Trevor Bryan - “When Irish Eyes are Smiling”
Trevor, who was born in Ireland, is a newbie to the Black Hills Running
Club. He ran with us for the first time in the New Year’s Eve
run. His mother is Irish-Norwegian-American, and his dad is Irish.
His mother was studying Shakespeare in England. To find out about her
Irish roots, she visited Ireland and met Trevor’s father, a farmer
in the town of Bonden, about the size of Sturgis. In that area of Ireland,
it rains nearly every day, and mold grows continuously. Trevor’s
mother got sick from the mold, and they decided they needed to move
to a dry climate. His father sold the farm in 1981 and the family moved
back to his mother’s home in South Dakota. Trevor was
four when they arrived in the Black Hills. He graduated from Central High School
in 1996, where he competed in track and cross-country. His favorite cross-country
course was Hot Springs. He did not run in college and stated that he majored
in drinking. He received a BA in Mass Communication from Black Hills State
University. In his last year of college, he worked with his father to launch
the family’s real estae development, Sun Valley Estates in Piedmont.
While Trevor did not start running with BHRC until the New Year, he has been
blitzing throughout the spring, including four hashes. He occasionally ran while
in college, and his favorite is “Freeze your Fanny.” The Deadwood
Mickelson Trail will be his first marathon. He has built up to running approximately
150 miles a month and finished his training with a 20-mile run prior to tapering.
He hopes to finish the marathon time of at least 4 hours, 10 minutes.
He is a rigorous trainer, especially on the Wednesday night runs and kicks sand
in the Captain’s face on M Hill to such an extent that the Captain asked
for a vote to ban Trevor from the Club. Before anyone could vote “yeah” or “nay,” the
Captain had jokingly banned young Trevor for embarrassing the M Hill elders.
It is fortunate the good Captain did not ask for a vote. Trevor would have won
unanimously, and the Captain would again have been embarrassed by his leadership.