51ST MOUNT WASHINGTON ROAD RACE <\/p>\n
* Rocky Mountain runners dominate the big hill <\/p>\n
* Gates and Dobson overtake rivals in final miles (Gates\/Manning at 6.5 miles, photo by FitzFoto)<\/strong><\/em>\n<\/p>\n Pinkham Notch, NH \u0089\u00db\u00d3 June 18, 2011 <\/p>\n Runners Meanwhile Dobson, who was seeing Mt. “I knew (Dobson) was going “There’s nothing The always A mile later, however, he said, “I looked back expecting Gates responded to the “This was a good race!” Manning said as the two congratulated each other at the finish. “Man, you killed me!” <\/p>\n Two Dobson and Erholtz left a gap behind Just behind Snyder was 18-year-old Carolyn Stocker The Jacqueline The 51st running of The oldest finisher was 91-year-old The youngest 1 Rickey Gates 30 Woody Creek CO 1:01:32 <\/p>\n 2 Tommy Manning 35 Colorado Springs CO 1:01:42 <\/p>\n 3 Matthew Byrne 36 Scranton PA 1:03:31 <\/p>\n 4 Glenn Randall 24 Mesa CO 1:03:36 <\/p>\n 5 Simon Gutierrez 45 Alamosa CO 1:04:33 <\/p>\n 6 Peter Maksimow 32 Maintou Springs CO 1:04:45 <\/p>\n 7 Ryan Woods 32 Boone NC 1:06:18 <\/p>\n 8 Justin Freeman 34 New Hampton NH 1:06:28 <\/p>\n 9 Eric Blake 32 New Britain CT 1:06:53 <\/p>\n 10 Kevin Tilton 29 North Conway NH 1:06:59 <\/p>\n TOP WOMEN <\/p>\n 1 Kim Dobson 27 Denver CO 1:12:11 <\/p>\n 2 Brandy Erholtz 33 Evergreen CO 1:12:44 <\/p>\n 3 Kasie Enman 31 Huntington VT 1:15:19 <\/p>\n 4 Rachael Cuellar 29 Albuquerque NM 1:16:37 <\/p>\n 5 Camille Herron 29 West Lafayette IN 1:19:36 <\/p>\n 6 Jessica Snyder 27 Rochester NY 1:20:00 <\/p>\n 7 Carolyn Stocker 18 Westfield MA 1:20:40 <\/p>\n 8 Christin Doneski 40 Hopkinton NH 1:21:49 <\/p>\n 9 Liz Gottlieb 35 San Rafael CA 1:22:18 <\/p>\n 10 Amber Ferreira 29 F Concord NH 1:22:37 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 51ST MOUNT WASHINGTON ROAD RACE * Rocky Mountain runners dominate the big hill * Gates and Dobson overtake rivals in final miles (Gates\/Manning at 6.5 miles, photo by FitzFoto) Pinkham Notch, NH \u0089\u00db\u00d3 June 18, 2011 Runners from Colorado met the biggest mountain in New England today on more than equal terms, as Rocky Mountain…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nfrom Colorado met the biggest mountain in New England today on more
\nthan equal terms, as Rocky Mountain runners Rickey Gates and Kim Dobson
\nwon the 51st Mount Washington Road Race, each by overtaking a
\nhome-state running rival. Gates, 30, of Woody Creek, Colo., was passed
\nnear the midpoint of the 7.6-mile Mt. Washington Auto Road by
\n35-year-old Tommy Manning of Colorado Springs but took the lead back in
\nthe final two miles and went on to finish in one hour one minute 32
\nseconds, with Manning just ten seconds behind. <\/p>\n
\nDobson, 27, of Denver, followed two-time Mt. Washington women’s
\nchampion Brandy Erholtz for the first five miles, steadily closing
\nErholtz’s early gap, passing her at the five-mile mark and reaching the
\n6288-foot summit in 1:12:11. Erholtz, 33, of Evergreen, Colo., was a
\nhappy runnerup in 1:12:44. <\/p>\n
\nWashington for the first time, fairly vibrated with enthusiasm. “This
\nrace is as amazing as its history tells it is. It’s so different from
\nColorado races. Those tend to be longer, but for a while you can enjoy
\nthe scenery, and then maybe in the last four miles it starts to hurt.
