead Park.
Friday – 5 easy with the kids.
Saturday - 5.5 easy at Tanglewood.
Sunday - 6 easy around Wake.  Felt awful. Cut the run short.

Week 26
Monday - 6.5 steady with the kids.
Tuesday – 5 easy around Bethabara.  Very hot.  Threw in 4 15 second pick-ups in the last mile.
Wednesday – 5 slow with the kids.  Legs tired, feet really hurting.
Thursday – 2 easy.  Had to stop early because of severe thunderstorm.
Friday – 5 steady with the kids.  Felt better.
Saturday - 5.5 steady with 3 miles at 6:25 pace.  Didn't feel great.
Sunday - 2 slow. Low-grade stomach flu.

Week 27
Monday - 5.5 steady with the kids.  Felt allright.
Tuesday – 6 easy around the Gardens, with 4 15 second pick-ups in the last mile, legs tired.
Wednesday – 6.75 steady with the kids.  Very hilly run.
Thursday – 5.5 steady around Tanglewood.  Hot, tired.
Friday – 7 steady with the kids, very hilly run.  Felt decent.
Saturday - 10 at 7:10 at Salem Lake.  Felt allright.  Longest run of the year.
Sunday - 3 dirt slow at Wake.  Tired.

Week 28
Monday - 6 steady with the kids.  Threw in a 6:02 - like to say it felt easy.
Tuesday – 6 steady around the Gardens with 4 15 second pick-ups thrown in.  Felt awkward.
Wednesday – 7 steady with the kids.  Legs tired, left quad/hamstring tight/sore.
Thursday – 6 steady around Bethabara with 4 15 second pickups in the last mile.  Legs sore, quad, hamstring and back issues.
Friday – 7.25 steady with the kids.  Legs tired, left leg issues slightly better.
Saturday - 2 WU, 6 times Deacon Hill Loop in the Trails, 1/2 WD.  4.5 total.  Trying to get legs going.
Sunday - 11 in the Wake Trails.  Steady, felt pretty good.

Week 29
Monday - 4.5 slow in the Gardens.  Legs baked
Tuesday -6.5 total - 1.5 easy, 4 miles plus tempo 6:30, 6:09, 6:05, 6:08 plus 2:00 at 6:10 pace, 1 easy.
Felt allright, legs tired and left hamstring issues, but felt okay.
Wednesday - off, travel.  Legs hurting.
Thursday 7 at 6:50 pace around Rockford Michigan.  Felt decent.
Friday - 5.75 easy around Rockford.
Saturday - 7 steady with last 3 miles at 6:30 pace around Rockford, felt decent.
Sunday - 4 easy.  Feet feeling slightly better.

Week 30
Mon. - 6 steady around the Wake Trails with 4 15 second pick-ups in the last mile.  Felt decent except for left hamstring issues.
Tuesday – 7 steady at Salem Lake in 45:42.  Ran with Todd Morgan – random – who was doing some recruiting in the area.
First 2 miles in 14:22, last 5 at 6:20 pace.  Felt comfortable until last mile or so, was talking most of the time.
Wednesday – 6.25 easy with the kids.  Legs butt/hamstring really hurting, feet not feeling well.
Thursday – 5.5 easy/steady around the Gardens. Legs tired.
Friday – 6 easy/steady with the kids.  Left hamstring issues, feet tired.
Saturday - workout at Wake with the Worker.
2 WU, 6 * Deacon Blvd. in the Trails, 1/2 easy, 1 mile in 5:28 on 10K
loop, rest, 1 mile back in 5:36 on 10K Loop, then 1.5 WD.  8 miles total.
Sunday - 12 at Salem Lake with Mike and Alan Marion.  First 10 miles at
6:50 pace, last 2 miles in 6:19, 6:14.  Tired at the end.

Week 31
Monday - ran 6.25 steady with the kids.  Legs tired.
Tuesday - 4.5 easy around the Gardens.  Tired.
Wednesday - 6.5 steady with the kids.  Feet and quads sore.
Thursday - Cut-down at Salem Lake.  Very hot and left foot hurting. 7:06, 6:20, 5:56, 5:48, 5:55, 1.5 easy – 6.5 total
Friday - Off
Saturday - 2 WU, 9 * Deacon Blvd. in 47-48, 20:00 total for the loop,
1/2 easy, 1600 on the track in 5:23, 1 mile easy.  7.5 miles total. Foot hurting.
Sunday - 6.25 steady around Wake.  Foot hurting, body tired, packed it in early.

