BCRR Update: April 27th, 2026

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird ­ In This Newsletter:  ­ Bayou Bash Relay - Thank You Volunteers! Congratulations Runners! Early Bird Registration for HARRA and BCRR Membership! Wednesday: Valhalla - Tab Sponsored by the Bayou Bash Relay! Our 49th Straight Tab! Call to Action: Soliciting Nominations for Next Year's Board of Directors! Next HARRA Race - The LP Run - May16th! Next Volunteer Opportunity - Tejas Beer 5k - May 30th! Need Volunteers for Hydration Support This Summer! ­ ­ Bayou Bash Relay - Recap! THANK YOU BCRR! VALHALLA TAB THIS WEEK ON BAYOU BASH RELAY IN APPRECIATION!   The 27th Bayou Bash Relay was this Saturday, April 25th at T.C. Jester Park. The event was a great success - thanks to all volunteers and runners! We had 70 relay teams toe the line again this year, including one Junior Division team of young runners under 18. We had not one, but 2 crack photographers, Milan Jamrich and Iain Cridland, out on the course! Check out their terrific pics on our Facebook page.  BCRR fielded 11 teams!  Organizing relay teams is like herding cats, and this year was no exception. Kudos to the BCRR Relay Team Coordinators for putting together the teams: Christina Young, Anna Helm, June Harris, Andrew Young, Steve Hasson, and Mike Mangan for putting everything together. (photo: M. Jamrich)   BCRR Team Results will be detailed next week, but full results can be viewed HERE   Thank you to the volunteers who made the race happen, especially John Phillips, Bob Thompson, Alan Tillotson, Joe & Hope Sellers, June Harris, Joel DuBois, Michael Root, Anna Helm, and others who helped on the course/race site: Sophia Bradley, Kavi Kulkarni, Dennis Dwulet, Brenda Gonzalez, Morgan Halvorsen, Brendan & Jacqueline Flaherty, Hans Wong, Chad Holmes, Kathy & Stacey Miller .    Big shout out to Susan Cita who organizes the HARRA Picnic and her right hand man David Stadnick. Michelle Wolpert, Sharon McNeill, Lara Allen, Karina Yonekawa-Blest, Lee Greb, and others volunteered at the food tent.   Apologies - I'm sure I missed someone unintentionally. ­ BCRR Board Elections We're Looking for a Few Good Men & Women! Be in the room where it happens! Don't throw away your shot! We are currently soliciting nominations for the 2025-2026 BCRR Board of Directors (term July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027).  Several current members are cycling off the board this year, presenting a unique opportunity for you to serve as a critical cog in the well-oiled machine that runs BCRR! Importantly, President Mahon is term-limited, so someone else will have to assume the position! We are also looking to fill the Secretary and other positions. Are you Board-curious but want a less defined position so you can contribute according to your strengths? Consider running for a Member At Large position. Elections will be held at our Annual Year End Party and Awards Presentation. The details TBA very soon. Contact houstonBCRR@gmail.com for more information.   ­ Early Bird Registration 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 HARRRA member, you will save an additional $5 off your BCRR Membership. What a deal! ­ Up Coming Events: ­ LP Run - May 16th The last individual race of the HARRA Spring Series is the LP Run presented by the Terlingua Track Club, on Saturday May 16th at Rice University Track. The goal of this race is to run as far as you can in 33 1/3 minutes, in contrast to running a set distance for time.   Last chance to improve your standings in the HARRA Runner of the Season (ROTS). Come run and cheer your fellow runners!    INFO ­ Tejas Beer 5K - May 30th BCRR will be partnering once again with the Run in Texas Beer Run Series for the 2nd annual Tejas Beer 5K on May 30th at Tejas Brewery (2101 Summer St.  Houston, 77007). This popular race series consists of events run from local independent breweries all over Texas. Participants receive a shirt, beer glass and choice of craft beer. The post race parties for this series are always great!   SIGN UP Use Code HARRA for $5 off. BCRR will be manning a water stop and will have our tent at the event. Run in Texas will make a generous donation for our charities.  We encourage folks to volunteer or run. Also a great opportunity to highlight our club to the beer-loving running community!   If you can volunteer, contact houstonbcrr@gmail.com ­ Step Up to Help with Hydration this Summer! We need a few volunteers to help with hydration stops for our Sunday long runs starting in June, as several regulars will be unavailable. If everyone takes a turn occasionally, the workload stays manageable. This is a great opportunity to give back to the club. Otherwise, we may need to change the course to the Bayou route and reduce support to just one stop during the hottest part of the year. Please contact Loris at Loris0105@yahoo.com if you can help out. ­ BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday.  Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner afterwards.  🏃 🍺 Wednesday 6:30PM: Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. Tab by Bayou Bash Relay🐊 🏃🏃 Sunday: 6:30AM: BCRR Long Run - Memorial Park Tennis Center. ­ Happy Birthday Happy Birthday This Week:  4/27 Heath Carpenter 5/1 Loris Fusi 5/2 Max Berry     5/2 David Berry    5/2 Alan Tillotson ­ Welcome New Members Welcome Back;   Kristen Kozlowski ­ No Happy Hour This Week Next Happy Hour (Friday May 8th) will be at West Alabama Ice House,1919 W Alabama St, Houston, TX 77098 . We will be there about 6:30PM ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Steve Hasson 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)