There are two kinds of Bloomsday Perennials: the ones who have the rare and prized first T-shirt, and those who don’t.

Many of those racers who have participated in each event still have it, along with the 48 others. But others either got rid of it along the way or lost track of it.

Perennial Don Franklin once had two of the coveted first-year finisher T-shirts. Now he has none.

He completed the first race, but enjoyed the experience so much that he stayed at the finish line to watch all the participants finish after he collected his shirt.

“It was so exciting,” he said. “We hung around to the end.”

As everything wrapped up, race organizers asked people if they would like a second T-shirt. Franklin took one, which he ended up giving to his brother. After several years, Franklin notice

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