Alumna stuns ultrarunning world in debut 100-mile race

By profession, Anne Flower, D.O. ('13), is an emergency medicine doctor at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central and other UCHealth free-standing ER locations in Colorado Springs. Long before she joined the ranks of emergency medicine doctors, Flower was an active kid who grew up in Cincinnati, and who fell in love with mountains during trips to the western U.S. She also fell into running as a way to keep in shape and burn off stress.

Flower decided to run in the Leadville 100 just two weeks before the race. She had never competed in a 100-mile ultramarathon, but a good summer of running made Flower curious about whether she could do it. And she was in top running form.

On June 28, Flower ran the Leadville Trail Marathon – and won the women’s race.

She then ran the July 12 Silver Rush 50 Run in Leadville – and won again.

Each of those races was a qualifier for the final event of the series: the 100-mile race.

Read the complete story about Flower's race, training and career in an article by Joanna Bean in UCHealth Today.

Photo by Peter Maksimow.