Bird's eye view of two streams of Bloomsday runners approaching a
merging point.
J. Bart Rayniak/The Spokesman-Review
Bloomsday Tees and Times:
1990, 1:17:59
1991-93, Hiatus [Miya born
1991; Henry born 1993]
1994, Misplaced my time!
1995, 1:18:xx
1996, Had the flu!
1997, 1:17:44
1998, 1:23:xx
1999, 1:17:51
2000, 1:13:50
2001, 1:13:16
2002, 1:13:41
2003, 1:11:46
2004, 1:15:00
2005, 1:17:18 [Had a respiratory virus--sniff]
2006, 1:14:00
2007, 1:22:25 [Pooped]
2008, 1:21:06
2009, 1:21:56 [Almost blind]
2010, 1:23:20
2011, 1:39:09 [Not bad for
walking; no more running for me--neurosurgeon's orders]
2012, 1:29:11 [Zippy walking!]
2013, 1:33:45 [Triple fusion back surgery previous August]
2014, 1:26:07 [Zippier walking!]
2015, 1:23:41 [Incline training worked!]
2016, 1:30:37 [Set for PR, but
perfect storm of evils: got sick, didn't eat breakfast, day was hot;
next year!]
2017, 1:36:29 [Not in good
shape!, but I finished!]
2018, 1:42:04 [Way too hot!
Wanted to quit at Mile 2, but have picked up some stubbornness from my
family and persevered. Promise to train for next year.]
2019, 1:47:19 [Too hot again!
Didn't pace myself well. Averaged 12:56 first 5k; 14:23 for 12k.
Next year?]
2020, 1:44:47 [Virtual Bloomsday,
9.27.20, no Doomsday Hill or Cemetery Hill and no heat!]
2021, 1:46:18 [28th Bloomsday!
Virtual again, so my time is going to be much slower next year.]
2022, 1:45:50 [Virtual
again. Was in better shape, but Doomsday and Cemetery Hill are going
to hurt next year! Hope it's cool!]
2023, 2:03:06 [Virtual
again. Really slow because I did it on a broken right foot which was
undoubtedly stupid, but I did it verrry slowly and gently.]