Mt Washington stats

After a couple of weeks of compiling data (and writing the 2008 chapter for my book), I’ve come up with the following info.  I’m planning on passing along all of the individual stats (state records, single age, etc…) for posting on the Mt W website.  If there is a spreadsheet you’d like to see or more facts on a particular item (Petey already asked me to calculate who has the most sub 1:20 finishes), feel free to email me.  I think the numbers prove that this was indeed the deepest field at Mt W.

 

All the best,

dd

The self-proclaimed New England Mountain running historian

 

 

2008 Mt W facts

Avg. time men = 1:45:04 fastest since 1999 (1:44:06) record= 1:39:32 in 1982

Avg. time w = 1:54:09 fastest since 1999 (1:53:17), record = 1:49:31 in 1983

 

Men’s Teams

BAA broke the CMS 16-year consecutive win streak running the 6^th fastest time ever.  BAA, CMS, and Whirlaway all broke 6 hours.  The last time 2 teams broke 6 hours was 1999 (CMS & GLRR).  Two teams under 6 hours has only happened 3 times.  1979 (GBTC & BAA) + 1980 (BAA & GBTC).  This was the first time three teams broke 6 hours.

 

The CMS 40+ team broke the team CR, and remains the only 40+ team to ever break 6 hours.

GCS 40+ team finished second running the 6^th fastest time ever.

GCS 50+ team became the first to break 7 hours, smashing their own record by 23 minutes.

CSU, TG, WillAC, and WCRC all ran times that rank in the top 15.

 

Women’s Teams

BAA ran the second fastest time ever, five minutes behind La Sportiva’s record.

CSU 40+ knocked another minute off of the CR.

Both CVtRC and WCRC were under the CR for 50+.  GCS and NMC also ran times that rank in the top 15.

 

Top 10 finishes

Simon Gutierrez and Craig Fram moved up the list.  Simon is now tied for 6^th with 9 top 10 finishes and Craig is now 8^th with 7.  Craig is now the oldest top 10 finisher at age 49, he had the previous record at age 44.  Barbara McManus, Cathy Pearce, and Kelli Lusk all moved up the list with Barbara tied for 6^th with 6, and Cathy and Kelli tied for 10^th with 5.

 

Chart below shows the significance of sub 1:10 and sub 1:30

		Times done	% of all	# of people who have done it.
Men	sub 1:10	404	1.87%	185
	sub 1:05	96	0.44%	37
	sub 1:00	7	0.03%	4
Women	sub 1:30	306	6.85%	152
	sub 1:20	61	1.37%	35
	sub 1:15	24	0.54%	16
	Total men	21620
	total women	4464
		Thru ‘08

 

Sub 1:10

A record 32 runners broke 1:10, the previous high was 20 (1999).  Dave Dunham moved into a tie with Keith Woodward for the most sub-1:10’s with 16.  Eric Morse moved into a tie for third with 14. Gutierrez moved up to tie Steve Peterson with 8 (8^th) and Fram now ties Gary Crossan for 10^th with six.  Fram became the oldest sub 1:10 runner breaking his record of age 44.

 

Sub 1:30 women

A record 25 women broke 1:30, the previous high was 23 in 2004.  Karen Smyers moved up to 1^st with 12 sub 1:30’s.  Suzy West moved to 3^rd with 9.

 

Sub 1:15 (men & women)

1:15 has been broken 974 times (25,408 finishers) or 3.83%.

In 2008 a record 53 runners finished under 1:15, the previous high was 38 in 1993 & 1995.

 

Age Groups

Men 40+ – 7 of the top 27 times were run this year.  Simon Gutierrez set a CR by 38 seconds.  Fram ran the 12^th fastest, Andy Ames 13^th, Morse 16^th, Fanselow 18^th, Dunham 24^th, Scollard 27^th.

 

Women 40+ – Laura Haefeli set a CR by 2:29.  Pearce ran the 14^th fastest, Wonsavage 21^st, Piergentili 25^th.

 

Men 50+ – Four of the top 6 times and 8 of the top 22 times ever run.  Tuck 2^nd, Curran 4^th, Stirrat 5^th, Pilla 6^th, Smead 11^th, Evers 13^th, Wigglesworth 20^th, Gunn 22^nd.

 

Women 50+ – Smyers ran the 4^th fastest, Sullivan 13^th, Long 14^th, Doucett 21^st.

 

Men 60+ – Sumner Brown ran the 7^th fastest and William Riley (70+!) ran the 1th fastest.

 

Women 60+ – Catalano 3^rd fastest.

 

Men 70+ – Riley set a CR, 3 minutes under his previous CR.  Schiessl ran the 3^rd fastest ever and Howe ran 6^th fastest.

 

Women 70+ – Barbara Robinson ran the 4^th fastest ever with Hildy Fosse 14^th fastest.

 

State Records – 13 set

Men set new records for – CT, GA, MO, NV, PA, SC, VA, WA

Women – CO, CT, IN, RI, VT

 

Single age records – 24 set

Women – 15, 28, 30, 40, 45, 50, 69, 74, 79

Men – 29, 42, 45, 48, 49, 52, 54, 56, 57, 64, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75