Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Wall - 22%

Fortunately, no Goons tripped and fell off the side


Know the signs on the side of the road warning trucks about a 8% or 9% hill?

The Mt. Washington Auto Road is 7.6 miles in length, has an average grade of 11.5% with extended sections of 18%, and the last 50 yards is a 22% "wall" to the finish. The course rises 4650 vertical feet from start to finish.

Top photo is of my backside, no but really, you can see the clouds to the right and a bit of the incline. The second shot, look at the angle of my body. Thank you Kristin for the great photos.

2 comments:

Scott Mason said...

Awesome Run!!

I can't wait to suffer through that next year :)

double-d Mountain runner said...

How can you smile while running up the wall?!