BCRR Update: October 8th, 2026

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird ­ In This Newsletter:  ­    Monday, 7PM, Mellow Monday, Memorial Park Tennis Center  Wednesday, 6:30 PM - Weekly Run and 77th week of Valhalla tab! Friday, 6:30 PM, Happy Hour at Hughie's Tavern, 18th Street  Sunday 6:30 AM Long run Memorial Park Tennis Center ­ Weekly Recap: ­ ­ Want to see your name and race photos in our The Word from the Bird? Drop me an email! at gaslyte@yahoo.com ­ Alex's 5K Recap! Thank you to the enormous efforts of volunteers on Saturday to make Alex's 5K a success.  ­ Valhalla happennings ­ Thank you to  Stacey Smith for sponsoring tab! This was our 76th week of Valhalla tab! 🍺 💜🏃 🎂 This week: Lisa Thompson sponsoring to celebrate her New York Marathon! 🍺 Friday Happy Hour- Hughie's Tavern and Grill  1802 W. 184th Street ­ ­ Upcoming weeks:  ­ Save the Date: December 11-BCRR Holiday Party! Christmas Lights Run TBD Upcoming races: HARRA Races**  ­ November 22nd:  Houston 25K* & 10-Mile** December 11 BCRR Holiday Party at Joel and Sharon's December 13th:  Coach Andy Stewart's 30K* & 10K** December 20 John's Looooong Rubn  December River Oaks Christmas Lights Run January 17th, 2027: Chevron Houston Marathon and Half Marathon** ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday This Week: 11/9 Alexandra Krupnick, Larry Lindeen 11/10 Gabe Gomez*, Hillary Wire,  Nancy Reuter 11/11 Kseniia  Melnikova    11/13 Natasha Schepps     11/14 Addison Young       11/15 Patrick Flaherty     *NAG = New Age Group ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Morgan Halvorsen and Hong Tang for providing fluids this week!                                           🥛🥛🥛 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! ­ Membership Renewal for 2026 -2027 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. BCRR MEMBERSHIP BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday. Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner afterwards.   🏃🍺  Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. 77th week of beer tab!  🍺. Friday Happy Hour - Hughie's  Tavern -18th St 🏃🏃‍♀️ Sunday 6:30 Memorial Park Long Run ­ 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 Starbucks, 6201 Washington Houston, TX 77007)

BCRR Update: November 1, 2026

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird ­ In This Newsletter:  ­    Monday, 7PM, Mellow Monday, Memorial Park Tennis Center  Wednesday, 6:30PM - Weekly Run and 76th week of Valhalla tab! Saturday, 8 AM,  Alex's 5K Sunday 6:30 AM Long run Memorial Park Tennis Center ­ Weekly Recap: ­ BCRR Runs the world! June and Shirley at Rocky Hill  From June Harris :  Shirley Musfy and I went to Smithville to run the Mujeres & Marigolds Trail Run at Rocky Hill Ranch.  It was a tough course; but neither of us went down so we are Winners! Lisa Thompson tackles NYC! Lisa and her faithful guide, Alexi Pappas. hamming it up before traversing the 5 boroughs, finishing the hills in 4:06.    ­ Want to see your name and race photos in our The Word from the Bird? Drop me an email! at gaslyte@yahoo.com ­ Harvest Marathon Relay  Bayou City fielded two teams of runners for today's relay benefitting the Houston Food Bank.  As runners of varying speeds don't often get to work out together, much fun and camaraderie was had. Thank you TONS to president Steve Hasson for organizing.  UT Health Half-Marathon and 10K Thank you to Mirna for bringing the tent, all of our runners, and Sue and Paul for a great party! ­ Valhalla happennings ­ Thank you to  Chris Eick for sponsoring tab! This was our 75th week of Valhalla tab! 🍺 💜🏃 🎂 This week: Stacy Smith sponsoring to celebrate life ! 🍺 ­ ­ Upcoming weeks:  ­ Save the Date: December 11-BCRR Holiday Party! Upcoming races: HARRA Races**  ­ November 7th:, Alex's 5K November 22nd:  Houston 25K* & 10-Mile** December 13th:  Coach Andy Stewart's 30K* & 10K** January 17th, 2027: Chevron Houston Marathon and Half Marathon** ­ ­ ­ ­ Alex's 5K is this Saturday! 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 ­ Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday This Week: 11/4 Helen Maunsell 11/5 Jesse Bounds, Kim Lowry*    11/5 Lee Morris    11/8 Christa Julien*    *NAG = New Age Group ­ Sunday Hydration Support                                           🥛🥛🥛 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! ­ Membership Renewal for 2026 -2027 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. BCRR MEMBERSHIP BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday. Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner afterwards.   🏃🍺  Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. 76th week of beer tab!  No Official HH 🏃🏃‍♀️Saturday,  8 AM; Alex's 5K, Avondale House 🏃🏃‍♀️ Sunday 6:30 Memorial Park Long Run ­ 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 Starbucks, 6201 Washington Houston, TX 77007)