BCRR Update: March 16th, 2026

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird ­ In This Newsletter:  ­ Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Celebrate in Your Customary Fashion! Thank You Darling Dash 5K Volunteers! Bayou Bash Relay - April 25th - Call to Runners & Volunteers! Wednesday: Stacy Smith Keeps the Streak Going - 44th week Streak! Coming Soon: Tour de Bayou - 3 Thursdays in April! Bellaire Trolley Run 5K - Next HARRA Race - April 11th HARRA Fall Runner of the Season Results Posted: Check your STATS! ­ ­ Darling Dash 5K - Thank You Volunteers! Huge thanks to everyone who volunteered to help at the Darling Dash on Sunday, March 15: John Phillips, Bob Thompson, Alan Tillotson, Joel DuBois, Susan Cita, Eric Faria, Kavi Kulkarni, June Harris, Milan Jamrich, Lara Allen, Alexandra Krupnik, Mirna Chang. BCRR has provided course support for this great event for 16 years!. We truly appreciate everyone who gives of their time to help out on these races, which benefit worthy causes and also generate revenue for BCRR. ­ Bayou City Bash Relay - April 25th Make sure the Bayou Bash Relay is on your calendar - 4.25.26! 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. We will have age Group Coordinators to organize our teams! ­ Tour de Bayou - 3 Thursdays in April HARRA's FREE Tour de Bayou Cross Country Series takes place 3 Thursdays in April, and features three timed, cross-country stages, held at different locations along our bayous. Distances vary from three to five miles. Runners may run any or all of the stages. Results will be announced each week before the race. If you haven't run this before, it is a lot of fun! BCRR members have been involved in this event for many years. Our own Anna Helm, together with Roger Boak, organizes this event and lays the trail. BCRR Board member Joel DuBois also blazes the trail and (importantly) facilitates the procurement of the post-race carb replacement beverages generously donated by Karbach Brewing Co.  Spring 2026 Tour de Bayou stages are run on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Thursdays in April and start at 6:00 p.m. (NOTE THAT THE THURSDAYS ARE NOT NECESSARILY CONSECUTIVE THIS YEAR) April 2 - Stude Park (near baseball fields) - 1031 Stude St., Houston, TX 77007 April 9 - Cullen (Memorial Park) Running Trails Center - 7575 N Picnic Ln, Houston, TX 77007 April 23 - Cullen (Memorial Park) Running Trails Center - 7575 N Picnic Ln, Houston, TX 77007  The races are free and open to everyone, you just have to promise to be careful! ­ Bellaire Trolley Run 5K - April 11th BELLAIRE TROLLEY RUN - HARRA SPRING SERIES RACE!    When: Saturday, April 11, 2026 - 7:30AM   Where: 7008 South Rice Ave, Bellaire, TX US 77401   Discount Code: Use HARRAMEM26 for $5 off Trolley Run Sign Up ­ HARRA RotS: Check Out Your Stats! Deadline for Corrections: Mar. 31st The HARRA - Houston Area Road Runners Association Runner of the Season (RotS) calculations have been updated to include the final race in the HARRA Fall Series: the Houston Marathon. If you are a HARRA member in good standing, have a look to see how you stand and note any corrections or omissions. Note that your individual time in the relay now counts in scoring.   Please send any corrections to Hans (info@harra.org) by March 31st. After that the results will be finalized.  Learn more about the RotS   Congratulations! Many BCRR folks at top of the list! First 3 in each age category are in the money (pending any corrections)!  ­ BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday.  Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner afterwards.  💚☘ 🇮‍🇪 Tuesday: Happy Saint Patrick's Day!  🏃 🍺  Wednesday 6:30PM: Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. Valhalla Tab courtesy of Stacy Smith. 🏃🏃 Sunday: 6:30AM: BCRR Long Run. Memorial Park Tennis Center. ­ Happy Birthday Happy Birthday This Week:  3/16 Celeste Tan (NAG*) 3/17 Susan Davis 3/21 Fren-Mark Banes 3/21 Donald Daum (NAG*)     3/21 Brook McClain *NAG = New Age Group ­ No Happy Hour This Week The next Happy Hour (Friday March 27th) will be at Kirby Ice House. ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Scott Bounds 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! ­ 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)