The Lilac Bloomsday Run, also known as Bloomsday, is an annual timed road race

Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...

 in Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

, held on the first Sunday of every May since 1977. The course is 12 km (7.46 mi)

1 E4 m

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 long. The course starts in Downtown Spokane

Downtown Spokane

Downtown Spokane is the central business district in Spokane, Washington. Downtown Spokane's rough boundaries are I-90 to the south, Division St. to the east, Maple St...

 and heads northwest along the far west end of town, passes by Mukogowa Ft. Wright Institute

Mukogawa Women's University

is a private university located near Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. The school was founded in 1939.The school has an international branch campus in Spokane, Washington, USA: Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute.-History:...

 and Spokane Falls Community College

Spokane Falls Community College

Spokane Falls Community College is part of the Community Colleges of Spokane.The college, also known as The Falls, opened in 1967 in west Spokane, south of Riverside State Park, on a campus....

 before heading up "Doomsday Hill" and back downtown to the Spokane County Courthouse

Courthouse

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. 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

Lineth Chepkurui

Lineth Chepkurui is a Kenyan long distance runner.At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships she finished eleventh in the individual race, however this was not enough to be a part of the Kenyan team, who won silver medals in the team competition...

 set an unofficial 12 km world record in the 2010 women's race.

Don Kardong

Don Kardong

Donald Franklin Kardong is a noted runner and author from the United States. He represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada....

, who founded the Bloomsday race, cites James Joyce

James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

's Ulysses

Ulysses (novel)

Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, in Paris. One of the most important works of Modernist literature,...

as the inspiration for the name Bloomsday.

