BCRR Update: June 30th - July 6th, 2025

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird

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In This Newsletter:  ­   Last DAY for Early Bird Registration!   Welcome New Member!   Weekend Recap   Wednesday - Alumni Night - 10th Valhalla Tab in a row!   Friday - Happy July 4th!   Sunday - Long Run thru River Oaks (No Bayou Run due to Fireworks)   SAVE THE DATE: Goodbye Happy Hour for Amy - Friday 7-11! ­

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Last Day for Early Bird Membership Renewal  Save $5 Thru June 30th 11:59PM Note: All memberships expire today - June 30, 2025 - unless you have already renewed during our Early Bird period. If you joined or renewed after 4/1/25 your membership is good for the upcoming running year (thru June 30, 2026).   If not, renew now and be good through 6/30/26!  Save $5 on memberships for the upcoming year. If you are a current HARRA member, you will save an additional $5 off your BCRR Membership (that's $10 off)! Prices increase on July 1st, 2025.   HARRA Early Bird special ends today too! BCRR MEMBERSHIP

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Welcome New Member! ­ Charlie Schaub and Subha Perni are pleased to announce the arrival of our newest BCRR member, baby girl Meera, born on June 26th!    Meera was born just a day after her father's birthday. (And Charlie, thanks again for sponsoring the bday tab at Valhalla from the delivery room!)   Congratulations and best wishes from BCRR! ­

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Recap HARRA Summer Celebration

HARRA’s Annual Summer Celebration, held on Sunday at the Montrose Center, was well attended by BCRR members. Many were acknowledged as winners in the Runner of the Season competition (listed in last weeks email). BCRR took second place in the overall Team and Club Competitions (losing 1st place to the Striders 😐). Our Vet Women were 1st in both Team and Club Divisions, and our Vet Men 1st in Club (if memory serves). There was a silent auction for race entries and other items  (BCRR donated Alex's 5k and Bayou Bash Relay entries), raffles and gift cards for volunteers.    BCRR's long tradition of volunteerism and leadership in the running community was in evidence last night. Several members of the HARRA board belong to BCRR, including President Chad Holmes, Treasurer Michelle Wolpert, Secretary Suzy Seeley, and At Large Members Susan Cita, LaTasha Gary, and Hans Wong. We run this town!   Finally, shout out to everyone who made the party a success, especially Susan Cita for organizing the buffet, Chad Holmes and Hans Wong for calculating results and organizing the program, Anna Helm and June Harris for procuring the beer, LaTasha Gary for organizing the VVIP Volunteer awards, and to all who helped with set up and clean up.   photo: C. Lawrence

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BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday. Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner afterwards.    🏃🍺  Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church.  Valhalla Alumni Night! Drinks on BCRR! 10th Consecutive Week of Beer Tab!!!    🤩 💥Friday: Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸   🏃🏃‍♀️ Sunday 6:30AM: BCRR Long Run. Memorial Park Tennis Center. (no Bayou Run this month)

NOTE FOR SUNDAY LONG RUN: Due to expected residual detritus on Buffalo Bayou Park from the July 4th celebration, we will not be using the Bayou Route for our long run this Sunday. We will run our usual River Oaks Route.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Belated Birthday: 6/26 Meera Schaub (NAG*)   Happy Birthday This Week:   6/30 Gilbert Mejia 7/2 Iain Cridland 7/3 Joe Sellers 7/4 John C Morris 7/4 Mike Mangan  7/5 Melissa Marschall   *NAG = New Age Group   ­

Save the Date: Friday 7.11.25 Goodbye to Amy Happy Hour Our next Happy Hour will be a special event! We will be saying goodbye to Amy Tan, who will be (hopefully just temporarily) relocating to Connecticut.   Friday, July 11th  at Tejas Brewery, 2101 Summer St., Houston, TX 77007. We will be there at approximately 6:30PM. ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Kathi Mahon and Leyla Østerhus for setting out the water and Gatorade last weekend.                                             🥛🥛🥛   Who likes water during the Sunday long runs? Our Sunday morning hydration team could use a your help. Please contact Loris at Loris0105@yahoo.com for more information on how to volunteer! ­

Weekly Club Runs

Mellow Monday 7 pm at Memorial Park Tennis Center (on trail in front of Center) for a 3 mile casual paced run around the Park and dinner to follow	Wednesday Run 6:30 pm at First Christian Church for a 3-6 mile run around Rice University and Hermann Park followed by drinks at Valhalla	Friday Speedwork 5:30 am at Memorial Park Running Center. Contact Peter Griffiths for more info	Sunday Long Run 6:30 am at Memorial Park Tennis Center (on trail in front of Center) for a 10-12 mile supported run w/ water at 2 locations followed by breakfast at Whole Foods in Montrose (701 Waugh Dr Houston, TX 77019)

BCRR Update: June 23rd - 29th, 2025

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird

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In This Newsletter:  ­   Membership Renewal Notes- Last Week for Early Bird Registration!   Win a FREE Registration for HARRA's Summer Celebration!   Valhalla Calling - A Special Birthday Tab!   Members on the Run!   Are You In the Money?   HARRA Summer Celebration!    Happy Hour - Patterson Park! ­

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Last Week for Early Bird Membership Renewal  Save $5 Thru June 30th Note: All memberships expire on June 30, 2025 unless you have already renewed during our Early Bird period. If you joined or renewed after 4/1/25 your membership is good for the upcoming running year (thru June 30, 2026).   If not, renew now and be good through 6/30/26!  Save $5 on memberships for the upcoming year. If you are a current HARRA member, you will save an additional $5 off your BCRR Membership (that's $10 off)! Prices increase on July 1st, 2025. BCRR MEMBERSHIP

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Win a FREE entry to the HARRA Summer Celebration!