Week 32
Monday - 6.75 steady with the kids.  Foot much better (started Ibuprofen, and really stretched Sunday night), but legs very fatigued.
Tuesday – 6 steady around the Gardens.  Felt allright except for the heat.
Wednesday – 5 slow with the kids.
Thursday – 6 easy around the Gardens, very hot.  Felt decent.
Friday – 6.25 steady with the kids.  Felt pretty good.
Saturday - Workout in the Wake trails with Mike -  2 WU, 6 * Deacon
Blvd, avg. 46, Loop in 12:42, 1/2 easy, loop in the trails in 8:02, 2 WD.  8 total.  Getting faster.
Sunday - 10 steady with Mike at Salem Lake - 66:58.  First 2 in 14:50, last 8 at 6:30 pace - last mile in 6:04.  Getting stronger.
A little sore from the workout.

Week 33
Monday - 6 easy with the kids.  Hamstrings sore.
Tuesday – 6 around the Gardens.  Threw in a 5:36 mile and some strides.  Felt allright, not great.
Wednesday – off, travel.
Thursday – 4 easy on a bad hotel treadmill in San Antonio.  Was pouring rain outside.
Friday – A.M. 2 easy with the kids.  Last day of the summer.
Friday - P.M. 5 steady around the Gardens with some strides.
Saturday - 6 mile cut-down around Buena Vista.  7:41, 6:35, 6:09, 5:51, 5:38, 1 mile easy.  Felt decent.  Hot.
Sunday - 7 steady around Myrtle Beach.  Very hot and humid.  Didn't feel well after 5 miles.

Week 34
Monday - 4.5 easy around Myrtle Beach with some strides at the end. Felt decent.
Tuesday - 2 easy, 1 mile in 5:26, 1 mile easy, 1 mile in 5:17, ½ easy – 5.5 total.  Good to get the rust off.
Wednesday - 3 easy with strides.
Thursday - 2 easy
Friday - 1 mile easy, 4.55 leg at 5:30 pace.
Saturday - 5.75 miles up the mountain; 4.09 mile leg on the flats. Dead-tired.
Sunday - off, traveling, hurting, playing golf.

Week 35
Saturday - 2 easy
Sunday - 3 easy    Left foot, ankle killing me.

Week 36
24, with a 10 mile long run.  Fell at Salem Lake while running, got my knee pretty good, really sore.

Week 37
28, long run of 12.5, felt good until one mile to go when right Achilles and knee rebelled.

Week 38
Monday – no running, biked to rest Achilles.
Tuesday – 5 easy around the Gardens with 4 15 second pick-ups, calf tight and Achilles sore.
Wednesday – 6.5 easy/moderate around Tanglewood. Leg better.
Thursday – 6 easy/moderate around the Gardens with 4 15 second pick-ups, leg better.
Friday - 4.5 easy at Tanglewood, tired.
Saturday - 1/2 easy, 12 at 6:40 pace during Salem Lake 30K pacing a friend.  Knee hurting after 8 miles, felt pretty
easy until about 10 miles.
Sunday - 3 easy, knee still hurting.

Week 39
Monday - 5 steady around the Gardens, knee felt slightly better.
Tuesday - 5.5 easy around Tanglewood.  Legs tired.
Weds. - 5 easy/moderate.  Did some pick-ups while following Ben on his bike.
Thursday - 5 moderate around the Gardens.  Not feeling well.
Friday – 15.5 at 7:30 pace with Glenn Wells.  Longest run in forever.  Tired in the last couple of miles.
Saturday – off
Sunday – 4 moderate in the Wake Trails with Zack Hines.

Week 40
Monday - 8 moderate from the YMCA, with 4*100 strides on the Hanes Park track to finish up.  Felt allright.
Tuesday – 4 easy around the Gardens with 4 15 second pickups, felt quick.
Wednesday – 6 around Buena Vista, last three miles in the low 6:00 range.  Tired.
Thursday - off
Friday - 3 easy, tired.
Saturday - 3 easy after lifting.
Sunday - 19.5 miles averaging 7:15 miles around Tanglewood/Clemmons.  No problems until about 18.5, right Achilles and
eft hip flexor started rebelling.  Longest run since 1998.

