BCRR Update: Jan. 20 - 26, 2025

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird

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In This Newsletter: ­   Congratulations Runners!   Thank You Volunteers!   Monday - Mellow Monday - CANCELED!   Wednesday - Valhalla Medal Showoff! (weather permitting)   Friday: Happy Hour - Patterson Park!   SAVE THE DATE: February Events!   ­

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MELLOW MONDAY CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER ADVISORY Stay Warm and Safe!

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Well Done Everyone!

Congratulations to all who toed the line at one of the Houston Marathon Weekend races! There were some great performances in the face of some challenging conditions. Hope to get full list of all BCRR runners in a future newsletter.    Thank you to all who volunteered this weekend. BCRR members helped at multiple key positions to make the events go smoothly. Special thanks to Bob Thompson for taking over the Mile 20 BCRR Hoopla Station and water stop for Susan Cita this year. Thanks to Joe and Hope Sellers, John Phillips, and Joel DuBois for their leadership roles in organizing the course and water stations; to Ron Morgan, Anna Helm, Michael Ayala and others for volunteering on the course; to everyone who volunteered at the Expo in the HARRA booth (Chad Holmes, Hans Wong, Kathi Mahon, Anna Helm, LaTasha Gary, Suzy Seeley, Michelle Wolpert, Ron Morgan, Theresa Pearsall), Legacy Booth (June Harris & others), Hospitality Booth (Dave Piper, Ally Serrao), or elsewhere.    Special thanks to Sue Leone and Alan Svoboda for once again throwing a terrific post -race party at their home. Thanks to all who helped: Chuck Bracht, Cheryl Verlander, Edward Fras, and others who helped prepare the delicious food!   (Apologies if unintentionally someone left out!) ­

BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday. Memorial Park Tennis Center. CANCELED!!   🏃🍺 Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. Valhalla social afterwards. Wear your race medal! (dependent on weather and Valhalla schedule - check our Facebook page for updates).   😊🕖 Friday: Happy Hour 6:30PM: Patterson Park, 2205 Patterson Street, Houston, TX 77007.    🏃🏃‍♀️ Sunday 6:30AM: BCRR Long Run: Memorial Park Tennis Center.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday This Week:   1/20 Tom Bongiorno 1/21 Beverly Handy 1/22 CJ Claverie 1/23 Daniel Kenworthy (NAG*) 1/23 Madeline Schulz (NAG*) 1/25 John Phillips (NAG*) 1/26 Tracey Priem   *NAG = New Age Group   ­

SAVE THE DATE: February Events

February is a very busy month for BCRR with two HARRA Series Races and two volunteer events scheduled.    Saturday, February 15, 2025: John Eikenburg Law Week 8K (HARRA Series Race)   Sunday, February 16, 2025: Rockets Run 5K (BCRR Volunteer Opportunity)*   Saturday, February 22, 2025: Bayou City Classic 10K/5K (HARRA Series Race)   Sunday, February 23, 2025: Darling Dash (BCRR Volunteer Opportunity)*   *BCRR has been volunteering for The Rockets Run and the Darling Dash for many years. We provide needed course support on race day. We truly appreciate everyone who gives of their time to help out on these races. These are revenue-generating activities that allow us to subsidize our member events.    A volunteer sign up sheet will be made available next week.

­ Happy Hour Happy Hour this week will be at Patterson Park, 2205 Patterson Street, Houston, TX, 77007, Friday at 6:30PM.   Scheduling Note: Due to competing circumstances in the next few weeks, Happy Hours are being scheduled around conflicting events. For example, we canceled last week's happy hour due to marathon and will have one this week instead. We are not scheduling on Valentines Day (Feb 14th) or the day before the Bayou City Classic (Feb 21st) because many of us are volunteering/running that race. The happy hours will resume the every-other-week schedule on March 14th. ­ Sunday Hydration Support Long Runs will resume this 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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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)