Mount Washington Road Race

The Mt. Washington Road Race has an 11% grade, averaged over 7.6 miles.

The Mount Washington Road Race is a 7.6 mile road running event that follows an auto road going from the base of Mount Washington in New Hampshire nearly to the mountain's summit (located at 6288 ft 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 4650 vertical feet from start to finish. It is a steep mountain course with an average grade of 11%. Held in June each year, Mount Washington is a popular race for runners in New England, and also attracts many runners from other parts of the United States and the world. For non-elite runners, entrance is by lottery. The lottery winners are able to be among the approximately 1100 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.

The course record of 56:41 was set in 2004 by renowned mountain runner Jonathan Wyatt. The female course record was set by Magdalena Thorsell in a time of 1:10:49 in 1998. Multiple winners of the race on the men's side include Francis Darrah, Mike Gallagher, Bob Hodge, Gary Crossan, Dave Dunham, Derek Froude, Matt Carpenter, Daniel Kihara, Simon Gutierrez and Eric Blake. On the female side, Eleonora Mendonca, Cathy Hodgdon, Chris Maisto, Jacqueline Gareau, J'ne Day-Lucore, and Anna Pirchtova are multiple winners. John J. Kelley and Jacqueline Gareau are the only runners ever to win both the Boston Marathon 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 200 mph 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

Year	Men	Time	Women	Time
2010	9Siemers Chris Siemers (USA)	1:00:22	9Amare Shewarge Amare (ETH)	1:08:21
2009	9Gates Rickey Gates (USA)	0:59:58 059:58	8Erholtz Brandy Erholtz -2-	1:10:53
2008	8Blake Eric Blake -2-	1:00:39	8Erholtz Brandy Erholtz (USA)	1:11:08
2007	8Wyatt Jonathan Wyatt -2-	1:01:25	4Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová -6-	1:12:53
2006	8Blake Eric Blake (USA)	1:01:09	4Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová -5-	1:11:18
2005	7Gutierrez Simon Gutierrez -3-	1:00:54	9Moon Melissa Moon (NZL)	1:10:11
2004	8Wyatt Jonathan Wyatt (NZL)	0:56:41 056:41	4Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová -4-	1:12:19
2003	7Gutierrez Simon Gutierrez -2-	1:02:54	4Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová -3-	1:12:50
2002	7Gutierrez Simon Gutierrez (USA)	2:00:00 028:02[1]	4Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová -2-	2:00:00 032:32[1]
2001	6Kihara Daniel Kihara -4-	1:00:06	4Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová (CZE)	1:13:48
2000	6Kihara Daniel Kihara -3-	0:59:24 059:24	9Muriithi Alice Muriithi (KEN)	1:17:26
1999	6Kihara Daniel Kihara -2-	0:59:03 059:03	9Remmers Barbara Remmers (USA)	1:13:52
1998	7Carpenter Matt Carpenter -3-	1:00:24	9Thorsell Magdalena Thorsell (SWE)	1:10:09
1997	9Fram Craig Fram (USA)	1:04:48	9Obrien Cathy O'Brien (USA)	1:12:24
1996	6Kihara Daniel Kihara (KEN)	0:58:21 058:21	7Gareau Jacqueline Gareau -3-	1:17:15
1995	9Mutisya Gideon Mutisya (KEN)	1:01:42	7Day J'ne Day-Lucore -3-	1:17:29
1994	7Dunham Dave Dunham -3-	1:03:22	7Gareau Jacqueline Gareau -2-	1:16:16
1993	7Carpenter Matt Carpenter -2-	0:59:49 059:49	7Day J'ne Day-Lucore -2-	1:12:59
1992	7Carpenter Matt Carpenter (USA)	1:00:43	7Day J'ne Day-Lucore (USA)	1:11:46
1991	8Froude Derek Froude -2-	1:00:35	7Maisto Christine Maisto -3-	1:12:15
1990	8Froude Derek Froude (NZL)	0:59:17 059:17	9Brown Lynn Brown (USA)	1:19:57
1989	7Dunham Dave Dunham -2-	1:02:59	7Gareau Jacqueline Gareau (CAN)	1:13:13
1988	7Dunham Dave Dunham (USA)	1:00:50	9Aiello Janine Aiello (USA)	1:20:48
1987	3Hodge Bob Hodge -7-	1:01:14	9Donovan Peg Donovan (USA)	1:15:05
1986	6Crossan Gary Crossan -4-	1:02:10	7Maisto Christine Maisto -2-	1:19:26
1985	3Hodge Bob Hodge -6-	1:01:31	7Maisto Christine Maisto (USA)	1:14:44
1984	6Crossan Gary Crossan -3-	1:01:13	9Haydock Betsy Haydock (USA)	1:20:46
1983	9Woodward Keith Woodward (USA)	1:06:38	9Sonnerup Anna Sonnerup (USA)	1:22:19
1982	6Crossan Gary Crossan -2-	1:01:40	7Hodgdon Cathy Hodgdon -3-	1:22:40
1981	6Crossan Gary Crossan (USA)	1:02:51	7Hodgdon Cathy Hodgdon -2-	1:22:57
1980	3Hodge Bob Hodge -5-	1:04:29	7Hodgdon Cathy Hodgdon (USA)	1:26:44
1979	3Hodge Bob Hodge -4-	1:02:08	9Rockwell Martha Rockwell (USA)	1:19:14
1978	3Hodge Bob Hodge -3-	1:04:13	7Mendonca Eleonora Mendonça -3-	1:28:39
1977	3Hodge Bob Hodge -2-	1:04:44	7Mendonca Eleonora Mendonça -2-	1:30:05
1976	3Hodge Bob Hodge (USA)	1:05:31	7Mendonca Eleonora Mendonça (BRA)	1:35:05
1975	9Johnson Gary Johnson (USA)	1:06:01	9Sargent Hester Sargent (USA)	1:31:13
1974	9Capezzuto Jim Capezzuto (USA)	1:07:58	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1973	9Cederholm John Cederholm (USA)	1:08:26	9Demers Lise Demers (CAN)	1:51:51
1972	9Cormier Roland Cormier (USA)	1:09:16	9Lettis Charlotte Lettis (USA)	1:40:08
1971	6Gallagher Mike Gallagher -4-	1:07:27	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1970	6Gallagher Mike Gallagher -3-	1:09:06	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1969	6Gallagher Mike Gallagher -2-	1:06:44	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1968	6Gallagher Mike Gallagher (USA)	1:06:13	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1967	9Wooten Angus Wooten (GBR)	1:12:43	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1966	9Carroll Leo J. Carroll (GBR)	1:07:31	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1962	9Norris Fred Norris (GBR)	1:04:57	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1961	9Kelley John J. Kelley (USA)	1:08:54	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1938	8Darrah Francis Darrah -2-	1:15:27	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1937	9Donato Paul Donato (USA)	1:16:24	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---
1936	8Darrah Francis Darrah (USA)	1:15:50	9ZZ ---	3:00:00 ---

External links

• Official site
• Mount Washington Road Race Records by Dave Dunham
• Mount Washington Road Race, statistic page by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 3.8 Miles - Base to 1/2 Way