"Anne Flower didn't fully commit to running the 2025 Leadville 100 Mile until about two weeks before the event. She had never run 100 miles before and was nervous about getting injured or having to take a long time off from running afterward to recover. But, she'd earned an automatic entry into the race - twice - earlier in the summer by winning both the 2025 Silver Rush 50 Mile and the 2025 Leadville Trail Marathon,"
"In an ultrarunning world highlighted by elite athletes focusing an entire year's effort on a single race and working with a team of professionals to extract every ounce of performance from their body and mind on race day, Flower seems to be the Type B personality who shows up to start lines with a "let's see what happens" attitude. She works full-time as an emergency room doctor in Colorado Springs, Colorado,"
"doesn't train with a coach, chooses her races based on exciting geographies and places to visit, and has minimal motivation to pursue running in any sort of full-time, professional manner. She ran Leadville in a pair of discontinued Hoka Tecton X 2 shoes that she bought off eBay, and is at a point in her life where she has the perspective to understand that there are things far more important to her than running."
Anne Flower committed to the 2025 Leadville 100 Mile about two weeks before the event after earning automatic entry by winning two qualifying races. She had never run 100 miles and entered with the simple goal of finishing and a dream goal to place in the top ten. Flower broke Ann Trason's 31-year course record by just over eight minutes with a time of 17:58:19 and finished second overall. She works full-time as an emergency room doctor, trains without a coach, and raced in discontinued Hoka Tecton X 2 shoes bought off eBay. Her priorities center on family rather than professional running.
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