Good Morning Bayou City Road Runners

The Word from the Bird

**POSTPONED**

BCRR Spring Banquet

Stay tuned for an updated date for the End of Year Banquet.

Board Nominations!

Nominations for Board Members are open now. Roles are: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and At-Large Member. Self-nominations are encouraged!

HARRA UPDATES!!!

HARRA Spring Runner of the Season (RotS): Provisional rankings based on best 3/5 HARRA Series Races. Please review if you ran any of the races to make sure you were recorded correctly. (Common problems are misspelled or different name in race results than in HARRA database or wrong gender or age-group in the race results.) Top runners earn cash awards, so it may be worth your time to have a look!

Send corrections to webmaster@harra.org by Friday, June 4th.
HARRA Leaderboard LINK
HARRA Membership: EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION SPECIAL: Save $5 by joining or renewing before June 30, 2022. Sign up now and be good through June30, 2023.
Remember, being a member of HARRA provides great benefits, such as discounts at local businesses, discounts at local races, inclusion in the Fall and Spring Runner of the Season competitions (with cash prizes of $85-$120), etc.

Support HARRA and help us further the mission to advocate for the greater Houston running community! Just click on the "join" or "renew" links at the top right of the HARRA home page!

New Members

Let's give a giant welcome to the newest members of BCRR!

We look forward to seeing you at the next club run or social event!

Happy Birthday!

This week's birthdays:

June 6: Sharan Thind
June 7: Steve Hasson
June 8: Caryn Honig, Aaron Kallus, & Fred Steves
June 10: Mauricio Marquez, Carol Schmidt, & Jonathan Schulz
June 11: Julie Walters & Jeremy Lankford
June 12: John Walsh

Friday Night Happy Hour!!!

Photo courtesy of Jim Koehn Art

Social Calendar

Join us Friday evening at West Alabama Ice House (1919 W. Alabama St), a boiserous neighborhood bar serving beer in a dog-friendly outdoor area with picnic table seating. We will meet around 7PM.

Post on Facebook if you will be early!

Friendly COVID Reminder

Even as the number of cases decreases, the BCRR Board kindly requests that you receive the COVID vaccination to minimize the risk to yourself and others. Wearing a mask is still encouraged. Please maintain social distancing prior to and following club runs.

Sunday NEEDS Hydration!

Who likes water during the Sunday long runs? Especially in the summer! Our Sunday morning hydration team could use a little more help as people go on vacation. Please contact Loris for more information on how to volunteer!

Weekly Club Runs

Mellow Monday

7pm at Memorial Park Tennis Center for a 3 mile casual paced run around the Park and dinner to follow

Wednesday Run

6:30pm at First Christian Church for a 3-6 mile run around Rice University and Hermann Park followed by drinks at Valhalla

Friday Speedwork

5:30am at Memorial Park Running Center. Contact Peter Griffiths for more info

Sunday Long Run

6:30am at Memorial Park Tennis Center for a 10-12 mile supported run with water at 2 locations followed by breakfast

**Please note that in cases of inclement weather, i.e. thunder & lightning, group runs will be cancelled for safety reasons. Check the BCRR Facebook Page for the latest updates on run cancellations**

If you are feeling ill, have a fever, or have been exposed to an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19, please do not attend club runs for 2 weeks.