Reply to this email to receive a FREE entry to the HARRA Summer Celebration this Sunday evening at the Montrose Center. Food, Drinks, Awards, Giveaways! It will be lit! (Details below)   The entry goes to the first respondent!  ­

Valhalla Calling! 9th Bar Tab in a Row We're streaking! For the last 8 weeks, the beer tab at Valhalla after the Wednesday run has been supported either by generous members or by the club. This is a record! (And a shout out to Stacy Smith and Hong Tang who sponsored the last 2 weeks!)    The streak continues this Wednesday. Charlie Schaub will be sponsoring in celebration of his birthday...and it may not be the only birthday we will be celebrating 👶. Thanks Charlie!   But there's more! This year is the 35th Anniversary of BCRR at Valhalla! We plan to have a special gathering to celebrate later in the summer. Stay tuned! ­

Members on the Run

More BCRR Overachiever Road Trip Results:   Boston: Congrats to Lisa Thompson for her 2nd place finish as an invited runner in the BAA 10K Para T11-T13 Division with a time of 50:10. Avi Moss was 5th in his very competitive age group (M60-64) with a time of 44:24. RESULTS   Vancouver: Eivind Østerhus was 13th (M55-59) with a time of 1:37:37, and Leyla Østerhus was 8th (F50-54) with 1:41:48 in the Vancover Half Marathon on Sunday. RESULTS   If you have race results or other notable news to share in future newsletters, feel free to contact houstonbcrr@gmail.com

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Are You In The Money?

The HARRA Spring Runner of the Season (RotS) results have been finalized. The following BCRR members placed in the top 3 in their division and will receive a cash prize! Payout is:1st place $120, 2nd place $105, and 3rd place $95. (Winners please email treasurer@harra.org to arrange payment. Checks can also be obtained at the HARRA Summer Celebration)   F40-49:  Heidi Zimmerman 3rd (216.06 pts )    F50-59:  Ally Serrao 1st (254.74 pts = 85% ave.) - also 3rd overall highest points (both genders) Leyla Østerhus 2nd (219.33 pts)  Anna Helm 3rd (218.26 pts)   F60-69:         Cindy Babski (running for Striders) 3rd (230.93 pts) F70+: Gloria Mahoney 2nd (220.91 pts) Theresa Pearsall (running for BARC) 3rd (219.85 pts)   M (under 40): Valentino Julien 1st (238.96 pts = 80% ave.)   M40-49:          Chadwick Holmes (running for the Striders) 3rd (225.77 pts)   M60-69:   Avi Moss 1st (220.07 pts) Paul Schulz 2nd (185.55 pts) Robert Swanson 3rd (168.89 pts)   M70+: Scott Bounds 2nd (222.60) Fred Ward 3rd (220.62   FULL RESULTS Results are calculated on age-graded performance on best of 3 HARRA Spring Series Races. See HARRA RotS for details of how results are derived.

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HARRA’s Annual Summer Celebration will be at the Montrose Center on June 29th from 6:10PM to 8:30PM!    Terrific Mexican Buffet! Beer from Saint Arnolds! Awards (RotS, VVIP, IRONFOOT, Club and Team)! Board Elections! Silent Auction!   FREE ENTRY TO 1ST PERSON TO RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL!   DETAILS

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BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday. Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner afterwards.    🏃🍺  Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church.  Valhalla after run mingling. Birthday Tab by Charlie Schaub. 9th Consecutive Week of Beer Tab!!!    😀🕖 Friday 6:30PM: Happy Hour. Patterson Park.    🏃🏃‍♀️ Sunday 6:30AM: BCRR Long Run. Memorial Park Tennis Center.    💥🍻🏆 Sunday 6:10PM: HARRA Summer Celebration. the Montrose Center.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday This Week:   6/24 Richard Verm 6/25 Charlie Schaub 6/26 Joel Blest (NAG*) 6/26 Steve Watkins 6/27 Will Henderson 6/27 Miguel Rivero   *NAG = New Age Group   ­

Happy Hour - Patterson Park Our next Happy Hour will be on Friday, June 27th  at Patterson Park, 2205 Patterson St, Houston, TX 77007. We will be there at approximately 6:30PM. ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Mirna Chang and Loris Fusi for setting out the water and Gatorade last weekend.                                             🥛🥛🥛   Who likes water during the Sunday long runs? Our Sunday morning hydration team could use a your help. Please contact Loris at Loris0105@yahoo.com for more information on how to volunteer! ­

Weekly Club Runs

Mellow Monday 7 pm at Memorial Park Tennis Center (on trail in front of Center) for a 3 mile casual paced run around the Park and dinner to follow	Wednesday Run 6:30 pm at First Christian Church for a 3-6 mile run around Rice University and Hermann Park followed by drinks at Valhalla	Friday Speedwork 5:30 am at Memorial Park Running Center. Contact Peter Griffiths for more info	Sunday Long Run 6:30 am at Memorial Park Tennis Center (on trail in front of Center) for a 10-12 mile supported run w/ water at 2 locations followed by breakfast at Whole Foods in Montrose (701 Waugh Dr Houston, TX 77019)