This year was the 35th anniversary of the famous Bloomsday 12k. This is such a fun event - and huge. There were over 50,000 finishers (again).
If you're living in the Northwest and you haven't run it yet...why?!? If you don't live in the Northwest, you should think about making a trip to run it at least once.
This was my third year running it, and I had an absolute blast again. Live music over the entire course, great weather, funny costumes, and so many smiling runners. Somehow, even though I'm still on an absolute high from the Atacama Crossing and the Boston Marathon, running Bloomsday had a way of lifting my running spirits just a little higher.
I had a good run on the challenging course and beat my time from last year by over a minute (results page).
|Gathering at the start. (spokesman.com)|
|Not the flattest course in the world.|
|Love my Racer ST 5's.|
I have a marathon this weekend on a supposedly fast course. If the weather cooperates, then I'm going to set my sights on a sub-3:10:59 finish just in case I can make another trip back east next spring. :)