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• Abortion protest prompts Bloomsday complaints

  May 7, 2013 in City on Page A1 Bloomsday organizers are struggling to come up with what they could have done differently after dozens of runners on Sunday complained about an anti-abortion protest along the route. Race director … 220

• Race filled with big, small moments

    May 6, 2013 in City on Page A1 Seventy-eight-year-old Dora Saw, of Spokane, ran her second Bloomsday race Sunday with the help of two wooden canes. She moved faster than just walking, so “ran” is apt. Her husband, … 1

• Scaroni first area women’s wheelchair winner

  May 6, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 Susannah Scaroni’s Bloomsday times have improved each of the nine years she has competed in the women’s open wheelchair race. Scaroni, 21, reached her peak Sunday when she became the …

• Bloomsday results

  May 6, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 MEN Washington Division—1, Joseph Gray, Renton, 37:34. 2, Paul Limpf, Cheney, 37:50. 3, Uli Steidl, Seattle, 38:16. 4, Evan Sims, Spokane Valley, 39:14. 5, Phil Olson, Mountlake Terrace, 39:15. 6, …

• More than 47,000 soak up Bloomsday experience

    May 6, 2013 in City on Page A1 With added security across the 7.5-mile Spokane Bloomsday course, runners and walkers cruised through a warm and uneventful race marked mostly by dozens of runners being treated for dehydration. Concern … 14

• Assefa pulls away for first Bloomsday crown

  May 6, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 It was champions’ day at Bloomsday, an elite men’s field full of past winners ready to repeat the feat. But darkhorse Belete Assefa and newcomer Emmanuel Bett left them all …

• Doomsday Hill gives separation for Deba

  May 6, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 Doomsday Hill allowed Buzunesh Deba to transform the 37th Bloomsday from a two-woman race into a one-woman race. Deba, a 25-year-old Ethiopian based in The Bronx, New York, broke away …

• Lilac Bloomsday Association moves into new building

  February 27, 2013 in Business on Page A5 Nearing age 37, Bloomsday is getting more organized. Since forming as a nonprofit to produce the annual Spokane race, the Lilac Bloomsday Association has needed at least two buildings to … 1

• Bloomsday 2012: An uplifting day for nearly 48,000

    May 7, 2012 in City on Page A1 It happens a lot: Crummy weather turns into beautiful skies on Bloomsday. Spokane’s annual salute to spring and fitness ran true to script Sunday. Nearly 48,000 people finished the 36th … 1

• Local features: Team St. Luke’s has 4 in ParaPanAm Games

  November 14, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 Four Team St. Luke’s athletes, Chelsea McClammer, 17; Amberlynn Weber, 17; Bob Hunt, 21; and Kristen Messer, 24, are in Guadalajara, Mexico, to compete in the 2011 ParaPanAm Games that …

• Runners Soul continues to grow as owner caters to clientele

  August 21, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Curt Kinghorn is Spokane’s running retailer. After buying The Human Race from Bloomsday founder Don Kardong in 1986, he opened Runners Soul downtown in 1999. While taking a break at … 6

• Vitamin D fuels Bloomsday masses

    May 2, 2011 in City on Page A1 A clear, blue sky appeared from out of the blue Sunday, giving nearly 57,000 people crowded into downtown Spokane for the 35th annual Bloomsday race another reason to cheer. For … 1

• Sharing the road: Pair get hitched at race’s start

  May 2, 2011 in Business on Page A6 Karen Fall and Michael Smith love each other. They also love Bloomsday.

• Kardong’s Bloomsday vision is business model to envy

  May 1, 2011 in Business on Page E1 There are lean businesses, and then there’s the Lilac Bloomsday Association. Full-time, year-round staff: one. 1

• Step Up Spokane promotes exercise and weight loss

  October 27, 2010 in City on Page A6 As patients have gotten bigger, Spokane cardiologist Dr. Hal Goldberg has determined that more positive approaches to persuading patients to lose weight work best. He’s bet some $5 that they …

• Bloomsday’s first race director looks back on event’s early days

  April 26, 2010 in City on Page A5 This Sunday will mark the 34th annual Bloomsday Run. In the group of about 49,000 will be Doug Kelley, who helped organize the first race in 1977 and in 1982 … 1

• Bloomsday’s online registration deadline is Sunday

  April 17, 2009 in City The registration deadline for Spokane’s annual Bloomsday road race is approaching.