Bloomsday News

It takes nearly 5,000 volunteers and the support of dozens of local businesses to make Bloomsday happen. We list a few of them in our thank-you ad, but we thank all of them for making Bloomsday '18 a great success!--Lilac Bloomsday Association

Buze Diriba Outleans Mamitu Daska in a Near Repeat of 2017   Spokane, Washington—It was not Kenya, but that other East African nation that dominated the front end of the forty-second annual Lilac Bloomsday Run, the third stop on the PRRO Circuit of major US road races. Ethiopian stars Jemal ...

SPOKANE, WA—Check-In for this Sunday’s 42nd annual Lilac Bloomsday Run has begun at the Spokane Convention Center, and volunteers are busy handing out packets and signing up late registrants. Check-in and late registration are available on Friday, May 4th, from 11:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., and ...

Geay and Diriba to Face Tough Competition at 42nd Bloomsday   Spokane, Washington—Gabriel Geay and Buze Diriba proved to be the class of the field last year, as each managed Doomsday Hill with relative ease and then unleashed a dramatic sprint on the homestretch to emerge as Bloomsday ...