Lilac Bloomsday Run


The Lilac Bloomsday Run, also known as Bloomsday, is an annual timed road race in the northwest United States, held on the first Sunday of May since 1977 in The course length is 12 km.
The run has had over 38,000 participants every year since 1986, and peaked in 1996 with 61,298 The number of finishers in 2015 was 43,206. Lineth Chepkurui set an unofficial 12 km world record in the 2010 women's race.
The course record of 33:51 was set in 2008 by Micah Kogo, a pace of 4:32.4 per mile and an average speed of. The women's record of 38:03 was set in 2016 by Cynthia Limo, a 5:06.2 per mile pace and an average speed of.
Don Kardong, who founded the Bloomsday race, cites James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses as the inspiration for the name Bloomsday.
Kardong had hoped for five hundred participants for the inaugural edition in 1977, and got nearly triple that. The second edition had over five thousand, and the third in 1979 was over ten thousand, with fifty thousand spectators lining the streets. The sixth edition in 1982 had over 22,000, and despite rain and some snow, there were over 30,000 in 1984.
The early editions were around in length. A new course was introduced

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 past the Spokane County Courthouse and ending at the Monroe Street Bridge. Every finisher of the race receives a Bloomsday T-shirt.

Results

YearWinnerCountryTimeWomen's winnerCountryTime
2019Gabriel GeayTanzania34:50Rosemary WanjiruKenya39:06
2018Jemal YimerEthiopiaBuze Diriba Ethiopia
2017Gabriel GeayTanzaniaBuze DiribaEthiopia
2016Philip LangatKenyaCynthia Limo Kenya
2015Lani RuttoKenyaCynthia LimoKenya
2014Allan Kiprono KenyaMary WaceraKenya
2013Belete AssefaEthiopiaBuzunesh DebaEthiopia
2012Allan KipronoKenyaMamitu DaskaEthiopia
2011Simon NdiranguKenyaMisiker MekonnenEthiopia
2010Peter KiruiKenyaLineth Chepkurui Kenya
2009John YudaTanzaniaLineth ChepkuruiKenya
2008Micah KogoKenyaLineth ChepkuruiKenya39:47
2007John Korir Kenya34:18Edna KiplagatKenya38:52
2006Gilbert OkariKenya34:14Isabella OchichiKenya38:38
2005John KorirKenya34:16Asmae LeghzaouiMorocco39:33
2004Simon WangaiKenya34:59Albina IvanovaRussia39:22
2003John KorirKenya34:16Lyudmila BiktashevaRussia40:01
2002James KoskeiKenya34:25Colleen De ReuckUnited States38:53
2001Dominic KiruiKenya34:30Elana MeyerSouth Africa39:24
2000Reuben CheruiyotKenya34:10Jane Omoro Kenya40:08
1999Joshua ChelangaKenya34:18Jane OmoroKenya39:37
1998Hezron OtworiKenya34:23Jane OmoroKenya40:14
1997Lazarus Nyakeraka Kenya34:19Kim JonesUnited States
40:34
1996Lazarus NyakerakaKenya34:07Colleen De ReuckSouth Africa38:48
1995Josphat Machuka Kenya33:52Delillah AsiagoKenya38:31
1994Josphat MachukaKenya34:10Olga AppellUnited States
38:57
1993Arturo BarriosMexico33:55Anne Marie LetkoUnited States
39:19
1992Yobes OndiekiKenya33:55Lisa OndiekiAustralia39:02
1991Steve MoneghettiAustralia34:52Lisa WeidenbachUnited States
40:03
1990Germán SilvaMexico34:42Anne Audain New Zealand39:40
1989John HalvorsenNorway34:21Lynn WilliamsCanada
39:30
1988Peter KoechKenya34:22Anne AudainNew Zealand39:35
1987Steve BinnsUnited Kingdom34:38Lesley WelchUnited States
39:22
1986Jon SinclairUnited States
34:25Anne AudainNew Zealand38:48
1985Paul Davies-HaleUnited Kingdom34:27Anne AudainNew Zealand39:20
1984Ibrahim HusseinKenya34:33Regina JoyceIreland40:28
1983Jon SinclairUnited States
34:55Anne AudainNew Zealand39:29
1982Henry RonoKenya35:49Anne AudainNew Zealand40:02
1981Duncan McDonaldUnited States
35:34Anne AudainNew Zealand41:54
1980Mark AndersonUnited States
36:22Gail VolkUnited States
46:27
1979Ric RojasUnited States
37:07Cathy TwomeyUnited States
43:56
1978Bill RodgersUnited States
37:07Marty CookseyUnited States
43:24
1977Frank ShorterUnited States
38:26Joan UllyotUnited States
53:26