Liffey Valley Ac

🇨🇭 Grand Prix Winterthur 2026 🇨🇭

Well done to Margaret O’Friel who took part in the 10km in Switzerland this weekend.

Running in warm conditions on a hilly course, Margaret finished 3rd in her age category.

A great result. Congratulations Margaret! 🔵🟡

🏃‍♀️ Women's Mini Maray🏃‍♀️
Well done to Dearbhaile Rooney who ran the VHI Women's Mini Marathon in Dublin today! 👏🏃‍♀️

The annual 10km event brings together thousands of women from across Ireland in one of the country's biggest participation races.

Well done Dearbhaile!

🏃‍♂️ Graded Meet 3 🏃‍♀️
Well done to all our members who ran at the Graded Meet 3 in Irishtown yesterday 👏

A strong night at the Dublin Senior 10k Champs with individual 🥈 Silver for Pierce and individual 🥉 Bronze for Geoffrey, along with 🥈 Team Silver 👏
• Pierce Geoghegan– 2nd (32:45)
• Geoffrey Alexandre – 3rd (33:09)
• Antoine Daubigny – 11th (38:23)

Plenty of solid performances in other events on the track as well:
• Orla Gordon – 1500m (5:52.74)
• David Carroll – 1500m (4:07.09)
• Michael O'Connor – 1500m (4:30.21)
• James Foley – 1500m (4:51.58)
• Joe Whittle – 1500m (5:08.26)
• Patrick Doyle – 1500m (5:23.72)

Well done to all 👏
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🏆❄️ Winter League Presentation ❄️🏆

We celebrated in Nancy Hands last night as Hilary McDonnell was presented with the Winter League Cup 👏 A great achievement across the series, showing real consistency and commitment all winter 💪

Running from November 2025 to late March 2026, the league consisted of four cross-country races and two road races. It’s a six-race series with the best 4 results counting, plus bonus points and handicap starts.

A close battle for the podium with Mark Naylor and Neil Duffy taking 2nd and 3rd 👏

Huge thanks to our coaches, volunteers, timekeepers, results crew and photographers - who put so much effort into organising and driving the league all winter 🙌

🏃‍♀️🇮🇪 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝟓𝐊 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 🏃‍♂️🇮🇪
Well done to all our athletes who took on the National 5K Championships in the Phoenix Park yesterday 👏
Strong performances across the board and great racing from everyone involved.

A big thank you as well to all our members who lined the course and kept the cheers going 🙌

Congratulations to Pat Collins 🥈 and Paddy Reilly 🥉 on their silver and bronze medals in their respective age categories - great achievements!

📸 Photo credit: Irish Runner Magazine (Facebook)

🏃‍♂️ Dublin Graded Meet 2 🏃‍♂️

Strong performances this afternoon from our athletes at the 2nd Dublin Graded Track Meeting in Morton Stadium, Santry 👏

There were plenty of fast 1500m races and a number of new PBs recorded:

David Carroll – 4:03 PB
Richie Finnegan – 4:25 PB
Simon Monds – 4:49 PB
James Foley – 4:54
Neil Duffy – 4:59 PB
Joe Whittle – 4:59
Bernard O'Sullivan – 5:04
Paul Balfe – 5:14

Well done to everyone who raced 👏

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🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Terenure 5 Mile & Graded Meet 2🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
It was a busy morning of racing for our athletes, with runners in action at both the Sportsworld Terenure 5 Mile and the Dublin Graded Track Meeting 👏

Well done to Siobhán Nugent who put in another strong run at the Sportsworld Terenure 5 Mile.

Meanwhile at Morton Stadium in Santry, athletes took on the 1500m at the 2nd Dublin Graded Track Meeting, with plenty of strong performances and a number of new PBs recorded 👏

David Carroll – 4:03 PB
Richie Finnegan – 4:25 PB
Simon Monds – 4:49 PB
James Foley – 4:54
Neil Duffy – 4:59 PB
Joe Whittle – 4:59
Bernard O'Sullivan – 5:04
Paul Balfe – 5:14

Well done to everyone who raced today 👏

🏃‍♀️⛰️ Inishbofin Half Marathon ⛰️🏃‍♀️

Well done to Michelle Skeath who ran the Inishboffin Half Marathon yesterday👏

A great run on a tough and hilly coastal course.
Enjoy the recovery Michelle!

Thinking about joining a running club?

Come and run with Liffey Valley Athletic Club, right on the doorstep of the Phoenix Park.

📅 Saturday May 9th
⏰ 10:00 AM
🏃‍♂️ 5–8K social run
📍 Meet at the clubhouse in Islandbridge (pin in bio)

A relaxed group run with a friendly atmosphere - ideal for men and women who are done with solo slogging and want to train, improve, and race with others.

Whether you’re getting back into running or looking to push your next PB, this is a great way to experience club training.

Ciarán and Clare will be there to welcome you and answer any questions.

All abilities welcome - especially those looking to improve.

Come along and give it a try.

🏃‍♂️ Belfast Marathon 🏃‍♂️
Well done to Antoine Daubigny who took on the Belfast Marathon yesterday 👏

Aiming for a sub-3 hour finish, Antoine delivered in style - achieving his goal and setting a new PB of 2:54:47 💪🏽

Great running Antoine 👊