Blackrock Athletic Club Dublin

Congratulations to Ger O Toole, Eoin Murray and Caolan McLaughlin who completed the Cork City Marathon last weekend. A shoutout to Ger who was the 3:45 pacer and arrived at the finish line with precision timing.

Well done also to member Billy Byrne who completed the half marathon, he finished 3rd in his age category and provisionally 2nd in the National Championships.

Congratulations also to Siobhan O Brien who had a great run completing the half.

An amazing weekend for our Blackrock runners.

Ger O Toole - 3:44:10
Caolan McLaughlin - 4:13:46
Eoin Murray - 4:20:39

Billy Byrne - 1:39:27
Siobhan O Brien - 2:39:15

Three of our members took part in the Wexford Festival of Running on Saturday. Eva Fairmaner completed 50k on the looped (1.3k per loop) course around Johnstown Castle Estate. James Dowling completed 25k while Roisin O Shea knocked out a 10k. Congratulations on some great distances and times.

Well done to Miguel Flores, Elaine Lee and Ger O’Toole who represented the club brilliantly at the Cooley Peninsula Half Marathon on Saturday 👏

A scenic but challenging route, and great performances from both runners. Congratulations lads!

Super performances by at the Glendalough races on Saturday ⛰️👏

Rachel Torreggiani tackled the famously hilly half marathon with a brilliant run, while Bryan Sheils took on the full marathon in tough conditions.

A serious test of endurance and strength — well done both! 💛🖤

Massive congratulations to Anto Porcu on a brilliant run at the Cape Town Marathon 🇿🇦👏

Anto powered home in a fantastic 2:50 despite the hot conditions — an outstanding performance and reward for all the hard work put in over recent months 🔥

Well done Anto! 💛🖤

Last Sunday we had our annual Club 5k in Blackrock Park! Huge thanks to the organising team (James, Niamh, Gerry and Johnny) and the 25+ other volunteers who took time out of their morning to put on the race and cheer everyone on 👏👏

Huge congratulations to Kieran Little who took first male in a superb 16:01, while Megan Brunt stormed to first female in an incredible 16:50 🔥

Mike O’Connor ran Kieran close throughout to finish 2nd male, with Daniel Hayden 3rd male and first juvenile male in a brilliant 17:23. Isobel O’Reilly claimed 2nd female in a fantastic 17:25, while recent joiner Liza Vul was 3rd female and first adult woman home in 19:40.

Amazing atmosphere all round — well done to everyone who took part! 💛🖤

Well done to Dervla O’Connor, who smashed the Fastlane Half Marathon on Sunday. 👏🏃‍♀️

A fantastic run and another great achievement for Dervla 💛🖤

Riga Marathon’s
Great running by Dervla and Brian who were flying the BAC flag in Riga this weekend 🖤💛🇱🇻

Dervla took on the marathon, while Brian lined up in the half marathon.

“It’s a lovely running festival with great live music and fantastic support along the route. There were 46,000 participants who ran Riga’s very scenic course this year,” - Brian

Rumour has it that Vilnius half marathon might be ticked off the list soon! 😎

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Irish Runner 5k

Fantastic running from our BAC crew at the Irish Runner 5k, with 17 members taking part on the day. 👏🙌⭐️

This race also doubles as the National 5k Championship, so it was brilliant to see such a strong club turnout.

Michael O’Connor was first man home for the club, while Emma Jourdan led the way as first BAC female home.

Well done to everyone who raced
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Wicklow Way Relay

Well done to our BAC team who put in a fantastic performance at the Wicklow Way Relay on Saturday, finishing 13th out of over 40 competing teams. 👏🖤💛

Even more impressive, the team knocked almost one full hour off last year’s time, completing the 104km route in 9 hours 17 minutes.

This iconic race starts in Marlay Park and finishes in Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow, taking in Glendalough and Glenmalure along the way.

This year’s BAC team was captained by Ger O’Toole and was bolstered by 16-year-old Isabel O’Reilly, who has already enjoyed many first-female finishes at previous IMRA races.
But it was a full team effort on a challenging course that brought home a brilliant result this year. Well done all! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️⛰️