Annie Hughes is an

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ultrarunner An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of . The sport of running ultramarathons is called ultra running or ultra distance running. Various distances, surfaces, and formats are raced competitively, from the s ...

, based in

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. She is the youngest woman to win the Leadville 100 and Moab 240 races, and previously held the fastest known time for the Collegiate Loop.

Life and running career

Hughes attended

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and ran track there for a year. She ran her first ultra while in university. In 2019 she won the Jemez 50 Mile, placing 6th overall, and soon became active in her local ultrarunning community. She has been mentored by runners Olga King and

Courtney Dauwalter Courtney Dauwalter (born February 13, 1985) is an American ultramarathon runner and former teacher. Widely regarded as one of the world's best ultra trail runners, Dauwalter became in 2023 the first person to win Western States 100, Hardrock 1 ...

. In 2020 she ran the fastest known time on the 167-mile Collegiate Loop in Colorado. The next year she became the youngest woman to win her hometown Leadville 100. She went on to win the Moab 240 with the second-fastest time in its history. In 2022, she won the Cocodona 250.

References

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