Joe Gray of Colorado Springs, Colo., has won the Mount Washington Road Race each of the last four years and also won the 2016 World Mountain Championship. He supports the move to bring drug-testing to Mount Washington. (JOE VIGER PHOTO)
Joe Gray of Colorado Springs, Colo., has won the Mount Washington Road Race each of the last four years and also won the 2016 World Mountain Championship. He supports the move to bring drug-testing to Mount Washington. (JOE VIGER PHOTO)
PINKHAM NOTCH — The Mt. Washington Auto Road management and the organizers of the annual Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race announced they will institute testing for performance-enhancing drug use, beginning with this year’s race. The men’s and women’s overall winners, along with other randomly chosen individuals, will be tested immediately following their completion of the all-uphill 7.6-mile footrace on Saturday, June 16.
"We're taking this step because unfortunately illegal performance-enhancing drug use is creeping into the mountain running scene as it has in other professional endurance sports," said Howie Wemyss, general manager of the Mt. Washington Auto Road. “With this change we intend to maintain and enhance the credibility of winners’ performances and the validity of course records.”
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