From ER to Leadville 100 CR: The Rise of Anne Flower
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Anne Flower is a pro runner for HOKA and Neversecond based in Colorado Springs, CO. In 2025, Anne exploded into the trail running conversation when she broke Ann Trason's course record at the historic Leadville 100 - a mark that stood for 31 years. Later in the fall, Anne went to Tunnel Hill where she broke the 50-mile World Record by a remarkable 13min margin.
One of the breakout stars of the 2025 season, Anne will be among the favorites at this week's Black Canyon 100k, where she hopes to earn a Golden Ticket to Western States. This is her first appearance on the podcast.
- What makes you you?
- The Intersection of Medicine and Running
- 2025: A Year of Transformation
- The Leadville 100 Experience
- Breaking the 50-mile World Record at Tunnel Hill
- New Partnerships with HOKA and Neversecond
- Looking Ahead: Future Races and Aspirations
- Who Anne Admires
- Grab a trail running pack from Osprey
- Use code FREETRAIL25 for 25% off your first order of NEVERSECOND nutrition at never2.com
- Go to ketone.com/freetrail30 for 30% off a subscription of Ketone IQ
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, welcome to the free trail podcast. Of course, I'm your host, Dylan Bowman here today with |
| 0:17.6 | Ann Flower, the breakout star, the 2025 trail racing season. |
| 0:22.4 | Anne Flower is a pro runner and ER physician in Colorado, of course, last year, |
| 0:29.1 | and exploded into the global trail running conversation when she broke Anne Tracen's legendary |
| 0:34.6 | course record at the Leadville 100, a mark that had seemed untouchable to that |
| 0:40.4 | point and that stood for 31 years before. Anne Flower in her 100 mile debut, a relative unknown |
| 0:48.9 | person in the sport managed to lower it by eight minutes in one of the great 100 mile performances of all |
| 0:55.9 | time. And after that, Anne pointed her attention to the Tunnel Hill 50-mileer, where she kept |
| 1:00.7 | the momentum going. And there, of course, she smashed the 50-mile world record, putting |
| 1:06.6 | a capstone on a season that earned her recognition as the number two ultra runner of the year. |
| 1:13.4 | One of the biggest breakout seasons we have seen in recent memory. And here she is to talk all |
| 1:19.6 | about it. We cover Anne's background in history with sport. We discuss her remarkable career in |
| 1:24.6 | emergency medicine. Of course, we talk a lot about Leadville, both what went into it |
| 1:29.3 | and the aftermath. We do the same for Tunnel Hill. We discuss her new partnerships with Hoka and |
| 1:34.8 | Never Second. We look ahead towards the Black Canyon 100K and a lot more. A quick announcement |
| 1:41.3 | before we get started starting today as this episode is being released. |
| 1:46.0 | We will be doing live shows on YouTube to break down the double golden ticket race weekend |
| 1:52.0 | happening at Black Canyon and Terrawera. Trail gating will commence at 5 p.m. Pacific time |
| 1:59.9 | every evening in partnership with our friends at all |
| 2:02.8 | conditions gear. We will post all the shows, of course, in the podcast feed also, but we'd love it |
| 2:08.5 | if you would join us live. Link to our YouTube channel in the show notes. Enjoy the show. |
| 2:17.3 | Osprey just redesigned their iconic Duro and Dina running vests, new for 2026, making them lighter, softer, and more stable than ever, introducing the Duro and Dina Pro series from Ospre with new stretch mesh fabrics, improved fit systems, and repatterned flask pockets. |
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