GreetingsBayou City Road Runners |
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| | | | Monday, 7PM, Mellow Monday, Memorial Park Tennis Center
Wednesday, 6:30PM - Weekly Run and 71st week of Valhalla tab! Friday-6:30PM Happy Hour at the Social Beer Garden
Sunday: 6:30AM, Long Run at MPTC
Don't Forget to Renew Your Membership in BCRR and HARRA! | | |
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Weekly Recap: | | | BCRR Runs the world! | Amy Tan collects her 3rd Abbott World Major star! Amy
and her loyal race support, Victor, traveled to Germany to compete in
the BMW Berlin Marathon, finishing in 4:08. Reports say the temps were
warm for locals, but our Amy powered through! |
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| | Want to see your name and race photos in our The Word from the Bird? |
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Drop me an email! at gaslyte@yahoo.com |
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Thank you to Peter, Christina and Isabel for the 70th week of Valhalla tab! There were rumors of many snacks including delicious samosas.
🍺 💜🏃 This week: Matt Nicol to sponsor - the 71st week of a tab at Valhalla! |
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Changes to HARRA RotS and Ironfoot Eligibility | New this year: Eligible event distances will now be expanded across the series, including Marathon Weekend. Upcoming
races are the Space City 10-Miler & 5K on October 11th, and then
the remainder of the series: the UTHealth Houston Half Marathon &
10K, the Houston 25K, 10-Mile & 5K, and the Coach Andy Stewart 30K
& 10K. Something to think about when planning your goal races! |
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Upcoming races: HARRA Races** | | | | | | | Practice for the Tour is upon us! | | | Your favorite free cross country series is back, brought to you by founder Roger Boak and HARRA
The Deets: 3 Thursdays in October (notice-2nd, 3rd, and 4th) courses set by Anna Helm and Joel DuBois.
Run one, or run all three. Winners recognized at each stage.
Results are scored for each stage, separately, together. and age-graded.
All races start at 6 PM. Please arrive early to park and sign the waiver.
Joel DuBois and Adam LeSage have worked their collective magic to obtain Karbach as our beer sponsor for this fall.
Stage 2 - Oct 15 — Cullen Running Center - Memorial Park
Stage 3- Oct 22 — White Oak / Stude Park | | | Alex's 5K is around the corner! | | | This will be the 16th annual edition of our race. We encourage everyone to participate by running, volunteering, or donating to our cause.
When: Saturday, Nov. 7th 2026, 8AM Where: Avondale House, 3737 O’Meara Drive, Houston, TX US 77025 What: Flat and Fast 5K! Kids' K and Awesome Kids' Post-Race Zone! RRCA Texas State 5K Championship! Terrific Post Race Party!
To Run: Use code BCRR26 for $5 off at registration. To Give or Sponsor: Contact info@alex5k.com or donate online To volunteer: Contact Christina (christinabcrr@gmail.com) or sign up online.
The race benefits Avondale House, The Westview School, and Autism Speaks. We have raised over $280,000 over the last 15 years!
RACE INFO |
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| | Happy Birthday This Week: 9/28 John Philbrick 9/29 Bob Kirkpatrick 10/1 Alexander Morris, April Murphy 10/3 Cindy Babski*, Mark Conran *NAG = New Age Group | | |
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| | Friday Happy Hour- Social Beer Garden 302 San Jacinto, Houston TX 77004 Runners will arrive between 6:20 and 7. |
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| | | | Thank you to Morgan Halvorsen and Steve Hasson for setting out the water and Gatorade on Sunday. 🥛🥛🥛
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! | | |
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Membership Renewal for 2026 -2027 | We are now into the new "running" year (from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027). If you joined or renewed after 4/1/26 your membership is good for the upcoming running year (thru June 30, 2027). If you did not renew recently, your membership is no longer current. Maintaining
your membership helps us keep providing the support for club activities
like group runs, parties and special events. HARRA Discount: If you are a current HARRA member, you will save $5 off your BCRR Membership with code HARRA26 at checkout. NOTE: Runsignup will start sending automatic renewal emails. Please ignore if you have already renewed! | | |
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🏃🏃♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday. Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner afterwards. 🏃🍺 Wednesday 6:30PM: Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. 71st week of beer tab!
🍷🍺 Friday 6:30 -Happy Hour at Social Beer Garden
🏃🏃♀️ Sunday 6:30AM: BCRR Bayou Run. Memorial Park Tennis Center. |
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 | | | 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 |
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|  | | | 6:30 pm at First Christian Church for a 3-6 mile run around Rice University and Hermann Park followed by drinks at Valhalla |
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|  | | | 5:30 am at Memorial Park Running Center. Contact Peter Griffiths for more info |
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|  | | | 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 Starbucks, 6201 Washington Houston, TX 77007) |
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