We sure had an epic end
to the 9th Northeast Uphill Mountain Series! Thank you so very much
to everyone that made this happen; Great Glen & Crew, Sponsors, Volunteers,
Runners, their Family and Friends!!! 😎
By
popular demand, there will be a 10th series! Information on joining follows the
pictures @ the end of this post. It will have the same 5 races, as it has been,
starting with the Race to the Top of Vermont Sunday, August 27th,
followed by the Mt Greylock Road Race Sunday, September 3rd; links
below. Finish 4 of the 5 races to earn a
lottery by-pass into the 2025 NEDDMWRR.
RACE TO THE TOP VT –
Home (weebly.com) Mt
Greylock Road Race 2023 – Berkshire Running Center
After
the races, please send me any pictures that you take for possible use in the
next update AND it would be great if you would do a
write-up of your day to include!
Thank you so
much to Joe
Vigor, Brian & Freddie and Ellen Raffio for some of the
additional pictures AND Robin and Jeff for their race reports!!! You can access Joe’s race
pictures here… Joe Viger Photography (jvsportsphoto.com)
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| Robin with her husband Ed, left, and Stephen "Petey" Peterson. |
I know I’m a back of the packer, feeling good at the 1/2-way time 1:24.
Like my Ascutney time... kept on… then the bad weather hit… still feeling strong, no cramps.
I just had to follow the yellow line.
Didn’t even see the wall…but I went right up it…crossed the finish line and was directed to the observatory to get out of the wind…😎
Many Thanks to all the volunteers and to all the Mountain Goats out there…Great friends!
This was my 4th time….next year I will just volunteer…Robin” 😎
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| Jeff not far from the finish |
“Rain. Wind. Fog. Cold. Wet. That about sums up Mt. Washington for this year. We haven't had a decent day to run this race in 5 years. This year, terrible weather, last year, only half a race, the year before was women Saturday, men Sunday, no visibility, the year before that, no race at all. Before that, my memory is showing its age. I've run 33 straight years, this year was the worst for weather. A friend of mine ran his 40th straight this year, and he told me it was the worst weather he's run in. That's saying something. The odds for a decent day next year are the same as they've always been, but we gotta get a good day sometime.
If you run 30 races a year (that's a lot), and you do it consistently for 30 years (that's a long time), then you've run 900 races. I've run north of 1200. Not many races put butterflies in the old tum tum. Mt. Washington does. When they say 'go', I know the effort that lies before me. It's 7.6 miles of running in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion, between wanting to finish strong and wanting to put your hands on your knees and praying to the running Gods. The steeper and tougher it is, the stronger the feeling. And Mt. Washington is the grandaddy of them all. The Uphill Series had a strong showing, NMC had a record number of finishers at Mt. Washington this year, 28 I believe. Anybody and everybody that ran this year can put a feather in their cap, and can claim to have run the biggest mountain in the northeast under the most horrendous conditions the race has had.
By a looooooong shot, the toughest runner on the course was Robin no last name necessary. She challenged that pile of rocks and ice for 3h18m32s? Honestly, I wish I could do that. She has more balls than my pool table. She should have followed Ed into the Marines. She would have put fear into the hearts of more than a few. Maybe even a Drill Instructor or two. She sent me a great picture. When you see me, ask to see it.
I miss Peter Wallen and his antics. And if you have to ask, you don't know.
Mt. Washington was an experience that we
should all be proud of. Until next year....................Jeff”
Congratulations to Joe Gray & Amber Cullen Ferreira on their wins!!!
