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Bloomies wait for the start of Bloomsday 2010 on Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash., on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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The men's wheelchair race takes off at the start of Bloomsday 2010 on Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash., on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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The women's wheelchair racers take off at the start of Bloomsday 2010 in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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The women's wheelchair racers fly down Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, May 2, 2010 at the start of Bloomsday 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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The elite women take off down Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash. at the start of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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The elite men take off down Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash., at the start of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomies wait at the start of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010 in Spokane, Wash.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomies take off down Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash., at the start of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomies take off down Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash. at the start of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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People flow down Riverside Avenue at the start of Bloomsday 2010 in Spokane, Wash., on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomies stream across the Monroe Street Bridge in Spokane, Wash., after finishing Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
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John Mitchell, Mike Mitchell and Luke Kagarice stretch out before the race during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
Rajah Bose Special To The Spokesman-Review
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John Riak relaxes after finishing Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Wheelchair racers prepare for the starting gun during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Clothes litter the streets of Spokane during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Ruth Stamp keeps hydrated as she passes out water with her friends Jeanna Brown and Ellerie Brown, all 8, during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Lineth Chepkurui during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Lineth Chepkurui during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Women's elite runners pass a wheelchair racer during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Bloomsday racers take to the course during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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The 2010 Bloomsday T-shirt.
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Peter Kirui, who won the men's elite division at Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Shannon McComb, from left, Medina Cerimovic and Eionnah Wozny cheer for finishers at the T-shirt stand during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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People who have run the race every year are directed to their starting point during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
Rajah Bose Special To The Spokesman-Review
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A Bloomsday racer picks up clothes in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Clothes litter the streets of downtown Spokane during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Peter Kirui wins the men's elite division at Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Women's elite racers climb a hill during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Lineth Chepkurui wins the women's elite division at Bloomsday with a record time in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Peter Kirui wins the men's elite division at Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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The second-place finisher in the women's elite race rests after finishing Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Lineth Chepkurui during Bloomsday in Spokane, Wash., Sunday May 2, 2010.
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Bloomsday 2010 men's elite runners warm up in front of the Masonic Temple before the start of Sunday's race.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday 2010 women's elite wheelchair racer Shirley Reilly streaks down Riverside Avenue during warmups before the race.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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The elite women run in a pack as they head down Riverside Avenue for Bloomsday 2010.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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The elite women run in a pack as they head down Riverside Avenue during Bloomsday 2010. Race winner Lineth Chepkurui (1) sets the pace.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday runners starting in the yellow group try to shave their time by having a fast start down Riverside Avenue.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday 2010 runners streak past a tulip patch on the corner of Riverside and Cannon in Browne's Addition.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Some Bloomsday 2010 runners had it made in the shade(s) as they headed down Riverside through Browne's Addition.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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While some Bloomies are just starting out on their Bloomsday 2010 run, foreground, others already have their finishers shirt and are headed out for another lap (runner at rear in red w/green shirt).
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday 2010 road warriors head out on their quest to conquer the 7.45 mile race.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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The Gonzaga University ROTC march down Riverside Avenue to their own beat at Bloomsday 2010.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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The Gonzaga University Army ROTC marches in time as they approach Doomsday Hill Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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On Fort George Wright Dr., Bloomsday runners run past wild flowers as they approach the dreaded Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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The band Top Soil plays for Bloomsday road runners along Fort George Wright Dr. on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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A Bloomsday runner grabs a water from volunteer Brittney Belote at the Spokane Falls Community College water station.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Some Bloomsday 2010 runners really know how to tie one on as they head down Riverside Avenue.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday runners Beau Somers, left, and Danny Gleaton show their patriotism as they run the course with American flags.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Sylvia Quinn and Gunhild Swanson head down Riverside Avenue and around the Bloomsday 2010 course for a second time to honor Gunhild's late husband, Jack Swanson. Swanson wears a picture of Jack on her back.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Steve Baker plays African drums as the Cathedral Choir entertains Bloomsday 2010 runners as they pass The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes at Riverside and Madison.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Rev. Steve Dublinski waves and blesses the Bloomsday 2010 runners as they race past The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes on Sunday morning at the corner of Riverside and Madison.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Leroy, a 5-year-old Bassett Hound, watches Bloomsday 2010 participants stream down Riverside Avenue. His owner, Mary Roth, had taken the dog out for a morning sniff and ended up on the race course. Says Mary: "There should be a Bassett Bloomsday."
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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Stephannie Gerard, 16, left, and Rhiannon Kubes, 17, get a big hug from their University High School German teacher, Rosie Day, when they stopped to see Day at the corner of Cannon and Riverside Avenue during Bloomsday 2010. When the girls re-entered the race, Day wished them "Auf Wiedersehen," which means goodbye in German.
