Mr. Treadmill reaches another milestone
Brendan Brustad has become known for his amazing and somewhat crazy feats of endurance before the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon.
Two years ago, he ran from Altus, where the airman is stationed at Altus Air Force Base, to Oklahoma City. The trip covered 168 miles, one mile for every victim of the Oklahoma City bombing.
A year ago, he spent a week on a treadmill and broke the world record for most miles run on a treadmill in a week. He ran more than 450 miles, averaging about 60 or 70 miles a day. He ran so many miles that bits of the treadmill belt flaked off, fell off the back and collected into a pile. It wasn’t a huge pile, but when you consider what it was and why it was there, it put into context the distance that he ran and the time that he spent on that treadmill
And after accomplishing each feat, he ran and finished the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon.
Brustad is celebrating another amazing feat this week — becoming a father.
His wife, Misty, was in labor early Wednesday morning. It will be the couple’s first child.
Needless to say, there will be plenty of sleepless nights ahead for the Brustads, but that doesn’t mean the new dad is cutting back his training much. And it doesn’t mean he has no plans for more craziness marathon week.
Check out the message that he sent me on Facebook:
“OKC this year, I’ll be back at it again. The treadmill record was broken, twice already. So it will be another fun week, but I’m also going to try and break seven records en route to it. Details to follow.”
Fatherhood doesn’t seem to be slowing down Brustad.
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