BCRR Update: Jun 15th, 2026

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird ­ In This Newsletter:  ­ BCRR Year End Celebration - Awards Banquet - Elections - June 26th! Price Increase Monday... Wednesday: Valhalla Tab by [Insert Your Name]!  Friday: Happy Juneteenth! Friday: Happy Hour - Under the Volcano! Sunday: Happy Fathers Day! Check Your Stats! HARRA Spring RotS Results Corrections Due Today! Save the Date: HARRA Summer Celebration - June 28th! Early Bird Registration for HARRA and BCRR Membership! NOTE: Runsignup will start sending automatic renewal emails. Please ignore if you have already renewed! ­ ­ Help Keep the Streak Alive! Thank you to Morgan Halvorsen for sponsoring the tab last Wednesday (our 56th consecutive sponsored tab)! We are looking for future benefactors to keep our streak going. If you would like to sponsor the tab this week (or in the coming weeks) contact houstonbcrr@gmail.com   Next week's beer (and PIZZA) sponsor will be Raymond Ruiz and Yolanda Farias-Ruiz! The run, as usual, will start from the First Christian Church Parking lot at 6:30PM sharp! ­ BCRR Year End Celebration   Awards Banquet & Board Election We invite all Bayou City Road Runners - past, present ,and future - to join us for an evening celebration of the past running year. We will have dinner, drinks, games, giveaways and riveting speeches!  When: Friday, June 26th, 6:30-9:30PM Where: Fellowship Hall, Saint Theresa Catholic Church, 6622 Haskell Street, Houston, TX 77007. Just across the street from the Mecca of Houston running, Memorial Park What:  Dinner Menu - Catered Buffet, Details TBA. Drinks: a selection of fine wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks (water, lemonade, ice-tea, Capri Sun) How Much: Members & Their Guests: $15 -June  20th, 11:59PM $20 - June 21 - 25th, 11:59PM $25 June 26th online and at the door Kids 11 and under FREE  Non-member Price: base price + $25 (includes BCRR Membership for 2026-2027 year) Party Signup BCRR Board Election! Our Annual Board Election will take place at the BCRR Year End Party. You may vote online or in person at the party.  Here is our current slate of nominees for the 2026-2027 BCRR Board of Directors: President: Steve Hasson (current incumbent VP) Vice-President: Anna Helm (current incumbent At Large) Secretary: Karina Yonekawa-Blest Treasurer: Kavi Kulkarni At Large Members: Joel DuBois (incumbent), Mirna Chang Lee (incumbent), Jamie Lopez, Susan Cita    Candidate bios and voting information to follow. Kathi Mahon, Joe & Hope Sellers are cycling off the board this year. We thank them for their service. ­ HARRA Members: Check Your Stats STAT! HARRA has posted the provisional standings for the Spring Runner of the Season (RotS). If you are a HARRA member and ran any HARRA Spring Series races, you should check the accuracy of your results on the Leaderboard. Send any corrections or omissions to Hans: info@harra.org. Top 3 runners in each division receive cash awards!  Deadline for corrections is June 15th. ­ HARRA Summer Celebration HARRA’s Annual Summer Celebration will be at the Montrose Center on Sunday June 28th from 6:10PM to 8:30PM! Food! Drinks! Awards! Board Elections! Silent Auction! (We note this is 2 days after our BCRR Year End Celebration, so prepare for a weekend bracketed by awesome parties!) DETAILS Volunteers: If you have volunteered at any HARRA-supported races or events since July 2025 starting with the Summer Celebration, submit your volunteer hours to receive credit towards the HARRA VVIP Awards given out at the HARRA Summer Celebration.   HARRA VVIP Submission Form ­ BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday.  Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner  afterwards.   🏃 🍺 Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church.Valhalla Tab and courtesy of ?. Friday: Juneteenth! 😀🕢 Friday 6:30PM: Happy Hour - Under the Volcano 😎 Sunday: Father's Day. 🏃🏃 Sunday: 6:30AM: BCRR Long Run - Memorial Park Tennis Center. ­ 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 HARRA member, you will save an additional $5 off your BCRR Membership. What a deal! NOTE: Runsignup will start sending automatic renewal emails. Please ignore if you have already renewed! ­ Happy Birthday Happy Belated Birthday (Sorry, I was jet lagging last week): 6/8 Morgan Halvorsen     6/8 Caryn Honig         6/8 Aaron Kallus     6/8 Fred Steves (NAG+)     6/10 Jonathan Schulz     6/13 Rebecca Verm     6/14 Jonathan Zwickel     Happy Birthday This Week:  6/16 Jay Hendrickson             6/17 Andrew Kenworthy            6/20 Valentino Julien (NAG+)         6/20 Scott Wonderly (NAG+)     *NAG = New Age Group ­ Welcome New Members  Welcome back: Raymond Ruiz Yolanda Farias-Ruiz Cecilia Farias-Ruiz Roxann Craft ­ Happy Hour - Under The Volcano Next Happy Hour (Friday June 19th) will be at Under the Volcano, 2349 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005, We will be there about 6:30PM ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Avi Moss and Sophia Bradley 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!