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| This was Joe's 7th win, putting him in a 3-way tie with Bob Hodge and Kim Dobson for most wins! |
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| Amber is the first woman from New Hampshire to win in 33 years! |
Points
for the NEDD Mountain Road Race: (1038 finishers)
1) Joe Gray
39M 1:00:24
100.00
22) Amber
Ferreira 41F 1:15:15
80.27
112) Mark Staples 53M 1:33:06
64.88
128) Tammy Richards(1st 45-49) 49F 1:35:06 63.51
131) Jeff Gould
58M 1:35:30 63.25
203) Freddie Triback 51F 1:44:13
57.96
275) Jackie Shakar(2nd 60-64F) 63F 1:49:37 55.10
304) Donna Smyth(3rd 60-64F) 63F 1:52:15
53.81
416) Brian Walfield 61M 1:59:28 50.56
525) Fred Ross III(2nd 75-79M) 76M 2:06:51
47.62
580) Darrel Lasell 65M 2:10:07
46.42
898) Ed Varney
64M
2:39:23
37.90
1020) Robin Meese Varney 62F
3:18:32
30.42
Points
and standings after Mount Washington:
1) Jeff
332.81
2) Freddie
318.35
3) Brian 293.71
4) Tammy 290.11
5) Darrel
260.32
6) Jackie
247.5
7) Donna 235.82
8) Ed 227.19
9) Fred 205.53
10)
Robin 175.96
11)
Rose 165.68
12)
Kevin 158.55
13)
Mark 64.88
Points
for best 4 finishes:
1) Tammy
290.11
2) Jeff
269.56
3) Freddie
260.39
4) Jackie
247.50
5) Brian
243.15
6) Donna
235.82
7) Darrel 213.90
8) Fred 205.53
9) Ed 189.29
10)
Robin 145.54
Current Streak:
1) Darrel 25
2) Robin 20
3) Freddie & Brian 15
4) Ed 14
5) Jeff 12
6) Donna, Tammy & Fred 2
7) Jackie, Rise & Mark 1
All time finishes:
1) Fred
60
2) Jeff
34
3) Donna
33
4) Darrel
29
5) Kevin
21
6) Robin
20
7) Ed
19
8) Jackie
18
9) Freddie & Brian 15
10)
Mark 14
11)
Tammy 8
12)
Rose 3
All time series points for Runners in THIS series:
1) Jeff
2486.30
2) Fred
2344.96
3) Donna
2127.38
4) Darrel
1637.66
5) Kevin
1633.71
6) Jackie
1180.30
7) Mark 1064.11
8) Freddie 918.74
9) Brian 886.45
10)
Ed 872.95
11)
Robin 833.70
12)
Tammy 584.42
13)
Rose 165.68
Total all time series points for past members:
1) Walter Kuklinski 1521.98
2) Sau-Mei Leugh 1376.02
3) Josh Curtis 1055.63
4) Bob Mulvaney 1047.63
5) Rich Larsen 1020.15
6) Cris Cote 874.13
7) Don Slovenkai
866.83
8) Len Hall 791.04
9) Dennis Gilyard 762.25
10)
Karen
Encarncion 707.89
11)
Laurel
Shortell 678.77
12)
Paulette
Slovenkai 631.57
13)
Jim
Hoburg R.I.P. 515.15
14)
Meg
(Paugh) Dillingham 492.66
15)
Elaine
Dill 471.71
16)
Stacy
Dutch 321.24
17)
Peggy
Hoburg 216.86
18)
Emer
O’Donohue 216.25
19)
John
Kowalski 190.97
20)
Paul Jones 128.06
21)
Dick Hoch R.I.P.