Results

Date	Winner Men	Country	Time	Winner Women	Country	Time
2011	Simon Ndirangu	Kenya		Misiker Mekonnen	Ethiopia
2010	Peter Kirui	Kenya		Lineth Chepkurui Lineth Chepkurui Lineth Chepkurui is a Kenyan long distance runner.At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships she finished eleventh in the individual race, however this was not enough to be a part of the Kenyan team, who won silver medals in the team competition...	Kenya
2009	John Yuda John Yuda -Achievements:*2002 World Half Marathon Championships - bronze medal*2002 World Cross Country Championships - silver medal *2002 Commonwealth Games - bronze medal *2001 World Half Marathon Championships - bronze medal...	Tanzania		Lineth Chepkurui Lineth Chepkurui Lineth Chepkurui is a Kenyan long distance runner.At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships she finished eleventh in the individual race, however this was not enough to be a part of the Kenyan team, who won silver medals in the team competition...	Kenya
2008	Micah Kogo Micah Kogo Micah Kemboi Kogo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres. He is the former world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race event with a time of 27:01, which he lost to countryman Leonard Komon on September 27, 2010...	Kenya	33 min 51 s	Lineth Chepkurui Lineth Chepkurui Lineth Chepkurui is a Kenyan long distance runner.At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships she finished eleventh in the individual race, however this was not enough to be a part of the Kenyan team, who won silver medals in the team competition...	Kenya	39 min 47 s
2007	John Korir	Kenya	34 min 18 s	Edna Kiplagat Edna Kiplagat Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She is the 2011 IAAF World Champion in the marathon. she established herself as an elite marathon runner with wins at the Los Angeles and New York City Marathons in 2010...	Kenya	38 min 52 s
2006	Gilbert Okari	Kenya	34 min 14 s	Isabella Ochichi Isabella Ochichi Isabella Bosibori Ochichi from Kenya was the silver medal winner in the final of the women's 5,000 meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece. She finished in a time of 14:48.19, about 2.5 seconds behind the winner, Meseret Defar of Ethiopia.In 1997, aged 17, she competed in...	Kenya	38 min 38 s
2005	John Korir	Kenya	34 min 16 s	Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui is a Moroccan athletics middle distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian for Morocco.In 1999, Leghzaoui made a running breakthrough by improving her 3000 metres personal best by a minute and breaking the World record for the 10K road race...	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 James Koskei James Koskei is a Kenyan runner.At the 1999 World Cross Country Championships he finished fifth in the short race, earning a place on the Kenyan team that won the team competition....	Kenya	34 min 25 s	Colleen De Reuck Colleen De Reuck Colleen S. De Reuck is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who became an American citizen on December 11, 2000...	United States	38 min 53 s
2001	Dominic Kirui Dominic Kirui Dominic Kirui is a retired Kenyan runner who specialized in cross-country running.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*5000 metres – 13:33.77 min *10,000 metres – 27:31.10 min *Half marathon – 1:02:45 hrs -References:...	Kenya	34 min 30 s	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....	South Africa	39 min 24 s
2000	Reuben Cheruiyot	Kenya	34 min 10 s	Jane Omoro	Kenya	40 min 08 s
1999	Joshua Chelanga Joshua Chelanga Joshua Chelanga is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the 2007 edition of the Rotterdam Marathon on April 15, clocking 2:08:21....	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 Kim Jones (athlete) Kim Jones is a retired American marathoner and road runner.-Biography:Kim Jones was born on May 2, 1958 in Sonoma, California. She had a successful high school running career, winning states titles in the 400 meters, 800 meters, and mile....	United States  Washington	40 min 34 s
1996	Lazarus Nyakeraka	Kenya	34 min 07 s	Colleen De Reuck Colleen De Reuck Colleen S. De Reuck is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who became an American citizen on December 11, 2000...	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 Olga Appell Olga Appell is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. She ran at the 1992 Summer Olympics the following year, but failed to finish the race...	United States  New Mexico	38 min 57 s
1993	Arturo Barrios Arturo Barrios Arturo Barrios Flores is a Mexican long-distance runner. He was born in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal. Barrios finished in fifth place in the 10000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is a former world record holder at 10000 m...	Mexico	33 min 55 s	Anne Marie Letko	United States  New Jersey	39 min 19 s
1992	Yobes Ondieki Yobes Ondieki Yobes Ondieki is a former Kenyan 5000 m runner, who won the World Championships' gold medal in Tokyo 1991. In the same year he set a temporary Kenyan 5000 m record of 13:01.82 in Zurich...	Kenya	33 min 55 s	Lisa Ondieki	Australia	39 min 02 s
1991	Steve Moneghetti Steve Moneghetti Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti is an Australian long-distance runner. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in education and an honorary doctorate from the University of Ballarat...	Australia	34 min 52 s	Lisa Weidenbach	United States  Washington	40 min 03 s
1990	Germán Silva Germán Silva Germán Silva Martínez is a retired Mexican long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. His foremost achievements were back-to-back victories at the New York City Marathon in 1994 and 1995. He represented Mexico twice at the Summer Olympics, competing in 1992 and 1996...	Mexico	34 min 42 s	Anne Audain Anne Audain Anne Audain is a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She has received the Member of the British Empire medal from Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand for her services to athletics worldwide and was born as Anne Garrett.At the age of 17 she came ninth in...	New Zealand	39 min 40 s
1989	John Halvorsen John Halvorsen John Halvorsen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in 10,000 metres and cross-country running. He represented IF Minerva....	Norway	34 min 21 s	Lynn Williams	Canada  Saskatchewan	39 min 30 s
1988	Peter Koech Peter Koech Peter Koech is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won a silver medal in the 3,000 meters steeplechase event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He held the world record in this event for over three years, running 8:05.35 in 1989...	Kenya	34 min 22 s	Anne Audain Anne Audain Anne Audain is a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She has received the Member of the British Empire medal from Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand for her services to athletics worldwide and was born as Anne Garrett.At the age of 17 she came ninth in...	New Zealand	39 min 35 s
1987	Steve Binns	United Kingdom	34 min 38 s	Lesley Welch Lesley Lehane Lesley Lehane is a retired American long distance runner.-High school career:Lehane graduated from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School class of 1981, winning back to back to back cross country individual state titles from her sophomore through senior years...	United States  Massachusetts	39 min 22 s
1986	Jon Sinclair	United States  Colorado	34 min 25 s	Anne Audain Anne Audain Anne Audain is a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She has received the Member of the British Empire medal from Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand for her services to athletics worldwide and was born as Anne Garrett.At the age of 17 she came ninth in...	New Zealand	38 min 48 s
1985	Paul Davies-Hale	United Kingdom	34 min 27 s	Anne Audain Anne Audain Anne Audain is a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She has received the Member of the British Empire medal from Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand for her services to athletics worldwide and was born as Anne Garrett.At the age of 17 she came ninth in...	New Zealand	39 min 20 s
1984	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	34 min 33 s	Regina Joyce Regina Joyce Regina Joyce is a retired female long-distance runner originally from Ireland. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 23rd place in the women's marathon...	Republic of Ireland	40 min 28 s
1983	Jon Sinclair	United States  Colorado	34 min 55 s	Anne Audain Anne Audain Anne Audain is a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She has received the Member of the British Empire medal from Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand for her services to athletics worldwide and was born as Anne Garrett.At the age of 17 she came ninth in...	New Zealand	39 min 29 s
1982	Henry Rono Henry Rono Henry Rono is a Kenyan former athlete.-Biography:Rono was born in Nandi Hills, Kenya, into the Nandi tribe. He started running while at primary school. Starting in 1976 he attended the Washington State University, along with his compatriot Samson Kimobwa, who broke the 10,000 meter world record in...	Kenya	35 min 49 s	Anne Audain Anne Audain Anne Audain is a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She has received the Member of the British Empire medal from Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand for her services to athletics worldwide and was born as Anne Garrett.At the age of 17 she came ninth in...	New Zealand	40 min 02 s
1981	Duncan McDonald	United States  California	35 min 34 s	Anne Audain Anne Audain Anne Audain is a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She has received the Member of the British Empire medal from Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand for her services to athletics worldwide and was born as Anne Garrett.At the age of 17 she came ninth in...	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 Bill Rodgers (athlete) William "Bill" Henry Rodgers is an American runner and former American record holder in the marathon who is best known for his victories in the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon in the late 1970s...	United States  Massachusetts	37 min 07 s	Marty Cooksey	United States  California	43 min 24 s
1977	Frank Shorter Frank Shorter Frank Charles Shorter is a former American long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His victory is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States of the 1970s....	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