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Octogenarian who plans No. 45 Bloomsday credits running the race to good health
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMay 4—Sharen Robertson credits Bloomsday for her good health at 83, and she plans to lace up her shoes again for her 45th finish Sunday. She first covered Spokane's 12-kilometer course in 1980 ...
Bloomsday 2024: Rain doesn't stop Spokane's annual 'great big party' in race's 48th year
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoMay 5—Racers of all skill levels, ages and attire poured into downtown Spokane and spilled into the surrounding neighborhoods Sunday morning for what shaped up to be a damp running of the 48th ...
Bloomsday 2023: Jemal Yimer runs away with men's elite race just off record pace
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 7—Jemal Yimer knows what it takes to win Bloomsday. On Sunday, it showed. Yimer, a 26-year-old Ethiopian and the 2018 champion, leaned on that experience the entire race to win the 2023 ...
Bloomsday 2023 looks to bounce back from pandemic as registrations, vendors increase
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 30—Bloomsday boosters say early numbers show a continued bounce-back year for the Inland Northwest's biggest road race following the pandemic. "Our numbers are like our weather right now ...
Bloomsday returns to Spokane Sunday boasting larger turnout; trade show kicks off Friday
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoMay 1—Bloomsday will grace Spokane streets this weekend, and organizers expect it to be their biggest spring fling since before the pandemic. Race organizers say 33,300 racers have signed up ...
'Still moving on': After a stroke ended his running career, Bill Voiland, 75, completes Bloomsday...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 7—It's just before 8 a.m. and Bill Voiland is a little more than a mile into his Bloomsday race. The ambulances, musicians and spectators are still setting up along Riverside Avenue as the ...
Bloomsday 2023: Theme, poster and other details of annual race announced
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 28—Even with snowstorms bringing a late-season chill to the region, organizers of the 2023 Bloomsday race are looking ahead to a lively spring. For the second time since the beginning of ...
A Bloomsday runner's heart stopped beating after the race 2022, but in 2023 he beat his time
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 30—After suffering a heart attack immediately after crossing the finish line of Bloomsday in 2022, Kurt Dehmer beat his Bloomsday time this year by about five minutes. The 65-year-old South ...
'He was kind and generous, and he loved doing Bloomsday': Spokane Valley woman honors father who...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoMay 5—Mindy Rowe sat on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Adams Street Sunday morning, cheering on her husband Rob, their friends and community members as they raced to the Bloomsday finish ...
Bloomsday runners and walkers take final steps at Spokane Convention Center before Sunday's race
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 5—A small army of volunteers is helping thousands of Bloomsday participants take their final steps before Sunday's race, handing them race numbers and information at the Spokane Convention ...