Bloomsday Bear Crawler Finishes Race of One Nearly 24 Hours After Starting

Brenton Sconce finishes Bloomsday 50 in Spokane after long crawl

Spokane, WASH. — Brenton Sconce completed Bloomsday 50 after bear crawling the course with support from family, friends and a crowd waiting at the finish line.

Man bear crawling Bloomsday for addiction awareness finishes in just under 24 hours

SPOKANE, Wash -- Brenton Sconce started bear-crawling the Bloomsday course on Sunday at 10 a.m., anticipating he would finish in 8-10 hours, but it took much longer than he expected. Sconce crawled all through the night and took breaks to rebandage his hands, change his shoes, food, etc. At around 3 a.m., he reached the

Bloomsday bear crawler finishes race of one nearly 24 hours after starting

Brenton Sconce crawled the entire 7.46 mile course on his hands and feet to raise awareness and money for addiction recovery.

Bloomsday bear crawl: Brenton Sconce traveled 7.46 miles on all-fours to help those in recovery

Since March of last year, Brenton Sconce has bear crawled one to two miles almost every day in preparation for the 50th Bloomsday.On Monday around 9:47 a.m., Sconce’s hard work paid off as he crossed the finish line on the Monroe Street Bridge just under 23 hours after undertaking his onerous odyssey.As Sconce tended to his raw blistered hands and tried not to pick at the dead skin peeling off of his palms, he reflected on what drove him to bear…