May 15, 2017
Best Bloomsday Entertainers Again in 2017
Spokane, WA, May 15, 2017—It’s not often that musicians get to perform in front of an audience of 40,000, but rock group Nixon Rodeo did it again for the 41st Lilac Bloomsday Run on May 7th, and it paid off. Located at the base of Doomsday Hill as ...
May 7, 2017
Ethiopia's Buze Diriba Outsprints Veteran Mamitu Daska in the Women's Race
Spokane, Washington—The Bloomsday course is famous for rewarding experience, but today a relative unknown from Tanzania, Gabriel Geay, surprised a pack of Bloomsday veterans by hanging with the crowd through seven ...
May 5, 2017
SPOKANE, WA—Check-In for this Sunday’s 41st 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 5th, from 11:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., and ...
May 4, 2017
Langat Back to Defend his 2016 Title
May 4, 2017—Two of the fastest women on the planet, Ethiopians Buze Diriba and Mamitu Daska, are expected to battle for the win this weekend in the 41st running of the Lilac Bloomsday Run. The men’s race, meanwhile, will feature all of last year’s top ...
