Best Places to Run: Mountain Running

7 Severe Summit Races

Go where few runners dare to go: Straight up the side of a mountain. These footraces will make your calves burn, your body drip, and your heart beat out of your chest

By Todd Balf

Is a Mountain Footrace in Your Future?
1
Ascutney Mountain Run
2
Mount Ashland Hillclimb Run
3
Mount Baldy Run to the Top
4
Pack Monadnock 10-Miler
5
Whiteface Mountain Uphill Foot Race
6
Mount Washington Road Race
7
Mount Evans Ascent

Mount Washington Road Race

When June 2012
Where Pinkham Notch, Gorham, NH
Length 7.6 miles
Altitude Gain 4,650 feet
Average Grade 12 percent
About Mother of them all.
More Info mountwashingtonroadrace.com

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