BCRR Update: Jun 8th, 2026

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird ­ In This Newsletter:  ­ Global Running Day! BCRR Year End Celebration - Awards Banquet - Elections - June 26th! Wednesday: BDay Tab by Morgan at Valhalla!  Check Your Stats! HARRA Spring RotS Results Posted Save the Date: HARRA Summer Celebration - June 28th! Early Bird Registration for HARRA and BCRR Membership! NOTE: Runsignup will start sending automatic renewal emails. Please ignore if you have already renewed! ­ ­ Global Running Day at Valhalla! There were many options on Global Running Day, but celebrating with our BCRR peeps was one of the best!  (photo: L. Fusi) This Wednesday, Morgan Halvorsen will be sponsoring the tab in honor of her birthday! This will be our 56th consecutive sponsored tab!   The run, as usual, will start from the First Christian Church Parking lot at 6:30PM sharp! If you would like to sponsor a tab in the future, contact houstonbcrr@gmail.com ­ BCRR Year End Celebration   Awards Banquet & Board Election We invite all Bayou City Road Runners - past, present ,and future - to join us for an evening celebration of the past running year. We will have dinner, drinks, games, giveaways and riveting speeches!  When: Friday, June 26th, 6:30-9:30PM Where: Fellowship Hall, Saint Theresa Catholic Church, 6622 Haskell Street, Houston, TX 77007. Just across the street from the Mecca of Houston running, Memorial Park What:  Dinner Menu - Catered Buffet, Details TBA. Drinks: a selection of fine wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks (water, lemonade, ice-tea, Capri Sun) How Much: Members & Their Guests: $15 -June  20th, 11:59PM $20 - June 21 - 25th, 11:59PM $25 June 26th online and at the door Kids 11 and under FREE  Non-member Price: base price + $25 (includes BCRR Membership for 2026-2027 year) Party Signup BCRR Board Election! Our Annual Board Election will take place at the BCRR Year End Party. You may vote online or in person at the party. You will receive an email when online voting begins. Here is our current slate of nominees for the 2026-2027 BCRR Board of Directors: President: Steve Hasson (current incumbent VP) Vice-President: Anna Helm (current incumbent At Large) Secretary: Karina Yonekawa-Blest Treasurer: Kavi Kulkarni At Large Members: Joel DuBois (incumbent), Mirna Chang Lee (incumbent), Jamie Lopez, Susan Cita    Candidate bios and voting information to follow. Kathi Mahon, Joe & Hope Sellers are cycling off the board this year. We thank them for their service. ­ HARRA Members: Check Your Stats! HARRA has posted the provisional standings for the Spring Runner of the Season (RotS). If you are a HARRA member and ran any HARRA Spring Series races, you should check the accuracy of your results on the Leaderboard. Send any corrections or omissions to Hans: info@harra.org. Top 3 runners in each division receive cash awards! Deadline for corrections is June 15th.  ­ HARRA Summer Celebration HARRA’s Annual Summer Celebration will be at the Montrose Center on Sunday June 28th from 6:10PM to 8:30PM! Food! Drinks! Awards! Board Elections! Silent Auction! (We note this is 2 days after our BCRR Year End Celebration, so prepare for a weekend bracketed by awesome parties!) DETAILS Volunteers: If you have volunteered at any HARRA-supported races or events since July 2025 starting with the Summer Celebration, submit your volunteer hours to receive credit towards the HARRA VVIP Awards given out at the HARRA Summer Celebration.   HARRA VVIP Submission Form ­ BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday.  Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner  afterwards.   🏃 🍺 Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. BDay Tab and courtesy of Morgan Halvorsen. 🏃🏃 Sunday: 6:30AM: BCRR Long Run - Memorial Park Tennis Center. ­ Renewal Season is off and running! The official "running year" for both BCRR and HARRA memberships runs from June 30th to July1st, so all current memberships will need to be renewed by July 1st, 2026.    Renew now and be good through 6/30/27!  Both BCRR and HARRA  have an "Early Bird" registration period so it is easy (and cheaper) to renew now before June 30, 2026.  (Note: anyone who joined or renewed after 4/1/26 will automatically been renewed for the upcoming year.)  (Note that Both the current year's membership package and the Early Bird membership package appear on the BCRR page. Be sure to scroll down to the Early Bird option!)   Save $5 on both memberships for the upcoming year. If you are a current HARRA member, you will save an additional $5 off your BCRR Membership. What a deal! NOTE: Runsignup will start sending automatic renewal emails. Please ignore if you have already renewed! ­ Happy Birthday Happy Belated Birthday: 6/5 Vladimir Lopez Happy Birthday This Week:  7/9 Patrick Williams 7/10 Stacey Miller     7/12 Scott Bounds     7/12 Subha Perni     7/13 Anna Mateja    ­ Welcome New Members Welcome: Vladimir Lopez ­ No Happy Hour This Week Next Happy Hour (Friday June 19th) will be at Under the Volcano,  We will be there about 6:30PM ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Charlie Schaub and Peter Griffiths 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!

