38,748 turn out for Bloomsday 2017
The sun came out at exactly the right moment, with the main Bloomsday starting groups ready to go.
Out of 42,985 registered, 38,748 runners, walkers, chair rollers and strollers started and finished Sunday’s 7 1/2-mile Bloomsday race, according to race director Don Kardong.
As is tradition, many wore costumes. There were the usual friendly faces – ballet tutus, dinosaur suits and balloon hats – and then there was the devil.
Appropriately, his race number was 666.
“I do this in the St. Patrick’s Day dash in Seattle and they hold the number for me,” said Kevin McGinnis, the man behind the small horns and the red makeup/Jonathan Glover & Pia Hallenberg, SR. More here.
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