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DESIGN THE 2018 FINISHER SHIRT AND WIN $1,000!

July 28, 2017—The Lilac Bloomsday Association, in cooperation with The Inlander, is now accepting designs for the 2018 finisher T-shirt. Deadline for submitting designs is Monday, September 11, 2017, and the Lilac Bloomsday Association will pay $1,000 for the design selected. Entries may be ...

NIXON RODEO MAKES IT A THREE-PEAT

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 ...

TANZANIAN GABRIEL GEAY A SURPRISE BLOOMSDAY CHAMPION

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 ...

CHECK-IN, MUSIC, ROAD CLOSURES

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 ...
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