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Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 / 12 Kilometers (7.46 Miles) / Spokane, Washington / 50th Running
Spokane, WA—Simon Wangai may have been the fastest runner on the course, but it was the Red Hot Mamas who captured the crowd’s fancy as best entertainers at last Sunday’s Lilac Bloomsday Run. The performing troupe collected 144 votes out of 338 votes cast...
Spokane, WA—Pre-race predictions focused on 2002 Bloomsday champion James Koskei and up-and-comer Nelson Kiplagat Birgen, but in the end it was another Kenyan, Simon Wangai, who claimed the champion’s title and $7,000 in prize money in the 28th running of the...
Spokane, WA—For the third straight year, Bloomsday participants will be treated to a live starting line performance by stellar vocalist John Keston of McMinnville, Oregon. Keston will sing “O, Canada” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” for runners...
Spokane, WA—Mexican Saul Mendoza, 6-time Bloomsday winner and course record holder here (25:24), will have his hands full as he goes up against Ernst Van Dyk from South Africa in the men’s wheelchair division of the Lilac Bloomsday Run. Recently Van Dyk set both...
April 27, 2004—2002 Bloomsday champion James Koskei has experience on his side in the 28th running of the Lilac Bloomsday Run this Sunday, but he’ll have his hands full with upstart Nelson Kiplagat Birgen. The 35-year-old Koskei has an impressive resume that includes...
Spokane, WA—Super Color Photo, official Bloomsday photographers since 1987, today announced new photo opportunities before, during and after Spokane’s premier running event. “This year we are adding several new photo locations, starting with the...