BCRR Update: Mar 17-23, 2025

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird

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In This Newsletter:  ­   Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Celebrate at Mellow Monday!   Congratulations!   Upcoming HARRA Races!   ­

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Happy Saint Patricks Day!

Celebrate the day! Join us for a special Saint Paddy's evening run at Mellow Monday! 🍀   We know you mostly have purple, but wear your green🧤🍀! Dinner after at Lisa Thompson's B&B featuring her homemade soda bread!   Meet at the trail in front of the Memorial Park Tennis Center at 7 PM for an easy, festive loop around the park. 🧤🍀

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Congratulations!

Congratulations Runners! There were many race opportunities this weekend. Kudos to all who toed the line.   Several club members participated in the popular Seabrook Luck Trails Weekend: Marathon - Saturday Stephen Kallus 3:47:59.5 (1st M50-54), Fred Ward 5:28:36.1 (1st M80+), Mirna Chang 6:07:57.3 (1st F55-59), Gloria Mahoney 6:01:26.8 (1st F70-74)   Half Marathon - Saturday Ankur Patel 2:14:11.9 (8th M40-44)   Half Marathon - Sunday June Harris 3:03:52 (2nd F65-69)   Full Results   💚💜   Congratulations Lovers!   Best wishes to longtime member Tom Stilwell on his marriage to Betsy Eason this weekend!

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BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️💚🍀 Monday 7PM: Saint Patrick's Mellow Monday. Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner after featuring homemade Irish Soda Bread by Lisa Thompson!   🏃🍺  Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church.  Valhalla after.    🏃🏃‍♀️ Sunday 6:30AM: BCRR Long Run: Memorial Park Tennis Center.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday This Week:   3/17 Susan Davis (NAG*)  3/21 Donald Daum 3/21 Brook McClain 3/23 Diana Berry   *NAG = New Age Group

­ UPCOMING EVENTS ­ Bellaire Trolley Run 5K - April 5th BELLAIRE TROLLEY RUN - HARRA SPRING SERIES RACE!    When: Saturday, April 5, 2025 - 7:30AM   Where: 7008 South Rice Ave, Bellaire, TX US 77401   Discount Code: Use HARRA25 for $5 off   REGISTER ­ Bayou Bash Relay - April 27th  NOTE DATE CHANGE: Now on SUNDAY, April 27th, 4PM (City moved the date)   Make sure the Bayou Bash Relay is on your calendar! Our own race! The race is a 4 person x 2.2 mile relay and is the penultimate race of the HARRA Spring Series.   BCRR Pays for all teams (Runners must all be current members in BCRR and HARRA)   Followed immediately by the HARRA Member Appreciation Family Picnic, which is FREE to all relay runners and HARRA members.   TC Jester Park, 201 T C Jester Blvd, Houston, TX 77018   More Details to Follow ­ HARRA Spring Race Series BCRR is a member club of the Houston Area Road Runners Association (HARRA) and participates in its competitions based on our members' performance in the HARRA Race Series.  Top runners in the individual categories receive cash awards. Rankings can be viewed on the HARRA Leaderboard. Your individual points also count for our club standings in the Interclub Competitions and are also used to calculate our BCRR Runner of the Year standings for end of year recognition..   Aramco Half: Jan 19, 2025 Law Week 8K: Feb. 15, 2025 Bayou City Classic 10K: Feb 22, 2025 (Use code BCRR25 for $5 off) Bellaire Trolley Run 5K: April 5, 2025 (Use HARRA25 for $5 off) Bayou Bash Relay (OUR RACE!): SUNDAY April 27, 2025 LP Run: May 24 , 2025

­ Happy Hour - Next Week No Official Happy Hour this week. Next Happy Hour will be Friday, March 28th at Bad Astronaut Brewing Co, 1519 Fulton St., Houston, TX, 6:30PM. ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Christina Young 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!

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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)