Date First Sunday in May Event type Road | Established 1977 Distance 12,006 m | |
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Course records Men: 33:51 (2008)Micah KogoWomen: 38:03 (2016)Cynthia Limo Similar Riverfront Park, Spokane Falls, Monroe Street Bridge, Riverfront Park Carousel, Manito Park and Botanical | ||
Perennial couple locks in 39th lilac bloomsday run
The Lilac Bloomsday Run, also known as Bloomsday, is an annual timed road race in Spokane, Washington, held on the first Sunday of every May since 1977. The course is 12 km (7.46 mi) long. The Lilac Bloomsday Run has had over 40,000 participants every year since 1986. Race participation peaked in 1996 with 61,298 registered participants. The number of finishers in 2015 was 43,206. Lineth Chepkurui set an unofficial 12 km world record in the 2010 women's race.
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- Perennial couple locks in 39th lilac bloomsday run
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- Course
- Results
- References
Don Kardong, who founded the Bloomsday race, cites James Joyce's Ulysses as the inspiration for the name Bloomsday.
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Course
The course starts in Downtown Spokane and heads northwest along the far west end of town, passes by Mukogowa Ft. Wright Institute and Spokane Falls Community College before heading up "Doomsday Hill" and back downtown to the past the Spokane County Courthouse and ending at the Monroe Street Bridge. Every finisher of the race receives a Bloomsday T-shirt.
Results
Key: Course record
