Lilac Bloomsday Run

Lilac Bloomsday Run
Bloomsday 2010 Finish Line, Monroe Street Bridge
Date	First Sunday in May
Location	Spokane, Washington
Event type	Road
Distance	7.46 miles (12.01 km)
Established	1977
Course records	Men: 33:51 (2008) Micah Kogo Women: 38:03 (2016) Cynthia Limo
Official site	Lilac Bloomsday Run

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.^[1] 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.^[2] Lineth Chepkurui set an unofficial 12 km world record in the 2010 women's race.^{[3][nb 1]}

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

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.

Course map of the Lilac Bloomsday Run

Results

Key:   Course record

Date	Winner Men	Country	Time	Winner Women	Country	Time
2016	Philip Langat	Kenya	34 min 26 s	Cynthia Limo	Kenya	38 min 03 s
2015	Lani Rutto	Kenya	34 min 22 s	Cynthia Limo	Kenya	39 min 27 s
2014	Allan Kiprono	Kenya	34 min 11 s	Mary Wacera	Kenya	39 min 36 s
2013	Belete Assefa	Ethiopia	34 min 21 s	Buzunesh Deba	Ethiopia	39 min 53 s
2012	Allan Kiprono	Kenya	34 min 29 s	Mamitu Daska	Ethiopia	38 min 26 s
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

Notes

1. ↑ The International Association of Athletics Federations, the international governing body for the sport of athletics/track and field, does not recognize world records or world bests in either an indoor or outdoor 12 km.^[4] The Association of Road Racing Statisticians does recognize a world record in the outdoor 12 km, however, their record keeping rules state: "A record quality course is defined as having not more than 1 m/km net drop between the start and finish and not more than 30 percent of the race distance separation between that start and finish, e.g. not more than a 3 km separation for a 10 km race [or 3.6 km for a 12 km race]. Records will only be accepted for record quality courses."^[5][6] Per ARRS standards, the course for the Lilac Bloomsday Run fulfills these conditions. Although Chepkurui ran a 38:07 two weeks later on May 16, 2010 at the Bay to Breakers (presumably the fastest 12 km ever for a woman), the course is not considered a "record quality course" in that the start and finish are separated by approximately 10.5 linear kilometers.

References

External links

• Official website