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Dani Jordan, 12, braces to hit the beach ball while waiting to start Bloomsday May 7, 2006. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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The start of Bloomsday 2006 was moved near to the corner of Lincoln and Riverside for the race on May 7, 2006. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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The orange group of Bloomsday participants moves to the starting line Sunday morning, May 7, 2006. Holly Pickett The Spokesman-Review
Holly Pickett The Spokesman-Review
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Tiny ankle chips allowed bloomsday runners time to start as soon as they passed over the mats that covered the starting line during the race May 7, 2006. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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This year was the first year that all of the runners were able to cross the official Bloomsday starting line with the introduction of tiny chips that each runner wore on their ankles during the race May 7, 2006. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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Hugh Lewis, Elizabeth Johnson-Lewis, George Watters, and Sandy Murphy sit waiting for their group to make it towards the starting line of Bloomsday May 7, 2006. The group was celebrating the Lewis' first wedding anniversary. The couple was married last year by Watter's during the 2005 Bloomsday race. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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Racers toss the beach balls up in the air aiming at the old Rookery Building trying to get them inside through the missing windows before the start of Bloomsday May 7, 2006. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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Elise Klohe, 18, tosses a sweatshirts to the branches above Riverside before starting Bloomsday, May 7, 2006. Klohe always chooses the worst sweatshirt she owns, "but that one wasn't mine." she said with a grin. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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A Bloomsday runner dancers her way down Riverside during Sunday's. May 7, 2006, race. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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Jessica Redke (cq), 21, (center, #21826) smiles as she links arms with other bloomies to make it down Riverside towards the starting line during the relaxed beginning of Bloomsday, May 7, 2006. Every runner and walker was able to start at the official starting line due to the new chips on every bloomies legs that did not start the runners official time until the crossed the starting line. AMANDA SMITH The Spokesman-Review
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A birthday party themed goup sets up to travel through the Bloomsday course May 7, 2006. DAN PELLE The Spokesman-Review
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Cloths clutter Riverside Ave. as Bloomsday begin their journey after starting the race, May 7, 2006. DAN PELLE The Spokesman-Review.
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A little girl gets a better view before starting Bloomsday May 7, 2006. DAN PELLE The Spokesman-Review