Check out our social events!
Happy Hour Schedule
Friday Nights at 7PM
Party/Event Schedule
Friday, Dec 13, 2024, 7PM: BCRR Holiday Party - Join us for our annual celebration at the home of Robert and Melissa (find the address in the weekly email or email [email protected].) Signature Welcome Cocktail! Food, Drinks, Festivities! Giveaways! FREE for members and $10 for member guests. Adults only please. RSVP HERE.
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024, 6:30PM: BCRR Christmas Lights Run - - Rose Garden, River Oaks - Dress festively and be sure to be well-lit (as in illuminated not inebriated). Kenneally's Pub aprés run. Open to entire running community! Sunday, Dec 29, 2024, 6:30AM: John's Loooong Run - BCRR members meet at Sue and Alan's for a 22 mile, fully supported long run. Shorter route for half marathon runners available. After the run, we will party at Sue and Alan's. More details TBA. Sunday, Jan 12, 2025, 6:30AM: Annual GRB Run. Experience the the last few miles of the Houston Marathon/Half-Marathon course. Start from our usual spot at the Memorial Park Tennis Center at 6:30AM and run to the George R. Brown and back (~12 miles round trip). If 8 miles is on your trainings schedule you can park at the Starbucks on Memorial and run from there. Water stops at the cemetery on Allen Pkwy and the turnaround at the GRB (Discovery Green). Breakfast at Whole Foods on Waugh. Thursday, Jan 16, 2025, 6:15PM: Pre-Marathon Pasta Party - Social Beer Garden HTX, 3101 San Jacinto St, Houston, TX 77004. We are once again partnering with HARRA and other run clubs in this community event. BCRR and HARRA members get reduced admission (HARRA Members $10 off; BCRR-nonHARRA member $5 off with code BCRR. Details HERE MARATHON DAY - JAN 19TH Sunday, Jan 19, 2025 AM: BCRR HOOPLA Station at Mile 20: Be part of the best Hoopla Station on the Houston Marathon Course! Register with the Marathon for an official Hoopla position. Susan set up specific BCRR spots which will allow BCRR volunteers to get the virtual goodie bag swag and shirt. Of course, Mile 20 volunteers get full access to the race day hospitality (snacks and "beverages") provided to all the runners. Importantly, you will have fun, make new friends and showcase what our great club has to offer! Register at https://bit.ly/3Wb3gvh) and use password: BCRR Sunday, Jan 19, 2025 11:30AM, BCRR Post Race Party - Meet at Sue and Alan's House (see weekly member's email for address or contact [email protected]) for their annual epic post-race party, starting at approx. 11:00 AM, and featuring a heated swimming pool (bring a towel), a large Jacuzzi, NFL games on multiple TVs, hot showers (bring your own towel), and a buffet of GREAT food. All this and an assortment of "liquid refreshments". Cost is $10 per person for BCRR members, and $15 per person for non-members/guests (cash or Venmo accepted). If you would like to volunteer, contact Alan at [email protected]. |
Special Events
BCRR 40th Anniversary Celebration - MAY 31st
A GATHERING OF OLD AND NEW FRIENDS! On Friday, May 31st, more than 100 BCRR Members - past, present, and future - gathered together for an evening of friendship, food and festivities to celebrate our 40 years of toeing the line as the best running club in Houston! The evening began with mingling and the resurrection of the Ice-Breaker BINGO game originated by April Murphy back in the good old days. Attendees represented original members of BCRR and its predecessor clubs (Getty Oil RC and Galaxy RC) through all the decades to present. After an Italian pasta dinner, an awards presentation and slideshow ensued. Highlights: John Phillips and Lisa Thompson each received BCRR Lifetime Achievement Awards in the form of custom bobble heads. This recognition reflects years of sustained leadership, support, and volunteerism in BCRR and advocacy in the greater Houston running community. We also bid a bittersweet goodbye to longtime members Kate and John Philbrick, who recently retired and are moving back to Maine. We will miss them and hope they will come back soon to visit. Huge thanks to the BCRR Board (especially Robert Swanson, Anna Helm and Joel DuBois) and Melissa Swanson, Katie Decker, Gloria Mahoney, Cindy and Bill Featherston for helping make this event happen. Here's looking to another 40 years! We will be celebrating our 40th Anniversary all year long! Check back for details of other special events. |
Ongoing Social Activities
SUNDAY: Post-run meal at Whole Foods Montrose after every Sunday morning after the long run.
Meeting at Whole Foods - Montrose
701 Waugh Dr (Waugh at W Dallas St)
FRIDAY: Happy Hour! Each week we select a new bar/pub to visit starting approx. 7 PM.
See Facebook or the Calendar for the latest details.
Post-run socializing at approx. 7:30 PM, after every Wednesday evening Rice run.
Meeting at Rice's Valhalla pub
(Rice campus, patio beside Keck Hall)
Meeting at Whole Foods - Montrose
701 Waugh Dr (Waugh at W Dallas St)
FRIDAY: Happy Hour! Each week we select a new bar/pub to visit starting approx. 7 PM.
See Facebook or the Calendar for the latest details.
Post-run socializing at approx. 7:30 PM, after every Wednesday evening Rice run.
Meeting at Rice's Valhalla pub
(Rice campus, patio beside Keck Hall)