60^th Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race

Saturday, June 19, 2021 – Women’s Race

Sunday, June 20, 2021 – Men’s Race

7^th series (2019-2021) – race 5 of 5

Congratulations to Joe Gray & Kim Dobson on their wins, Joe’s 5^th and Kim’s 6^th! Kim was also inducted into the Hall of Fame, as was Brandy Erholtz who placed 8^th.

Weather was, well…epic! For the women’s race on Saturday, (from the website) 

“However, the big star of today’s race was Mt. Washington and the famous weather. What looked like a rainy day hours before race time, turned into a mostly sunny and muggy start. During the first several miles runners were treated to relatively sheltered winds and fairly dry conditions. Dobson took full advantage of the conditions and was on a record setting pace, with a course record and a $5000 bonus in sight. As the race hit the five mile mark Dobson was still setting a record pace, but it was here that the weather took control and center stage. What was a relatively nice day was erased all at once. From mile five until the end, runners were greeted with forty to fifty mile per hour winds with gusts over sixty. If the winds were not enough, the fog was so thick that visibility was diminished to almost nothing. Dobson quipped when she was done that she was not concentrating on her times, but just running the best she could. When asked if she was ever looking over her shoulder, Dobson responded with “it wouldn’t do any good, I wouldn’t know if anyone was there.”

Kim about to finish, one of my better pix in the poor conditions!

On Sunday, the conditions were a bit better;

“Like the women on Saturday, the men were setting a blistering pace in the pleasant, lower elevations. But, as the runners approached 5000 feet, the conditions became blustery, the fog (clouds)

rolled in, temperatures dropped, and the speeds suffered.”

Conditions ranged from this to sunny blue skies!

Feel I should also mention that Donna, Jackie with Cambridge Sports Union Teammate Lisa Doucett crushed the 60+ team record by over 12 minutes! These same amazing women, 10 years ago, won the 50+ team title! Talk about staying @ it…

Lisa, Jackie & Donna after winning the 50+ Team title in 2011 for Cambridge Sports Union.

Winning the 7^th NEUHMS were Rich Larsen & Tammy Richards! Finishing 2^nd were Jackie Shakar & Mark Staples with Kevin Cavanaugh & Freddie Lynne Triback 3rd, congratulations! They have also earned a 2022 NEDDMWRR by-pass (by finishing 4 of the 5 races) as have Jeff, Sau-Mei, Darrel, Jim, Robin & Ed, Brian, Karen, Donna & myself. Way to hang in there!!!

Tammy & Rich after finishing the Greylock Road race.

As always, please let me know of any/all errors. Pictures from the day follow the stat’s.

Points for Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race 

(876+ finishers)

        1)       Joe Gray(37M)                            1:01:40       100.00

     50)     Rich Larsen(69M)        1^st of 35    1:25:55         71.77

     70)     Kevin Cavanaugh(52M)                 1:30:39          68.03

     89)     Mark Staples(51M)                        1:34:14          65.44

     18)     Tammy Richards(47F) 2^nd of 65     1:34:38          65.16

     108)   Jeff Gould(56M)                             1:36:59          63.58

     143)   Bob Mulvaney(68M)                      1:42:15          60.31

     50)     Donna Smyth(61F)       2^nd of 31   1:47:26          57.40

     51)     Freddie Lynne Triback(49F)          1:47:30          57.36

     57)     Jackie Shakar(61F)        3^rd of 31   1:48:51          56.65

     110)   Karen Encarnacion(55F)                 1:57:38          52.42

     246)   Don Slovenkai(65M)                        1:58:54          51.86

     143)   Stacy Dutch(50F)                              2:02:08          50.49

     166)   Carol Buzby(62F)                              2:05:03          49.31

     190)   Sau-Mei Leugh(55F)                         2:07:39          48.31

     281)   Paulette Slovenkai(61F)                  2:21:30          43.58

     365)   Jim Hoburg(74M)                             2:21:30          43.58

     368)   Darrel Lasell(63M)                           2:22:10          43.38

     369)   Fred Ross III(74M)                            2:22:14          43.36

     428)   Robin Meese-Varney(60F)                 2:59:26          34.37

     DNF   Walt Kuklinski(72M)

      Points and standings after Mount Washington:

          1)              Rich              398.26

          2)              Mark             387.49

          3)              Jackie           336.20

          4)              Freddie        333.25

          5)              Brian            331.20

          6)              Kevin            298.95

          7)              Tammy         294.31

          8)              Jeff               283.51

          9)              Darrel           280.55

          10)                      Fred              276.16

          11)                      Donna           254.59

          12)                      Karen            251.81

          13)                      Sau-Mei        229.99

          14)                      Robin            216.84

          15)                      Ed                 195.05

          16)                      Bob               191.24

          17)                      Jim                188.08

          18)                      Walter           163.02

          19)                      Don               162.27

          20)                      Stacy             157.27

          21)                      Paulette         141.34

          22)                      Cris               115.66

          23)                      Carol             108.02

          24)                      Peggy              76.93

          25)                      Elaine              56.86

     Points and standings for the best 4 races & money winners:

1)        Rich           326.49     1^st male       $75

2)        Mark          322.05     2^nd male      $50

3)        Kevin         298.95      3^rd male       $25

4)        Tammy       294.31     1^st female     $75

5)          Jeff                283.51

6)        Jackie          279.55     2^nd female     $50

7)        Freddie       275.89     3^rd female      $25

8)          Brian                273.03

9)          Donna               254.59

10)                    Karen               251.81

11)                    Darrel              237.17

12)                    Fred                 232.80

13)                    Sau-Mei            229.99

14)                    Ed                    195.05

15)                    Bob                  191.24(3)

16)                    Jim                   188.08

17)                    Robin               182.47

18)                    Walter             163.02(3)

19)                    Don                  162.27(3)

20)                    Stacy                157.27(3)

21)                    Paulette            141.34(3)

22)                    Cris                   115.66(2)

23)                    Carol                 108.02(2)

24)                    Peggy                  76.93(2)

25)                    Elaine                  56.86(1)

          Current Streak:

          1)        Darrel                                              15

          2)         Fred                                                13

          3)         Jackie & Robin                                 10

          4)         Mark & Rich                                       6

          5)         Freddie & Brian                                  5

          6)         Jim & Ed                                             4

          7)         Donna                                                  3

          8)         Stacy, Jeff, Kevin, Sau-Mei,

             Paulette, Don, Bob, Tammy & Karen        2 

      All time finishes: 

          1)    Fred                                                           34

          2)    Walter & Donna                                           27

          3)    Jeff                                                             24

          4)    Darrel & Sau-Mei                                         19

          5)    Kevin                                                          17

          6)    Bob                                                             15

          7)    Cris, Laurel Shortell & Dennis Gilyard          14

          8)    Josh Curtis                                                  13

          9)    Don, Karen & Len Hall                                11

          10)    Jackie & Robin                                           10

          11)     Paulette, Jim, Ed, Mark & Rich                   9

          12)     Meg (Paugh) Dillingham                             7

          13)     Peggy & Stacy                                           6

          14)     Freddie & Brian                                         5

          15)     Tammy & Emer O’Donohue                        4

          16)      Dick Hoch & John Kowalski                        3

          17)      Carol, Paul Jones & Jill Larsen                    2

          18)       Barry Follett                                              1

     Total all time series points:    

          1)    Fred                                   1,978.95

          2)     Jeff                                     1,812.69

          3)    Donna                                1,770.74

          4)    Walter                               1,435.73

          5)    Kevin                                 1,323.32

          6)    Sau-Mei                             1,200.89

          7)    Darrel                                1,111.32

          8)    Bob                                    1,047.62

           9)      Josh Curtis                                    988.57

          10)        Cris                                                874.13

          11)        Len Hall                                         791.04

          12)        Dennis Gilyard                               762.25

          13)        Karen                                             707.89

          14)        Rich                                                706.71

          15)        Mark                                              695.95

          16)        Laurel Shortell                               678.77

          17)        Jackie                                             670.80

          18)        Don                                                638.30

          19)        Meg (Paugh) Dillingham                   492.66

          20)        Elaine                                              471.71

          21)        Robin                                               463.25

          22)        Ed                                                    453.50

          23)        Paulette                                           438.11

          24)        Jim                                                   418.31

          25)        Freddie                                             333.25

          26)        Brian                                                 331.20

          27)        Stacy                                                 321.24

          28)        Tammy                                              294.31

          29)        Peggy                                                216.86

          30)        Emer O’Donohue                               216.25

          31)        John Kowalski                                   190.97

          32)        Paul Jones                                        128.06

          33)        Dick Hoch                                         121.67

          34)        Jill Larsen                                          110.17

          35)        Carol                                                  108.02

          36)        Barry Follett                                         53.00

Saturday, June 19^th – women’s race…with a few guys joining in …

Elite Women starting out. Photo courtisy of Joe Viger.

finish shortly before Kim's arrival.

Jackie Shakar coming into view.

Jackie going by.

Karen running well.

Brian elected to run with Freddie...nice!

Freddie coming on strong.

Great finish!

Yeah Sau-Mei!

Way 2 go! 10:48am

Change in the weather! 10:50am

Congratulations Ed & Robin, you may have the 1st to "summit"!?

What a great day and to celebrate w/friends priceless!!!

Where was this weather earlier??? 😍

Feeling blessed to be able to do this and with good friends! 11:50am

Gorgous ride down @ 5 mile post w/Mt Adams right of center, Madison far right. 12:19pm

Base @ 12:35pm.

Results already posted! w/Donna Smyers, Tammy & Suzy West. 12:39pm

Nice but hoping for the real thing again next year 😍

Don & Paulette after their race.

Donna & I had our bag lunches on Auto Road porch, love it!!! 

Sunday, June 20^th – men’s race