PINKHAM NOTCH — Heat and high humidity were challenging factors at the Moat Mountain 24 Hours of Great Glen at the base of the Mt. Washington Auto Road last weekend, Aug. 6-7.
Temperatures soared into the high 80s with a heat index into the 90s as over 400 endurance racers rode their mountain bikes around the Great Glen Trails system on a 9- mile loop.
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