"In what was a fairly last-minute decision to race, American Anne Flower lined up for the 2025 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile and set a new women's 50-mile world record of 5:18:57. The record, set on November 8 on the flat and fast course in Vienna, Illinois, comes less than three months after Flower broke Ann Trason's 31-year-old record at the Leadville 100 Mile, her debut run at the distance."
"We caught up with Flower, an emergency room doctor, on her way home to Colorado Springs, Colorado, the day after her record-breaking run. In the following interview, Flower talks about why she thinks she was better suited to Tunnel Hill than Leadville, how her life has changed since her Leadvillle win, her decision to race Tunnel Hill instead of the Indianapolis Marathon,"
Anne Flower, an emergency room doctor based in Colorado Springs, set a women's 50-mile world record of 5:18:57 at the Tunnel Hill 50 Mile on November 8 in Vienna, Illinois after a fairly last-minute decision to race. The flat, fast course suited her strengths less than three months after she broke Ann Trason's 31-year-old Leadville 100-mile record in her debut at that distance. Flower preferred Tunnel Hill to the Indianapolis Marathon, employed a deliberate pacing strategy, relied on her mother as her sole crew, felt good the day after, and has additional future racing plans. The event also produced new women's marks by Caitriona Jennings and Courtney Olsen.
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