The Mount Washington Road Race is a

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event that follows the auto road going from the base of

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nearly to the mountain's summit (located at above sea level). The race was first held in 1936, and has been run annually since 1966. Women first participated officially in 1972. The race course rises feet from start to finish. It is a steep mountain course with an average grade of 12%, all uphill after the first few hundred yards. Held in June each year, Mount Washington is a popular race for runners in

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, and also attracts many runners from other parts of the

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and the world. For non-elite runners, entry is by

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. The lottery winners are able to be among the approximately 1,100 runners who partake in this annual event. The lottery is held in mid-March, with a sign-up period from March 1–15. Andy Schachat currently serves as race announcer. Mount Washington Road Race

The course record of 56:41 was set in 2004 by renowned mountain runner

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. The female course record was set by Shewarge Amarein of

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with a time of 1:08:21 in 2010. Multiple winners of the race on the men's side include Francis Darrah, Mike Gallagher, Bob Hodge, Gary Crossan, Dave Dunham,

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, Matt Carpenter, Daniel Kihara, Simon Gutierrez and Eric Blake. On the female side, Eleonora Mendonca, Cathy Hodgdon, Chris Maisto,

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, J'ne Day-Lucore, and

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are multiple winners. John J. Kelley and Jacqueline Gareau are the only runners ever to win both the

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and the Mount Washington Road Race. Kelley won the former in 1957 and the latter in 1961. Gareau won Boston in 1980 and won Mt. Washington in 1989, 1994 and 1996. In addition to having a steep road race course, Mount Washington is home to extremely unpredictable weather. Winds have been known to top at the summit. Although the race has never been run in such extreme conditions, factors like snow, ice, fog, wind, rain and cold, added to the steep climb, can make the race exceptionally challenging for those who run it. It is not uncommon for temperatures at the foot of the mountain to be warm at the beginning of the race, but for runners to encounter wintry white-out conditions at the summit, even in June. In an attempt to create some levity out of the difficult conditions, race organizers have often used the slogan "only one hill" as the event's official motto.

Winners

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( NZL) , 56:41 , Anna Pichrtová ''-4-'' , 1:12:19 , - , 2003 , Simon Gutierrez ''-2-'' , 1:02:54 , Anna Pichrtová ''-3-'' , 1:12:50 , - , 2002 , Simon Gutierrez (

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( CZE) , 1:13:48 , - , 2000 , Daniel Kihara ''-3-'' , 59:24 , Alice Muriithi (

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) , 1:01:42 , J'ne Day-Lucore ''-3-'' , 1:17:29 , - , 1994 , Dave Dunham ''-3-'' , 1:03:22 , Jacqueline Gareau ''-2-'' , 1:16:16 , - , 1993 , Matt Carpenter ''-2-'' , 59:49 , J'ne Day-Lucore ''-2-'' , 1:12:59 , - , 1992 , Matt Carpenter (

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( NZL) , 59:17 , Lynn Brown (

) , 1:19:57 , - , 1989 , Dave Dunham ''-2-'' , 1:02:59 ,

( CAN) , 1:13:13 , - , 1988 , Dave Dunham (

) , 1:00:50 , Janine Aiello (

) , 1:20:48 , - , 1987 , Bob Hodge ''-7-'' , 1:01:14 , Peg Donovan (

) , 1:15:05 , - , 1986 , Gary Crossan ''-4-'' , 1:02:10 , Christine Maisto ''-2-'' , 1:19:26 , - , 1985 , Bob Hodge ''-6-'' , 1:01:31 , Christine Maisto (

) , 1:14:44 , - , 1984 , Gary Crossan ''-3-'' , 1:01:13 , Betsy Haydock (

) , 1:20:46 , - , 1983 , Keith Woodward (

) , 1:06:38 , Anna Sonnerup (

) , 1:22:19 , - , 1982 , Gary Crossan ''-2-'' , 1:01:40 , Cathy Hodgdon ''-3-'' , 1:22:40 , - , 1981 , Gary Crossan (

) , 1:02:51 , Cathy Hodgdon ''-2-'' , 1:22:57 , - , 1980 , Bob Hodge ''-5-'' , 1:04:29 , Cathy Hodgdon (

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External links

Official site
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Mount Washington Road Race Records
' by Dave Dunham *

'' statistic page by the

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(ARRS)

References

Mountain running competitions Coös County, New Hampshire Road Race Sports in New Hampshire Road running competitions in the United States

Winners

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