Nancy Hobbs has been running trails and directing running events since the mid-80s and her articles and photographs about the sport have been published in magazines including Runner’s World, Running Times, Trail Runner, and Ultrarunning magazine. Along with Adam W. Chase, Hobbs is the co author of The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running, Best Trail Runs: Seattle; Best Trail Runs: Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs; Best Trail Runs: Portland; Best Trail Runs: San Francisco. She is the founder and executive director of the American Trail Running Association, a council member of the World Mountain Running Association, and chairperson of the USATF Mountain Ultra Trail Council. She was inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame in 2013. She lives in Colorado Springs, CO, but travels extensively nationally and worldwide to support and promote trail and mountain running.
Honors, Awards, Misc. Info
- Member of Colorado Running Hall of Fame, inducted 2013
- Co-Author: The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running, published 2001 The Lyons Press. Second edition published by Globe Pequeot under the Falcon Books (formerly Lyons) brand 2010. Translated into Japanese (2013).
- RRCA Board member 8 years (’87-’02)
- Presentations to clubs and groups on trail running – beginning, advanced, governance.
- El Paso County Park Advisory Board Member May 1999 to Dec. 2000 & Sept. 2002 to Jan. 2006 – Chair 2003 to January 2006 (volunteer position)
- Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Member 2008-July 2013 (volunteer position). Elected Vice Chairperson in June 2011. Elected Chairperson 2012.
- U.S. Delegate to the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) 1998-2000; council member since 2000
- USATF chairperson Mountain Ultra Trail Council 2000-2024 (current term runs through 2025)
- USATF President’s Award 2002 and 2011
- Trailblazer Award, presented at Running USA 2012
- Awarded USATF’s Robert Giegengack Award in 2016 for years of dedication to the sport, particularly pioneering efforts to promote women’s mountain running
- Dedication Award – Sportswomen of Colorado – 2006
- Everest Award, trail running 2006
- Award Winner 1994 Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association Heroes (Coloradorecipient)
- Coached Lehigh University’s first intercollegiate cross country team -1984