Maribelle's by the Bay 5K

PUT THE LIME IN THE COCONUT...BCRR Participants (lt-rt): Kathi Mahon, Katie Decker, Cathy McGlohn, Larry Cullen, Roger Redding, Mike Mangan, Tara Shipper, John Phillips, Clayton Smith, Mick Midkiff. Not pictured: Jake Tonge, Rosie Schmandt, Andrea Milborne, Hardeep Thind, Alfonso Torres. Photo: Rosie Schmandt

That's not Poseidon rising from the sea- it's just Big John cooling his jets in the Bay!! Photo: Katie Decker

What to do on the hottest weekend of the year? Run a 5K of course!! Bayou City Road Runners are made of tough stuff after all!! The Maribelle's on the Bay 5K in Seabrooke is an annual favorite excursion. We always know what to expect- heat and humidity for sure - but the course is right next to the water and there is always a breeze from the bay. The best part: the pizza, cold beer and camaraderie waiting at the end! Only thing missing: 5 year age groups (hint to organizers).

Pictures@Valhalla on Wednesday, July 23rd 2008!!!

Valhalla had lots of people tonight. Rob Walters bought beer to celebrate his birthday. Here are some of the pictures I took.

Happy Hour@Mezzanine Lounge

Here are the pictures from the Happy hour at Mezzanine lounge on Friday.

Twisting by the Pool

"Come on in- the water's fine!!"

Ray Boytim, Avi Moss, June Harris, Jake Tonge, Kathi Mahon, Mike Doyle, Cathy McGlohn, Rosie Schmandt, Don Brenner (photos: Matt Nicol)

The Independence Day 5K in Deer Park (June 28th) is an annual favorite of many BCRRers and this year was no exception. Although the conditions are always hot and humid, this well-organized small race has a fast course, enough competition to make things interesting, a great after party, impressive awards, plentiful door prizes, and most importantly, ends with a dip in the pool. As usual, everyone from BCRR left with a trophy, a door prize or both.

Olympic Trial Videos

If you missed the televised coverage of the Olympic Trials in Track and Field you can view highlights here. (you may need to scroll to "Olympic Trials"). Of particular note: Check out the women's 10K final, in which Amy Begley makes a gutsy sprint for the last position on the team and the (wind-aided) world record performance of Tyson Gay in the Men's 100m.

VOLCANIC SPRINT

BCRR and Harra are co- sponsoring the screening of a new documentary, Volcanic Sprint, on Saturday July 12. The film is about an annual marathon distance race up and down a volcano in Camaroon. You can view a trailer for Volcanic Sprint here.

The screening will be held at the Aurora Theater, 800 Aurora, Houston. Tickets are $10 online or $10 by cash or check at the door. There is a reception from 7-8 and the screening starts at 8PM. See website for additional information.

Check out ATHLINKS.COM

Athlinks.com is a very cool and useful website for runners who like to race. It is a comprehensive online race results database for running, triathalon, cycling, mountain biking, swimming and adventure racing. You don't have to join to search for results, but joining allows you to access some of the other features. The most important features are below:

• Find and consolidate all your race results. You can do this quickly and with one search as opposed to slogging through the results of individual races on different websites. It's a great way to see and maintain all of your results in one place. You can even add races that are not online and consolidate results run under different aliases. This feature will be especially useful for BCRR members "Morry Copulare", "Homer Plate", "Inda Ozone", and "Chip Tyme".


• Check out the results of friends and competitors. You can then plot the trajectory of their age-related decline against your own, etc... Or let's say a runner with a gender-neutral name like "Chris", "Pat", or "Tracy" beats you in a race and you suspect they are a man instead of a woman. You can check this out in seconds on Athlinks.com.


• Network with other runners and groups.

We have a BCRR group already up and running. Check it out and join in at http://www.athlinks.com/affiliate/664/Bayou-City-Roadrunners.aspx

K. Mahon