Sarasota accountant logs some 70 miles a day in training for a major feat

After having a successful heart surgery as a toddler, Nels Matson has been determined to not waste his life. Instead, he runs for causes important to him.

By Amanda Postma
| 12:00 p.m. January 13, 2022
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With a goal of breaking the record for the fastest run across the United States, Nels Matson sets out to train every day. (Photo by Mark Wemple)

Executive Diversions

Executive: Nels Matson, managing accountant of BoaLytics LLC, an accounting firm focusing on small businesses. Before owning his own firm, Matson was a senior accountant at Kerkering Barberio in Sarasota. Before that he was an accountant at Goar, Endriss & Walker P.A.

Diversion: Long-distance running. Matson is is a running machine. It was during one of those runs, in 2017, when he decided to go back to the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee for a business degree in accounting. Eventually he became a CPA.