Race Report: Mount Washington Road Race 2025

Mark Fisher, Chris Chadwick, John McGinty, Dean Rasmussen, Peter Leone

by Mark Fisher

Another year of the Mount Washington Road Race is in the books. Given the low temperatures and winds, the race officials decided to take a cautious approach and halt the June 14th race at the halfway point on the auto road. While it was disappointing to see the race cut short this year, it was a reasonable approach given the risks that are part of changing weather on the “rock pile”.

First, Central Maine Striders showed up in force on Friday night to support the volunteer effort with parking duty. Linda Fisher, Peter Leone, Ron Paquette, Donnajean Pohlman, Beth Bridger, and Jay Bachelder all provided directional parking guidance for three-plus hours on Friday evening. Providing these volunteers allows the club to secure five bypass entries to the race each year (all club bypass entries were used this year). Thank you so much, volunteers, for supporting the club and this amazing event!

On race day, despite the course being cut short, conditions to halfway could not have been much better. Cool temperatures and mist made for a pretty comfortable trip up. The views were spectacular with low clouds dotting the surrounding mountainsides. Coming back down was a quad busting 4-mile downhill trip, but on the upside, no car brake smell this year. The race organizers again did an outstanding job and the turkey dinner was a wonderful reward for the racing effort.   

Striders finishers this year were as follows (apologies if I missed anyone on the volunteer listing or finishers):

​John McGinty (38:15) 7th in Division

​Chris Chadwick (48:33) 8th in Division
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Mark Fisher (48:36) 16th in Division
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Dean Rasmussen (55:41) 1st in Division—Congratulations, Dean!

Peter Leone (1:00:57) 22nd in Division

Mount Washington is a truly special New England running experience. Thank you to our club volunteers for their support. ​Please feel free to contact me anytime if you have interest in running, volunteering, or both for the 2026 edition.  

—Mark P. Fisher
[email protected]
Mobile: 603-340-1987

​Official Delta Dental race photos courtesy of Joe Viger Photography. All other images courtesy of Mark Fisher.