BCRR Update: Jun 1st, 2026

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird ­ In This Newsletter:  ­ Thank You Tejas Beer 5K Volunteers! Wednesday: Celebrate Global Running Day with BCRR at Valhalla!  Check Your Stats! HARRA Spring RotS Results Posted! Friday: Happy Hour - Patterson Park! Save the Date: BCRR Year End Celebration - Awards Banquet - Elections - June 26th! Save the Date: HARRA Summer Celebration - June 28th! Early Bird Registration for HARRA and BCRR Membership! ­ ­ Thank You Volunteers! We had a terrific time volunteering at the 2nd annual Tejas Beer 5K on Saturday! Huge thanks to all who volunteered race day or at packet pickup the evening before. We appreciate this partnership with Run in Texas and are grateful for their generous donation! (photo: M. Chang) ­ Celebrate Global Running Day with BCRR at Valhalla! Celebrate Global Running Day with your BCRR peeps! It's also Alumni Night! Run from the  First Christian Church Parking lot at 6:30PM. Join us at Valhalla after! BCRR will sponsor the tab and provide watermelon and other goodies. This will be our 55th consecutive sponsored tab! If you would like to sponsor a tab in the future, contact houstonbcrr@gmail.com ­ HARRA Members: Check Your Stats! HARRA has posted the provisional standings for the Spring Runner of the Season (RotS). If you are a HARRA member and ran any HARRA Spring Series races, you should check the accuracy of your results on the Leaderboard. Send any corrections or omissions to Hans: info@harra.org. Top 3 runners in each division receive cash awards! Deadline for corrections is June 15th.  ­ Up Coming Events: BCRR Year End Celebration   Awards Banquet & Board Elections Save the Date! Friday, June 26th, 2026! Our Annual BCRR Awards Banquet and Elections will take place on Friday, June 26, 2026. We will be having it again at the Fellowship Hall, Saint Theresa Catholic Church, 6622 Haskell Street, Houston, TX. Details to be announced soon, but there will be food, drinks, and fun!  We will announce the our running and volunteer recognition awards and hold our annual BCRR Board Elections.... Speaking of elections, here is our current slate of nominees for the 2026-2027 BCRR Board of Directors: President: Steve Hasson (current incumbent VP) Vice-President: Anna Helm (current incumbent At Large) Secretary: Karina Yonekawa-Blest Treasurer: Kavi Kulkarni At Large Members: Joel DuBois (incumbent), Mirna Chang Lee (incumbent), Jamie Lopez, Susan Cita    Candidate bios and voting information to follow. Kathi Mahon, Joe & Hope Sellers are cycling off the board this year. We thank them for their service. ­ HARRA Summer Celebration HARRA’s Annual Summer Celebration will be at the Montrose Center on Sunday June 28th from 6:10PM to 8:30PM! Food! Drinks! Awards! Board Elections! Silent Auction! (We note this is 2 days after our BCRR Year End Celebration, so prepare for a weekend bracketed by awesome parties!) DETAILS Volunteers: If you have volunteered at any HARRA-supported races or events since July 2025 starting with the Summer Celebration, submit your volunteer hours to receive credit towards the HARRA VVIP Awards given out at the HARRA Summer Celebration.   HARRA VVIP Submission Form ­ BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Memorial Day - Mellow Monday.  Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner  afterwards.  🌎 🏃 🍺 Wednesday 6:30PM: Global Running Day! Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. Tab and other treats courtesy of BCRR. 😀 🕢 Friday 6:30PM: Happy Hour. Patterson Park. 🏃🏃🐊 Sunday: 6:30AM: BCRR Bayou Run - Memorial Park Tennis Center. ­ Renewal Season is off and running! The official "running year" for both BCRR and HARRA memberships runs from June 30th to July1st, so all current memberships will need to be renewed by July 1st, 2026.    Renew now and be good through 6/30/27!  Both BCRR and HARRA  have an "Early Bird" registration period so it is easy (and cheaper) to renew now before June 30, 2026.  (Note: anyone who joined or renewed after 4/1/26 will automatically been renewed for the upcoming year.)  (Note that Both the current year's membership package and the Early Bird membership package appear on the BCRR page. Be sure to scroll down to the Early Bird option!)   Save $5 on both memberships for the upcoming year. If you are a current HARRA member, you will save an additional $5 off your BCRR Membership. What a deal! ­ Happy Birthday Happy Birthday This Week:  6/4 Andrew Webster (NAG*) 6/5 David Seeley 6/6 Sharan Thind 6/7 Steve Hasson (NAG*)     *NAG = New Age Group ­ Happy Hour - Patterson Park Happy Hour (Friday June 5th) will be at Patterson Park, 2205 Patterson Street, Houston, TX  77007.  We will be there about 6:30PM ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Christina Young 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!