My great friend, former president and longtime BCRR icon Greg Grace has passed on. Greg was a great runner for many, many years running multiple Boston Marathons and competing as a top age group runner. Unfortunately Parkinson's took his running, however it never took his spirit. Greg's family and I would like to ask everyone to dedicate their next run to Greg. Please remember not all of us can share the joy of running and there might be a day when we can't lace them up again. So think of … [Read more...] about Honor Greg Grace
President's Message
Periodic summaries on past and upcoming running events, calls for volunteers, and general musings on all thing running from the perspective of your BCRR club president.
General Membership Meeting Tonight!
Tonight at 7pm the BCRR board will be hosting our yearly general membership meeting via Zoom. During the meeting we will be hearing from our President, Dr. Johnny King-Marino about his expectations for the upcoming year. Rob Hoy our club's treasurer will be sharing with us the budget for the upcoming year, and lastly John O'Brien, our Winter Series Director will be discussing the 21-22 Winter Series. We hope that you will carve out some time tomorrow to hear about all of the … [Read more...] about General Membership Meeting Tonight!
General Membership Meeting 11/19
Here's the story of our general Membership Meeting happening Thursday, November 19th! The meeting will be on Zoom at 7 PM and will discuss the following: 2021 Budget Winter Series and COVID-19 Q/A The Zoom link and password will be emailed out Wed evening. … [Read more...] about General Membership Meeting 11/19
From the Podium of the President
Lots to blog about here, I will try to keep it brief. (I am not good at that) Club Elections: BCRR Club elections are planned for this June; details to follow in the next few weeks. As of right now, the entire board, Rich Kanak -Vice President, Rob Hoy - Treasurer and I (Johnny King-Marino, President) are running for re-election. We certainly welcome and encourage competition. Our running once again for our board positions is in no way meant to discourage anyone with fresh new … [Read more...] about From the Podium of the President
BCRR Members Outraged When Club President Raises Winter Series Entry Fees to 1980’s Prices!
Winter Series registration opens, new website and RunSignUp is launched Newtown Pennsylvania- By Ima Runner Panic and outrage ensued when BCRR president Johnny King-Marino raised entry fees to the 2016-2017 BCRR Winter Series to historic levels. “This is unprecedented!” opined longtime club member Manny Miles.“ Does this mean we all will have to give up our Gortex and go back to tube socks and headbands? “ “ I look terrible in those 80’s neon colors” exclaimed Manny’s wife Alota Miles. “We … [Read more...] about BCRR Members Outraged When Club President Raises Winter Series Entry Fees to 1980’s Prices!
Runners Make A Difference
Another new year……even better things ahead of us! The winter series in full swing posting record numbers and even more important providing hot oatmeal, it’s a great time to be a BCCR club member. It is wonderful to see so many of us showing up for workouts together, posting on Facebook and the Yahoo group as well enthusiastic attendance at the Pizza social, the November “Third Thursday Social” at Dominic’s and of course so many of us feasted at the pancake breakfast in December. All that our own … [Read more...] about Runners Make A Difference
President’s Message: November 2015
Fast and furious first two months in office.What an honor for me and my fellow officers , Rich Kanak and Rob Hoy, to be elected as your BCRR officers. The magnitude of the honor, and the responsibility was not lost on the elected officers. After the election we met with the outgoing officers Fred Gropper and Greg Holst who gave us an in-depth breakdown of the status of the club and clued us in on the inner workings of the club and what they felt needed to be done moving forward. The new … [Read more...] about President’s Message: November 2015