121.67
22)
Candace cox 115.56
23)
Jill Larsen 110.17
24)
Carol Buzby 108.02
25)
Barry
Follett 53.00
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| "I can't believe you said that" 😁 |
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| Mountain friends are the best 😍 |
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| All wonderful "Mountain Friends" and a future one 😍 |
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| Honored to have Tom join us and share his newest book "Stories from the Starting Line" 😍 |
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| Always great to see Joe Vigor!!! |
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| Two of the Best! |
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| One of Mount Washington's busiest, Event Director Lisa McCoy 😍 |
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| Wonderful Cambridge Sports Union Teammates! |
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| Glad to share my Gatorade with Jacqueline Gareau 😍 |
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| Starting to get lined up. |
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| Jeff and Kasie Enman getting ready. |
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| And we are off!!! |
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| Joe with 2nd place finisher, Sam Chelanga, giving it his all. |
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| Found out later, Ellen Raffio was beside me and got this picture! |
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| Tammy |
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| Jeff |
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| Jackie |
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| Donna |
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| Flyin Brian |
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| Yours truly |
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| Ed |
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| Robin |
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| Tammy on the headwall |
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| Jeff on the headwall |
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| Jackie on the headwall |
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| Donna on the headwall |
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| Making my way up the headwall |
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| Darrel moving well up the headwall |
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| Mark is the series 1st finisher in 1:33:06 |
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| Tammy finishing in 1:35:06 and winning the series 😍 |
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| Freddie finishing in 1:44:13 placing 3rd in the series 😍 |
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| Jackie finishing in 1:49:37 placing 4th in the series 😍 |
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| Donna finishes in 1:52:15, placing 6th in the series 😍 |
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| Brian finishes in 1:59:28, placing 5th in the series 😍 |
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| I finish in 2:06:51, placing 8th in the series 😍 |
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| Darrel finishes in 2:10:07, finishing 7th in the series 😍 |
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| Thank goodness for the Summit House! Even so, I never really warmed up until back @ the base! |
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| Passing by the Tip Top House where Donna & I were married 15 years ago this September 💕 |
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| Now the hard part, finding the car for the ride down 😅 |
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| Great Turkey dinners now! |
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| Good to finally meet up with Mark! |
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| Bob Mulvaney had some of his wife's great muffins for us! Thank you sooo much 😍 |
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| Looking forward to the Race to the Top of Vermont to kick-off series #10!!! 😃 Mount Washington will count, IF
you get in. In order to meet series requirements for MT Washington, you must
enter the lottery. If you don’t get in email me your notice of not
getting in and you will still be considered a “Mountain Goat”
towards a lottery by-pass, if you complete the other races. Each “Mountain Goat” will also receive a custom
certificate…suitable for framing! Lottery by-pass: You must complete at least 4 races. Up to 30
runners will be able to earn a lottery by-pass into the 2024 Northeast Delta
Dental Mount Washington Road Race. If fewer than 30 runners join the series,
all will have a chance. If more, the first 30 to join will be eligible to
receive a by-pass, after the first 30, additional members will be put on
waiting list. To clarify, if one of the first 30 runners to sign-up
doesn’t complete the requirements, the next person who qualifies for a lottery
by-pass moves up, etc. Placement of your entry into the series will be
determined by the date and time your sign-up email is received by me AFTER “the
checks are in the mail”. Send an email to mtnrunr@comcast.net to let me know and you wish to join. After you complete each
race, email your time to me, PLEASE! Times will be as listed in the official results, so if you
disagree with your time you must straighten it out with the RD. I will
calculate and keep track of points, etc. Requirements to join the
series: 1)
Send a
tax-deductible check for $15 made out to “America Trail Running Association”
(ATRA), PO Box 9454, Colorado Springs, CO 80932 OR you may join for $25/year link here Individual Memberships — ATRA (trailrunner.com)
Please indicate “neuhms
- team support” on your check memo line
2)
Send a tax-deductible check for $15 made out to
Mount Washington Observatory, PO Box 2310, North Conway, NH 03860 OR you may join for $25/year link here Mount Washington Observatory | Membership
Please indicate “Northeast
Uphill Mountain Series” on your check memo line Tremendous
thanks to the Mount
Washington Auto Road for the
lottery by-passes! If your going to be in their area, please be sure to check
and see what’s going on! https://mtwashingtonautoroad.com/ Thanks to
my local club, the Red Clover
Rovers for providing money for the “Mountain Goat”
certificates you will receive after the series is completed. Placement will be based on total points from your best 4 races (which is how everyone will be scored). Whoever wins the race gets 100 points; everyone else’s points will be calculated by dividing the winner’s time by your own. Example: winner’s time is 1 hour, yours is 2 hours. Your points would be 50.00. Let others
know about the series that you think might be interested and HAVE FUN! |