\nThis one starts to hurts about 30 seconds into the race. Brandy and I
\ncan really make each other suffer! ” <\/p>\n
\nto be the toughest competition,” said Erholtz, who won this race in
\n2008 and 2009, then finished second last year to Shewarge Amare of
\nEthiopia, who did not return to defend her title. “Kim has had a
\nphenomenal year, and she’s a natural climber.” <\/p>\n
\nin Colorado that compares with this,” said Gates, who won here in 2009
\nin 59:58. One of only five people ever to have broken an hour at Mt.
\nWashington, he placed fourth here last year — “That can be bad for
\nyour ego!” he said — but he felt better prepared this time. “It sort
\nof sounds cocky, but today I was sure I’d either win or drop out. I had
\na problem in my calf a week ago, and I had to take four days off to
\nrest. Sometimes that can be good for you.” <\/p>\n
\nunpredictable Mt. Washington weather provided rain just before the
\nrace, then cool and clearing conditions with moderate winds and
\nshifting clouds. After a quick start by 24-year-old Glenn Randall, a
\nformer NCAA champion cross-country skier at Dartmouth College, Gates
\ntook the lead in the second mile and seemed to be in charge of the
\nrace. <\/p>\n
\nto see anybody but Tommy.” Manning had overtaken Randall and Matt
\nByrne, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was coming steadily forward. By
\nthe time he passed the halfway mark in just under half an hour, he had
\nopened a five-second gap on Gates. <\/p>\n
\nchallenge, looked back once more to make sure no one was chasing him,
\nand pressed ahead, giving Manning a friendly pat on the backside as he
\nre-took the lead. <\/p>\n
\nminutes back, Byrne, 36, overtook Randall to finish third in 1:03:31
\nand break an otherwise all-Colorado set of prize-winners. Randall, 24,
\nof Mesa, Colo., finished in 1:03:36, followed by 45-year-old Simon
\nGutierrez of Alamosa (1:04:33) and Peter Maksimow, 32, of Manitou
\nSprings (1:04:45). Gutierrez, a three-time winner of this race,
\ndefended his title as the masters (over 40) champion and also set a new
\nrecord for men ages 45-49. <\/p>\n
\nthem and the third female finisher, Kasie Enman, 31, of Huntington,
\nVermont, who arrived in 1:15:19. Fourth was Rachel Cuellar, 29, of
\nAlbuquerque N.M. (1:16:37), followed by Camille Herron, 29, of West
\nLafayette, Indiana (1:19:36) and Jessica Snyder, 27, of Rochester NY
\n(1:20:00). <\/p>\n
\nof Westfield, Mass., whose time of 1:20:40 took more than six minutes
\noff the Mt. Washington junior (19 and under) record previously set by
\nEvelyn Dong in 2003. Following Stocker was the first female master,
\nChristin Doneski, 40, in 1:21:49. Doneski, of Hopkinton, N.H., also won
\nthe Crossan Cup, awarded to the first Granite State finisher. <\/p>\n
\nmen’s Crossan Cup winner was Olympic cross-country skier Justin Freeman
\nof New Hampton, N.H., in 1:06:28. Freeman, 34, finished in 8th place
\nbehind Ryan Woods of Boone, N.C. (7th in 1:06:16), and just ahead of
\ntwo-time Mt. Washington winner Eric Blake of New Britain, Conn.
\n(1:06:53) and Kevin Tilton of North Conway, N.H. (1:06:59). <\/p>\n
\nGareau, 58, of St.-Adele, Quebec, and the only woman ever to win both
\nthe Boston Marathon and the Mount Washington Road Race, won the
\nage-graded prize for all female runners over 40, as her finishing time
\nof 1:27:58 combined with her age to lead the field of older runners.
\nGutierrez won the men’s age-graded prize. <\/p>\n
\nthis race was part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the
\nMt. Washington Auto Road. One of the most popular finishers was
\n54-year-old Tom Raffio of Bow, N.H., who is also the CEO of Northeast
\nDelta Dental, the race’s primary sponsor. Raffio finished in 1:50:51,
\ngood for 443rd place. <\/p>\n
\nGeorge Etzweiler of State College, Pa., a retired Penn State professor
\nwho completed the race this year in 2:48:25. Another 15 people, ranging
\nin age from 17 to 85, finished behind him. <\/p>\n
\nfinisher was Hannah Heinrich, 15, of Wolfeboro, N.H., in 1:54:58. In
\nall, 893 runners \u0089\u00db\u00d3 some of them doing quite a bit of walking \u0089\u00db\u00d3
\nfinished. <\/p>\n