Diehard Bloomies run the course on Sunday

Dozens of runners and fans did their best Sunday morning to re-create the feeling of Bloomsday. The coronavirus has postponed the popular spring kickoff in Spokane to the fall for the first time in its 44 years.

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Sun., May 3, 2020

Marilyn McManus, left, wears PPE gear as she prepares water for incoming Spokane Swifts runners, from left: Corrina Kelsey, Phaedra Branom, Lora Jackson and Jodi Suter at the top of Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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Krystal Cogswell wore past race numbers as she ran the Bloomsday course on Sunday in Spokane. Bloomsday has been postponed to Sept. 20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Runners navigate the Bloomsday course on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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Pat Trout, left, waves to a passing car with a costumed person at the top of Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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Joe Mcmanus, pauses as he and his wife Marilyn Mcmanus (not pictured) hand out water at the top of Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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A line of previous Bloomsday shirts sits at the top of Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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Rich Gustafson, of Seattle who turned 80 Sunday, reacts as he sees his wife Nancy Gustafson waiting for him at the top of Doomsday Hill with water on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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Rich Gustafson, of Seattle who turned 80 Sunday, reacts as he sees his wife Nancy Gustafson waiting for him at the top of Doomsday Hill with water on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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Rich Gustafson, of Seattle who turned 80 Sunday, reacts as his wife Nancy Gustafson gives him a bottle of water at the top of Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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Nancy Gustafson of Seattle, kisses her husband, Rich Gustafson, who turned 80 Sunday, at the top of Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Spokane, Wash. Despite 2020's Bloomsday being postponed to Sept. 20th due to Covid-19, runners still took to the course on May 3.

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