Lilac Bloomsday Run

Bloomsday 2010 Finish Line, Monroe Street Bridge, Spokane, Washington

Runners head down Fort George Wright Drive during the 2008 Bloomsday race

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 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 Spokane County Courthouse. Every finisher of the race receives a Bloomsday t-shirt.

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 registrants in 2008 was 47,528. Lineth Chepkurui set an unofficial 12 km world record in the 2010 women's race.

Don Kardong, who founded the Bloomsday race, cites James Joyce's Ulysses as the inspiration for the name Bloomsday.

Results

Date	Winner Men	Country	Time	Winner Women	Country	Time
2011	Simon Ndirangu	Kenya	33 min 58 s	Misiker Mekonnen	Ethiopia	40 min 25 s
2010	Peter Kirui	Kenya	34 min 15 s	Lineth Chepkurui	Kenya	38 min 10 s
2009	John Yuda	Tanzania	34 min 36 s	Lineth Chepkurui	Kenya	38 min 37 s
2008	Micah Kogo	Kenya	33 min 51 s	Lineth Chepkurui	Kenya	39 min 47 s
2007	John Korir	Kenya	34 min 18 s	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	38 min 52 s
2006	Gilbert Okari	Kenya	34 min 14 s	Isabella Ochichi	Kenya	38 min 38 s
2005	John Korir	Kenya	34 min 16 s	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	39 min 33 s
2004	Simon Wangai	Kenya	34 min 59 s	Albina Ivanova	Russia	39 min 22 s
2003	John Korir	Kenya	34 min 16 s	Lyudmila Biktasheva	Russia	40 min 01 s
2002	James Koskei	Kenya	34 min 25 s	Colleen De Reuck	United States	38 min 53 s
2001	Dominic Kirui	Kenya	34 min 30 s	Elana Meyer	South Africa	39 min 24 s
2000	Reuben Cheruiyot	Kenya	34 min 10 s	Jane Omoro	Kenya	40 min 08 s
1999	Joshua Chelanga	Kenya	34 min 18 s	Jane Omoro	Kenya	39 min 37 s
1998	Hezron Otwori	Kenya	34 min 23 s	Jane Omoro	Kenya	40 min 14 s
1997	Lazarus Nyakeraka	Kenya	34 min 19 s	Kim Jones	United States Washington	40 min 34 s
1996	Lazarus Nyakeraka	Kenya	34 min 07 s	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	38 min 48 s
1995	Josphat Machuka	Kenya	33 min 52 s	Delillah Asiago	Kenya	38 min 31 s
1994	Josphat Machuka	Kenya	34 min 10 s	Olga Appell	United States New Mexico	38 min 57 s
1993	Arturo Barrios	Mexico	33 min 55 s	Anne Marie Letko	United States New Jersey	39 min 19 s
1992	Yobes Ondieki	Kenya	33 min 55 s	Lisa Ondieki	Australia	39 min 02 s
1991	Steve Moneghetti	Australia	34 min 52 s	Lisa Weidenbach	United States Washington	40 min 03 s
1990	Germán Silva	Mexico	34 min 42 s	Anne Audain	New Zealand	39 min 40 s
1989	John Halvorsen	Norway	34 min 21 s	Lynn Williams	Canada Saskatchewan	39 min 30 s
1988	Peter Koech	Kenya	34 min 22 s	Anne Audain	New Zealand	39 min 35 s
1987	Steve Binns	United Kingdom	34 min 38 s	Lesley Welch	United States Massachusetts	39 min 22 s
1986	Jon Sinclair	United States Colorado	34 min 25 s	Anne Audain	New Zealand	38 min 48 s
1985	Paul Davies-Hale	United Kingdom	34 min 27 s	Anne Audain	New Zealand	39 min 20 s
1984	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	34 min 33 s	Regina Joyce	Ireland	40 min 28 s
1983	Jon Sinclair	United States Colorado	34 min 55 s	Anne Audain	New Zealand	39 min 29 s
1982	Henry Rono	Kenya	35 min 49 s	Anne Audain	New Zealand	40 min 02 s
1981	Duncan McDonald	United States California	35 min 34 s	Anne Audain	New Zealand	41 min 54 s
1980	Mark Anderson	United States Colorado	36 min 22 s	Gail Volk	United States Washington	46 min 27 s
1979	Ric Rojas	United States Colorado	37 min 07 s	Cathy Twomey	United States Oregon	43 min 56 s
1978	Bill Rodgers	United States Massachusetts	37 min 07 s	Marty Cooksey	United States California	43 min 24 s
1977	Frank Shorter	United States Colorado	38 min 26 s	Joan Ullyot	United States California	53 min 26 s

External links

• Official Web site of the Bloomsday Run