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Megan, a 10-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback, has a soft chair and a front row seat to watch Bloomsday 2010 participants stream past her home near the corner of Riverside and Cannon in Browne's Addition. The dog belongs to Livia Dennison.
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J.C. Wisdom has been handing out candy to Bloomsday runners on Doomsday Hill for over twenty years.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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The comic character Garfield makes an appearance on Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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A Bloomsday runner receives encouragement from the Disney character Mickey Mouse on Doomsday Hill on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday runners make their way through bubbles blown by spectators along Mission Avenue on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday runner David Abbott takes a face full of cool water that folks along Mission Avenue happily supplied from a garden hose on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Wearing tiaras, Amanda Dewey, 16, and Mathilde Arnaud, 17, do a princess wave along Mission on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday runners get blasted with water guns along Mission on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday 2010 elite men race down Riverside Avenue at the start of the race on Sunday morning.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review
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As Bloomsday runners turn the corner at the top of Doomsday Hill, Maddie Bacon, 11, greeted them from a pogo stick. Bacon was trying to attract buyers to her lemonade stand that she has run every Bloomsday since she was 4 years old.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday runners head down Fort George Wright Dr. and up Doomsday Hill on Sunday May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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At the top of Doomsday Hill, Bloomsday runners pass the water station staffed by an army of volunteers on Sunday May 2, 2010.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
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Peter Kirui runs down the home stretch on North Monroe on Sunday, May 2, 2010, on his way to winning Bloomsday 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Peter Kirui leads the pack down Broadway on Sunday, May 2, 2010, on his way to winning Bloomsday 2010. After a pack of 10 elites held together in the lead for most of the race, Kirui struck out at the top of Doomsday hill to win it.
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Peter Kirui (102) leads his Kenyan teammates on Sunday, May 2, 2010, on his way to winning Bloomsday 2010. After a pack of 10 elites held together in the lead for most of the race, Kirui struck out at the top of Doomsday hill to win it.
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Peter Kirui (102) leads the pack, including, from left, Robert Letting (105), Simon Cheprot (110), Philemon Terer (118), Julius Kogo (111) and James Kipketer (113) along Government Way on Sunday, May 2, 2010, on his way to winning Bloomsday 2010. After a pack of 10 elites held together in the lead for most of the race, Kirui struck out at the top of Doomsday hill to win it.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Peter Kirui (102) leads the pack at the top of Pettit Drive, also known as Doomsday Hill, Sunday, May 2, 2010, on his way to winning Bloomsday 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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The men's elite division starts Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Bloomsday 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Chad Driesbach and Katie Derthick of Seattle make a silly leap at the finish line of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010, on Monroe St. "We like to make good finish-line photos," Derthick said.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Chelsea McClammer, a wheelchair racer from Benton City, Wash., stretches her arms on Riverside Avenue on Sunday, May 2, 2010, before Bloomsday 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Emily Welter, 13, of Rathdrum, is carried across the Bloomsday finish line by her mother, Karla Welter, Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Bloomsday 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Like most Bloomies, Nicole Hydzik, center, rejoices as she crosses the finish line Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Bloomsday 2010. On her back is daughter Isabel, age 20 months. "It's her second Bloomsday," said Hydzik of Isabel.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Bloomsday 2010 women's winner Lineth Chepkurui talks with the media after the race Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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At the start of Bloomsday 2010, Josh George, right, waits as Adam Bleakney adjusts the brakes on his racing chair Sunday, May 2, 2010. Bleakney is a member of the University of Illinois wheelchair team, and George is an alum.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Nannette Collison hands out water and encouragement at the water station on Spokane Falls Boulevard at the end of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Jonathan Morgan of Tonasket pulls on his T-shirt after finishing Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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A pack of nine Kenyans and one Moroccan led most of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010, before Kenyan Peter Kirui, third from right, pulled away for the win.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Amanda McGrory, winner of the Bloomsday 2010 women's wheelchair division.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Runners in the women's elite division show some of the variety in running fashion at the beginning of the Bloomsday 2010 race on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Elite racer Stephen Muange, left, grits out a three-second lead over John Korir, right, at the finish line Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Bloomsday 2010. Muange took third place, receiving $3000 in prize money over Korir's $2500. Korir is a former Bloomsday winner.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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The Bloomsday men's elite leaders pound up Doomsday Hill above the Spokane River on Sunday, May 2, 2010. The eventual winner, Peter Kirui, is third from right.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Despite the start of a fad of barefoot running, only a few runners wore these specially-designed "socks" instead of running shoes on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at Bloomsday 2010.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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A crowd of runners more than 50,000 strong wait for the start of Bloomsday 2010 on Sunday, May 2, 2010, in downtown Spokane.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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