Mount Washington Road Race 2024

by Mark Fisher
 On Saturday at Pinkham’s Notch NH the 63rd running of the Mount Washington Road Race took place on a mostly clear, but very windy and cold Saturday morning.  
We had a strong contingent of Central Maine Striders participate this year and we were also able to renew our commitment for volunteer support.  I want to thank the following Striders for their assistance with parking on Friday evening. 
Thank you to:
Rebecca McGinty
Peter Leone
Linda Fisher
Brett Harder
Jeff Ziehler (who stayed to the bitter end!)
Doug Allen
Mark Fisher
With the threat of severe weather all parking and packet pickup took place on the headquarters side of Route 16.  With about an hour of intense parking logistics (too many cars, too few slots) the cool heads from CMS prevailed. No fender benders and all seemed to find a spot (eventually) to park and pickup their bibs. 
The race itself was noteworthy for cold and wind as gusts up to 55 mph and wind chills in the mid to upper 20’s. Thankfully none of that was coupled with any humidity or precipitation which made for a much more manageable (temperature wise) trip up the Rockpile. We can’t use the term comfortable to describe the experience.

105 John McGinty 1:32:34
193 Billy Kobin 1:41:43
203 Ryan Goebel 1:45:14
347 Chris Chadwick 1:54:08
​353 Mark Fisher 1:55:18
382 Jeff Ziehler 1:56:18
632 Dean Rasmussen 2:11:42
660 Beth Allen   2:13:43
731 Peter Leone  2:18:21

I sorted by team name in the results so apologies if I missed any Striders in this listing that may not have been noted in the official results under CMS.
For those interested in the 2025 running, please reach out to me early in 2025.  For each slot taken (we get 5 bibs by supplying 5 volunteers) we need to supply a volunteer.