GORHAM — The 63rd running of the Delta Dental Mt. Washington Road Race is fast approaching on June 15.
In the history of the Mt. Washington Road Race, there have been three people who have won seven times: Joe Gray, 40, of Colorado Springs, Colo., who won his seventh last year; Kim Dobson of Eagle, Colo., who won her seventh in 2022; and reaching back in history, Bob Hodge, who held the wins record alone for 35 years after his seventh win in 1987.
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