In 2017, I wrote about a young rider from Jackson, Darren Piotrow. He was cycling up Mount Washington Auto Road for the first time. When I interviewed him, he gave this reason for attempting it, “With Mount Washington being one of, if not the most prestigious hill climb around, I wanted to give it a go and see what kind of time I could put up.”
His “realistic” goal was to do it in 1:05, his “reach” goal was an hour flat.
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