SPOKANE, Wash. — The light sprinkle of rain this morning didn’t stop runners from hitting the course for the annual Spokane Marathon.
The 26-mile marathon usually runs through Riverside State Park and the Nine Mile area. However, because those two spots were hit tragically by the Spokane firestorm, this year’s course was much like a reverse Bloomsday, going up Spokane Falls Boulevard and down Doomsday Hill.
“For our first time running on a different course, it feels like you’re running an entirely new marathon,” said brothers Seth and Ethan Edwards. “So there’s no mental points and checkpoints to reach.”
In total, a little more than 1,300 runners joined the event. The proceeds from the Spokane marathon will go towards the Bloomsday Road Runners Club Youth Fund, which helps student athletes in Spokane purchase essential gear like running shoes.
“We recently starting running together every day and so we wanted to come out and do something fun,” runner Adelaide Churchill said.
Next year, organizers expect the race to grow to 1,500 runners.
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