One Monday last month, hardly recovered from running 100 miles in the mountains around Leadville, Anne Flower was back to work as an emergency room doctor at Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs.

“I was on our triage shift,” she said. “So yeah, super busy. People could care less what I did over the weekend.”

Outside, the ultra running world was still buzzing.

Flower was still getting interview requests, because everyone wanted to know: Who was this unknown who just beat one of the most long-standing, legendary records in the history of 100-mile races?

The short answer: a 35-year-old ER doctor in Colorado Springs who had never run a 100-mile race prior to the Leadville Trail 100.

The longer answer: a runner as humble as her Midwest roots; a runner probably more passionate abou

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