Spokane's Don Kardong
An Olympic runner, the father of Bloomsday and a writer for several running publications Don Kardong is considered the prime reason for the running craze in Spokane. Read Don Kardong's story here.
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Bloomsday race director Don Kardong is retiring. Here he stands at the corner of Spokane Falls Blvd. and Post Street with “The Joy of Running Together” statues in Riverfront Park.
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Darkness & Chaos ice cream named after a quote by Bloomsday founder Don Kardong, "without ice cream there would be darkness & chaos", was revealed during the Bloomsday kick off press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Kardong will retire after the 2019 race.
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Bloomsday founder Don Kardong hit the finish just over the 1 hour mark during Bloomday 2015.
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Bloomsday founder and race director, Don Kardong, displays his Bloomsday 2012 finishers t-shirt.
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Don Kardong looks through an encased Bloomsday medal, April 30, 2008, at the race headquarters. Kardong has brought thousands of runners together in downtown Spokane.
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Perennial Bloomsday runners Glen MacPhee, left, race founder Don Kardong and Bob Bardero, right, recall details of the first race as they wait for the start of Bloomsday 05 on Sprague Ave.
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Don Kardong runs with his daughter Kaitlin along the Centennial Trail just east of downtown Spokane in 2000. An Olympic runner, the father of Bloomsday and a writer for several running publications Kardong is considered the prime reason for the running craze in Spokane.
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Don Kardong welcomes 20 year veterans to the start of a fun run following the original Bloomsday course in 1996.
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Don Kardong lines up for the 20th running of Bloomsday on Riverside, May 7, 1995.
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Even Bloomsday founder Don Kardong has to go through a line to receive his T-shirt in 1990.
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Bloomsday founder Don Kardong and U.S. Representative George Nethercutt chat before the beginning of Bloomsday on Riverside Avenue, May 3, 1988.
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Don Kardong approaches the finish in Riverfront Park during Bloomsday 1978.
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Spokane's Don Kardong placed tenth in Bloomsday 1978.
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The start of Bloomsday 1977.
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Left to right, Don Kardong, Ray Fabien, and Chris Braithwaite prepare for Bloomsday 1977 on the track.
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