Jenn Shelton

Jenn Shelton (born 1983)[http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 Sports Chat 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901155620/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 |date=2017-09-01 }}, Mail Tribune (Ashland Oregon). 21:00 is an American ultramarathoner. She has set course records in several of the most demanding American ultramarathons.

Shelton attended the University of North Carolina where she played on the rugby team.{{cite news|last=McDougall|first=Christopher|title=Ultramarathoner Jenn Shelton|url=http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200907/jenn-shelton-ultramarathon-1.html|accessdate=27 April 2010|newspaper=Outside|date=July 2009|ref=none|archive-date=25 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725171740/http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200907/jenn-shelton-ultramarathon-1.html|url-status=dead}} She dropped out to focus on writing poetry, but later enrolled at Old Dominion University.

Shortly after Shelton began running ultramarathons she won several races and soon became one of the top female ultrarunners in the United States.{{Harvnb|McDougall|2009|p=147}}{{Harvnb|McDougall|2009|p=146}} She often runs in lightweight minimalist running shoes.[http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 Sports Chat 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901155620/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 |date=2017-09-01 }} 24:50

In 2006, she traveled with Scott Jurek, Christopher McDougall, and several other ultrarunners as the sole female runner to Copper Canyon in the remote southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico to run with the Tarahumara, for McDougall's book Born to Run. While running through a remote area during the trip she became separated from the group and was found severely dehydrated several hours later by a search crew.{{Harvnb|McDougall|2009|p=132}} She has criticized the book's accounts of the Tarahumara people for "romanticizing" their lifestyle and for not adequately describing their poverty.[http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 Sports Chat 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901155620/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 |date=2017-09-01 }} 8:30

In May 2007 she gained publicity by being the first woman finisher at the Frederick Marathon, in a women's course record of 2 hours 53 minutes 44 seconds, racing in a bikini rather than conventional running kit.http://pages.frederick.com/frederickmarathon.htm/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610164506/http://pages.frederick.com/frederickmarathon.htm |date=2008-06-10 }} (Retrieved 9 April 2014)https://www.flickr.com/photos/areaguides/487061675/in/set-72157600184283007/ (Retrieved 9 April 2014)

In July 2010 Shelton won the Deseret News Marathon in a time of 2:54:23. She says that she finds marathons more challenging to run than ultramarathons.{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Sarah|title=Jenn Shelton wins women's Deseret News Marathon with run of 2:54.23|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700050524/Jenn-Shelton-wins-womens-Deseret-News-Marathon-with-run-of-25423.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731001633/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700050524/Jenn-Shelton-wins-womens-Deseret-News-Marathon-with-run-of-25423.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2010|accessdate=14 February 2011|newspaper=The Deseret News|date=24 July 2010}} Shelton has said that she intends to run more marathons and shorter races, citing a desire to run faster races.[http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 Sports Chat 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901155620/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 |date=2017-09-01 }} 2:30 She is sponsored by Patagonia[http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 Sports Chat 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901155620/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 |date=2017-09-01 }} 22:00 and competed in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, but suffered a hamstring injury and did not finish.[http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-Marathon/entry/entryWomen/eligible.asp] USATF - 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon Eligibility List[http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 Sports Chat 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901155620/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8612469 |date=2017-09-01 }} 8:20http://runningmegleg.com/2012/01/30/2012-olympic-marathon-trials/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023230919/https://runningmegleg.com/2012/01/30/2012-olympic-marathon-trials/ |date=2017-10-23 }} (Retrieved 9 April 2014)http://www.flotrack.org/article/9835-FULL-RESULTS-Houston-2012-USA-Olympic-Marathon-Trials#.U0VbdvldXTo {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150514/http://www.flotrack.org/article/9835-FULL-RESULTS-Houston-2012-USA-Olympic-Marathon-Trials#.U0VbdvldXTo |date=2014-04-13 }} (Retrieved 9 April 2014)