Week 41
9 miles.  Low-grade flu and pleurisy led to a bad week.

Week 42
4 easy on the treadmill.  Chest better, but not great yet.  Still feel tired.
Tuesday - 5.5 steady at the end with Mark Uren and Bill Gibbs, chestgetting better.
Wednesday - 5.5 with two miles under 12:00, didn't feel great.
Thursday - 4 easy with some pick-ups at the end of the run.
Friday - off
Saturday - 21 easy at Salem Lake (probably averaged 7:45).  Legs were
fine until the steep downhill to the dam on the last loop, jogged in. Good run.
Sunday - off

Week 43
Monday - 4.5 easy
Tuesday - off
Wednesday - 4.5 cut-down, felt shitty.
Thursday - 4 easy
Friday - 4.5 with strides
Saturday - 3 steady with strides
Sunday - 12 from home - 1 WU, 8 steady, 3 slower: 7:09, 6:39, 6:31, 6:25, 6:22, 6:25, 6:19, 6:12, 6:09, 6:44, 6:58, 6:34.  Felt decent, not great.

Week 44
Monday – off
Tuesday – 4 easy around the Gardens
Wednesday – 6 easy around the Gardens with 4 15 second pick-ups in the last mile.
Thursday – 2 easy, 3 mile up-tempo (6:05,6:03,5:52), 1 mile easy in 6:51, last mile in 6:04 (felt easy) with 4 15 second pick-ups.
Friday - 4 easy with 4 15 second pickups, tired.
Saturday - 6 easy around Tanglewood
Sunday - 14 from Reynolda Village, around Wake, Bethabara, Town&Country.
First 10 easy, next 3 6:07,6:06,5:59, 1 easy.  Left hip flexor a little bothersome, but fast miles felt easy.

Week 45
Monday – off
Tuesday – 4 easy around the Gardens with pickups in the last mile.  Felt quick.
Wednesday – 6 easy around the Gardens with pickups in the last mile.
Thursday – 2 easy 4 mile tempo around BV (6:15, 5:56, 5:58, 5:45) 1 mile easy in 6:52, last mile in 5:53 (6 15 second pickups).
Friday - 4 easy around the Gardens.  Legs tired.
Saturday - 6 easy/moderate in the Wake Trails with 4 15 second pick-ups in the last mile, didn't feel great.
Sunday - 10 averaging 7:15 pace at Salem Lake/Greenway, ran a couple of miles under marathon pace.  Felt decent.

Week 46
Monday – off
Tuesday – 4 easy with 4 15 second pickups, legs felt good.
Wednesday – 7.25 around the Gardens, Buena Vista with Alan Marion – 2 easy 3 up-tempo (5:55,5:44,5:46), 2.25 easy.
Legs felt good, slight nasal congestion.
Thursday - off
Friday - 3.5 easy with John and Mark around Philly.
Saturday - 3 easy around Philly.
Sunday - 26.2 miles, Philly Marathon in 2:56!!

Week 47
Saturday – 3 easy, heavy breathing.
Sunday – 3 easy, felt better except for right knee pain.

Week 48
20 miles in 5 runs, right knee not happy.

Week 49
Monday - off
Tuesday - off
Wednesday - 5 easy
Thursday - 5 steady
Friday - 5.5 easy
Saturday - 3 easy, 4*400 in 74,71,71,71 with a 200 jog, 4 easy.  8 total
Sunday - 7 easy at Salem Lake, hamstrings sore.

Week 50
Monday – off, traveling.
Tuesday – 5 easy.
Wednesday – 5 from the Gardens, split a couple of miles in 6:04,6:01, didn’t feel easy.
Thursday - off
Friday - 5 easy around Tanglewood with 10 15 second pick-ups.
Saturday - 5 easy on the treadmill.
Sunday - 6 at Hanes Park (Walker Workout).  3 WU, 2 WD, 5 * 400 in 80,
with various exercises between reps (sore as hell).

Week 51
25 miles with a Walker Workout on Sunday, ran 400’s in 76ish.  Much better.

Week 52
24.5 with one Walker Workout - 400's in 72.

12/31 - 10.5 easy after lifting. Tired.