Keri Nelson

Close up and personal!

Looking smooth during a run.

Winning the North American Snowshoe Championships, winter 2008.

Specialty: trail running, mountain biking, snowshoeing, and adventure running
Immediate Racing Goals: Duke City Marathon in Albuquerque, NM (Oct. 19, 2008), Rim Rock Run in Grand Junction, CO (Nov. 08); 2009: North American Snowshoe Championships, Mt. Taylor Winter Quad, Pikes Peak Marathon, Way To Cool 50k trail race (CA), Colorado Trail (~ 500 miles) speed record attempt, Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim speed record attempt (~ 43 miles), other adventure runs, and 50k to 50 mi races on the East and West coasts, etc.
Residence: Gunnison, CO

DOB: 06/09/1981; 27-years old
Education: Western State College Geology Alumni (2003)
Occupation: Fitness Instructor, Gunnison Middle School Cross Country Coach and WSC ESS student (Post BA)
Single
Written up in Trail Runner (October 2008) in the Making Tracks Section
Personal Sponsors: La Sportiva (Contact: Buzz Burrell, La Sportiva Team Director; La Sportiva Profile; and Atlas Snowshoe racing team)

2008 Season Highlights
- 1st Trans Rocky Race Co-ed division (7th overall against all male teams), Buena Vista to Steamboat Springs, CO (> 106 miles, 6-days)
- 1st overall, Imogene Pass Run (17.1 mi), Ouray to Telluride, CO (2:40:34)
- 1st overall, Pikes Peak Marathon, Manitou Springs, CO
- 1st overall, Leadville Trail Marathon, course record
- 1st overall, Leadville Lap the Lake Road Bike Race
- 1st overall, US Snowshoe Nationals Championships, Ogden, UT
- 1st overall, Blue Mountain Canyonlands Triathlon, Monticello, UT
- 1st overall, Colorado State Snowshoe Championships, Leadville, CO
- 1st overall, Japanese Snowshoe National Championships, Myoko, Japan
- 1st overall, North American Snowshoe Championships, Beaver Creek, CO
- 1st overall, Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon, Grants, NM
- 2nd overall, Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race
- 3rd overall, Teva Mountain Games Ultimate Challenge, Vail, CO
- 7th overall, US Mountain Running Championships, Mt. Washington Hill Climb, Gorham, NH
- 11th overall, World Mountain Running Challenge, Three Peaks Race, Horton in Ribblesdale, Great Britain

2007 Season Highlights
- 1st overall, Rim Rock Run, Grand Junction, CO
- 1st overall, Teva Mountain Games GMC Ultimate Challenge, Vail, CO
- 1st overall, North American Snowshoe Championships, Beaver Creek, CO
- 1st overall, ITU Pan American Winter Triathlon Championships, Winter Park, CO
- 1st overall, Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon, Grants, NM
- 2nd overall, Pikes Peak Marathon
- 2nd overall, US Snowshoe National Championships, Minneapolis
- 3rd overall, Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race
- 3rd overall, Moab Adventure Xstreme, Team Nike