BCRR Update: September 20th, 2026

 

Greetings Bayou City Road Runners The Word from the Bird ­ In This Newsletter:  ­   Monday, 7PM, Mellow Monday, Memorial Park Tennis Center  Wednesday - Weekly Run and 70th week of Valhalla tab!   Friday-no official HH  Sunday: 6:30 AM, Long Run at MPTC Don't Forget to Renew Your Membership in BCRR and HARRA!   ­ Weekly Recap: ­ ­ ­ Want to see your name and race photos in our The Word from the Bird? Drop me an email! at gaslyte@yahoo.com ­ Thank you to  Chuck Bracht & Cheryl Verlande for hosting another fabulous Dash & Splash. Once again, we were having so much fun that we neglected to take any photos!    🍺 💜🏃   This week: Peter Griffiths, and Christina and Isabel Young - the 70th week of a tab at Valhalla! ­ Changes to HARRA RotS and Ironfoot Eligibility New this year: Eligible event distances will now be expanded across the series, including Marathon Weekend.  Upcoming races are the Space City 10-Miler & 5K on October 11th, and then the remainder of the series: the UTHealth Houston Half Marathon & 10K, the Houston 25K, 10-Mile & 5K, and the Coach Andy Stewart 30K & 10K. Something to think about when planning your goal races! ­ ­ Upcoming races: HARRA Races**  ­ October 11th:  Space City 10 Miler , Relay and 5K** October 25th:  UTHealth Houston Half Marathon* and 10K ** November 1st: Harvest Marathon Relay November 7th:, Alex's 5K November 22nd:  Houston 25K* & 10-Mile** December 13th:  Coach Andy Stewart's 30K* & 10K** January 17th, 2027: Chevron Houston Marathon and Half Marathon** ­ Practice for the Tour is upon us! ­ HARRA's free cross country series is back!  3 Thursdays in October, courses set by Anna Helm and Joel DuBois. Run one, or run all three. Winners recognized at each stage. Times are scored together and age-graded.  All races start at 6 PM. Please arrive early to park and sign the waiver.  Beer sponsor pending, but we will definitely have refreshments at Stage 3.   Stage 1 - Oct 8 — Spotts Park Stage 2 - Oct 15 — Cullen Running Center - Memorial Park Stage 3- Oct 22 — White Oak / Stude Park ­ Alex's 5K is around the corner! The race is on Saturday, Nov. 7th 2026 and will be held at Avondale House again this year.  Thanks to all of you, we have raised almost $280,000 for autism charities over the last 15 years! RACE INFO   ­ ­ Happy Birthday! Corrections from last week:  9/16 Zoé Paddon-Jones Happy Birthday This Week: 9/21 Tony Frazelli mily Muenser, Oyvind Nerland*, Ankur Patel 9/22 Chuck Bracht  9/23 Peter Griffiths, Pablo Rivera    9/26 Pamela Wilmon  9/27 Christina Jones Young, Alexandra Paddon-Jones *NAG = New Age Group ­ No official Friday Happy Hour- But feel free to meet up with your running pals! ­ Sunday Hydration Support Thank you to Loris Fusi  Jones and Sophia Bradley      for setting out the water and Gatorade on 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! ­ Membership Renewal for 2026 -2027 We are now into the new "running" year (from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027).  If you joined or renewed after 4/1/26 your membership is good for the upcoming running year (thru June 30, 2027). If you did not renew recently, your membership is no longer current.   Maintaining your membership helps us keep providing the support for club activities like group runs, parties and special events.   HARRA Discount: If you are a current HARRA member, you will save $5 off your BCRR Membership with code HARRA26 at checkout.   NOTE: Runsignup will start sending automatic renewal emails. Please ignore if you have already renewed! BCRR MEMBERSHIP BCRR THIS WEEK:  🏃🏃‍♀️ 😎 Monday 7PM: Mellow Monday. Memorial Park Tennis Center. Dinner afterwards.    🏃🍺  Wednesday 6:30PM:  Wednesday Night Run from First Christian Church. 70th week of beer tab!  🍷🍺 No official Friday HH  🏃🏃‍♀️ Sunday 6:30AM: BCRR Bayou Run. Memorial Park Tennis Center.  ­ 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 Starbucks, 6201 Washington Houston, TX 77007)