Summary

A KICK IN THE FINAL 200 METERS GAVE GERMAN SILVA OF MEXICO HIS FIRST LILAC BLOOMSDAY ROAD RACE VICTORY SUNDAY, FINISHING THREE SECONDS AHEAD OF KIP KIMELI OF ALBUQUERQUE. CONTENDING WITH 33 MPH WINDS, THE 22 YEAR OLD SILVA COVERED THE 7.46 MILE COURSE IN 34 MINUTES, 42 SECONDS. APPROXIMATELY 53,000 RUNNERS AND WALKERS FINISHED THE COURSE...A COURSE RECORD WAS NOT SET SUNDAY, DUE IN PART TO WINDS GUSTING UP TO 33 MPH...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE START OF THE RACE WAS 50 DEGREES, AND THE WEATHER REMAINED SUNNY FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST TIMED ROAD RACE.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 113378
Story Slug LILAC BLOOMSDAY / WORLD'S LARGEST ROAD RACE
Location SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
Format VO/SOT
Date 5/6/1990
Archive Time 46:30
TRT 2:23
Supers SPOKANE, WASHINGTON GERMAN SILVA, WINNER OF RACE
Video Description THE START OF THE RACE...AERIALS OF RUNNERS...BITE
Description A KICK IN THE FINAL 200 METERS GAVE GERMAN SILVA OF MEXICO HIS FIRST LILAC BLOOMSDAY ROAD RACE VICTORY SUNDAY, FINISHING THREE SECONDS AHEAD OF KIP KIMELI OF ALBUQUERQUE. CONTENDING WITH 33 MPH WINDS, THE 22 YEAR OLD SILVA COVERED THE 7.46 MILE COURSE IN 34 MINUTES, 42 SECONDS. APPROXIMATELY 53,000 RUNNERS AND WALKERS FINISHED THE COURSE...A COURSE RECORD WAS NOT SET SUNDAY, DUE IN PART TO WINDS GUSTING UP TO 33 MPH...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE START OF THE RACE WAS 50 DEGREES, AND THE WEATHER REMAINED SUNNY FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST TIMED ROAD RACE.
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