Running/Walking Bulletin for October 24, 2025
This is the final BRRC Cross Country competition for the season.
The winning Run Club will receive the coveted floating trophy for 2025.
Winners in the past have been Manito - 2023 and Run Perry - 2024.
The leaders (low score wins) this year are:
1. Genus 5 points
2. Run Perry 6 points
3. Manito 7 points
4. BRRC 13 points
5. Flying Irish 14 points
6. SOHI 16 points
The next race at Mead will determine the winner of the 2025 XC series.
If Manito places first at Mead, Run Perry places second and Genus places third, there will be a 3-way tie for first!
Bring your best runners and enthusiastic cheerleaders to the race to encourage your team!
Saturday
, October 25, 2025
BRRC XC Mead 5K
Mead High School
8:00 am
https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Spokane/BRRCCrossCountryRaces
Cross Country 5K Results
BRRC's The Spokane Marathon 2025 Results
https://results.raceroster.com/v3/events/xtvuv326k45nfn5s
BRRC Colbert 2025 Results
RunSignup:
https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/97016#resultSetId-590272;perpage:100
BRRC Website:
https://brrc.net/archives/Colbert_2025/
BRRC Sundae Sunday 2025 Results
RunSignup:
https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/95730#resultSetId-584723;perpage:100
BRRC Website:
https://brrc.net/archives/Sundae_Sunday_2025_Results/index.html
(Please send any pictures to Facebook or to JHoppe@aol.com )
Running Quotes (New each Week):
It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
George Sheehan
Six Minute Mile (New each Week):
https://mailchi.mp/sixminutemile/211090-17588954?e=ff960b9e0b
Minute 1: Stay safe wherever you run
Minute 2: A guide to the latest and greatest marathon gear
Minute 3: Has apple cider vinegar been overhyped?
Minute 4: Shoe Review: Nike Vomero Premium ($230)
Taking Max Cushioning To New Heights
Minute 5: Quick Intervals
Minute 6: Daily Inspiration
BRRC 2025 Events (Save the date!)
BRRC 2025 - 2026 Online Membership Registration:
https://raceroster.com/memberships/4787/2025-2026-bloomsday-road-runners-club
BRRC club registration is open on race roster, however the deadline for ordering shirts has passed.
I Must Run Everywhere
I'm happy to introduce a new/old runner who is a prolific writer with a unique sense
of humor. Jim Johnson offered to republish a few of his articles from his blog, "I must Run Everywhere."
https://imustruneverywhere.com/
https://imustruneverywhere.
In a previous post, I wrote how
I converted my front yard
from a lawn into a natural landscape with many types of native plants, and how trails I’d constructed made it possible to run in a natural area yet never leave my front yard.
When I go for a run in my yard, it’s so nice with the fragrant plants, scenery and untamed, 100 ft x 120 ft wilderness. However, I’ve realized something’s missing.
If you go running in a natural area, sometimes you catch a glimpse of a wild animal. I’d like to experience the same thing in my front yard. I’ve decided to mimic one by releasing native wildlife in my yard.
Of course, I want everything to go smoothly, so I hired a consultant. I wrote previously how I met Ruby Redpepper, who owns a company called AFS (Animal Fulfillment Specialists). She flew into Spokane, and when we met, she gave me information I never would have considered.
I so much wanted a bear in my front yard, but she said it wouldn’t work. She advised that my habitat is suitable for a pair of coyotes, at most, to occupy the top of the food chain.
In the below photo, a small, catlike animal native to South Africa is instantly attracted to my natural landscape. Ms. Redpepper uses this animal as an indicator of the quality of habitat. It was a very good sign.
In addition to coyotes, I’ll have marmots, a badger, rabbits, ground squirrels and plenty of smaller rodents. Though it doesn’t seem like it’d work, Ms. Redpepper says I should have a small colony of bats, a medium-sized owl and a red-tailed hawk. She assures me they will stay in my preserve because of its concentrated diversity.
I’m so very especially looking forward to this ecological development. Ms. Redpepper tells me if the populations thrive, I can eventually add a moose, two deer and a bobcat.
I like animals. I dream of an animal kingdom right outside my front door.
BRRC Website:
http://www.brrc.net/
BRRC Officers:
President: Tony Proctor brrcpresident@gmail.com
President Elect: open presidentelectbrrc@gmail.com
Past President: Brett Danielson pastpresidentbrrc@gmail.com
Treasurer: Kevin Boercker treasurerbrrc@gmail.com
Secretary: Paul Fitzpatrick secretarybrrc@gmail.com
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