Dublin Front Runners A.C.

Dublin Front Runners A.C. A running club for gay, lesbian, trans, non-binary people and our friends www.dublinfrontrunners.ie

Established in January 2005, the club is affiliated with the international network of Front Runner clubs around the world and is a member of the Athletics Association of Ireland. We share a love of running, with a healthy and active social side. No matter what your athletic ability, you will find members to run and train with. We have 2 runs each week, Saturday morning meeting starting at 10am at

the Papal Cross in the Phoenix Park and Wednesday evening starting at 7:30pm at the Garda HQ in the Phoenix Park during the winter and the cricket club car park during the summer. If you're interested in joining why not just come along to one of the runs, drop anyone on the committee and email so we'll know you'll be coming and just in case there's a change of venue. Runs are usually followed by a social breakfast or pub grub nearby.

๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ แฏ“โ˜…To our Race Director Paul F. and his fabulous team who once again organised a very successful Pride Run and ...
27/08/2026

๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ แฏ“โ˜…

To our Race Director Paul F. and his fabulous team who once again organised a very successful Pride Run and THE best lgbtq+ After Party Dublin has seen!๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

This was Paulโ€™s second year as Race Director(as well as being on the clubโ€™s main committee), and we think he did an outstanding job. His hardworking crew worked tirelessly for months in preparation for our annual 5k charity race. It was bigger and better than ever and we simply could not have predicted how quickly it was going to sell out! Everyone worked extra hard to get everything over the line

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ:
John Byrne Assistant Director
Stephen McArdle Volunteer Management
Laura Cavanagh Ticketing + Sales
Matt Harold Financial Lead
Daniel Vazquez Garcia Procurement
Divinci Guerra After Party
Dave Oโ€™Hare Sponsorship
Andrew McCann Community Outreach
Damien McClean Communications

We must also thank our Chairperson Chris for his commitment to supporting and hosting this event, our Social Officer Gillian, our LinedIn Officer Sinรฉad, our unreal t-shirt designer Ger Byrne, and to club member Mark Armstrong who played an absolute blinder on the day. Maith sibh go lรฉir๐Ÿ‘

Thank you also to every single volunteer who gave up their time to support our charity race. We have a lot of the same volunteers every year and it really means the world to us. Amazing to give back to a club who has given us all so much throughout the years.

Next Up!๐Ÿ‘‰ We are busy finalising figures, and in September we will be ready to present cheques to our charities with the funds that weโ€™ve raised this year๐Ÿ’ช

๐™๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™† ๐™”๐™Š๐™ - ๐™’๐™Š๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰ ๐™„๐™‰ ๐™Ž๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐™’๐™€๐™€๐™† โค๏ธA huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Athletics Ireland Women in Sport Week suc...
23/08/2026

๐™๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™† ๐™”๐™Š๐™ - ๐™’๐™Š๐™ˆ๐™€๐™‰ ๐™„๐™‰ ๐™Ž๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐™’๐™€๐™€๐™† โค๏ธ

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Athletics Ireland Women in Sport Week such a success. ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

We loved seeing so many women getting involved across the week! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Most importantly, thank you to everyone who showed up, gave it a go, or simply helped create a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

A special thank you to all our volunteers, coaches and ambassadors. Your contribution makes such a difference. ๐Ÿ’ซ

Thank you for making it such a memorable week! And thank you to our Women in Sport Officer Anne Marie Lillis for organising the eventsโค๏ธ


21/08/2026

๐—ช๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž

Come join us tomorrow for our final try out session as part of Women in Sport Week.

This is open to all women of all abilities. Donโ€™t be shy, come and give it try!๐Ÿ™‚

Meeting at:
๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ 9.45am

Followed by brunch:
๐Ÿฅ

We are looking forward to meeting you all.

DM if you have any questions๐Ÿ˜˜

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18/08/2026

๐—ช๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž

โ€œI leave every session buzzingโ€โšก๏ธ

Ahead Women in Sports Week with we caught up with Natasha on why she loves cross country!

๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธCome and give it a go on Wednesday, August 19th from 6:45 at the Magazine Fort.

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๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ก๐ŸฉตAnother fantastic run! We really do love this race!Challenging conditions last night running in 27 deg...
13/08/2026

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ก๐Ÿฉต

Another fantastic run! We really do love this race!

Challenging conditions last night running in 27 degrees but we smashed it!โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Congrats to all of 154 DFR finishers!! We had 6 club members who placed in the Top 20๐Ÿซฐ
Special shoutout to James Moran who was our first man home and placed 3rd overall medal๐Ÿ… Shoutout also to who was our first woman across the line๐Ÿ’ช

We run this race each year in honour of our past club and committee member Kieran Cooney. Itโ€™s always such a special race for our club๐Ÿฉต

Well done to everyone who raced and to the organisers St James's Hospital Foundation



First man home James

Go Eadaoine!๐Ÿ’ช

Goooo Arthuro! ๐Ÿ’ช

Good man Tiernan!๐Ÿ’ช

Gooo Johnny!

Nearly there Victor! ๐Ÿ’ช

Well done Conor! ๐Ÿ’ช

Some of our amazing women!๐Ÿ’ช

The Boyz!

Kieranโ€™s lovely husband Maurice, DFR committee including 3 of our Chairs ๐Ÿฉต Great to see you again x

12/08/2026

Have you ever thought about joining a running club? Weโ€™re celebrating ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ with and hosting ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ sessions open to all abilities!

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Schedule;

๐Ÿ‘Ÿ Monday 17th Aug @6.45pm : Track Running Taster Session in Irishtown Stadium ๐ŸŸ๏ธ
๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ Wednesday 19th Aug : Intro to Cross Country at Magazine Fort in The Phoenix Park
๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ Saturday 22nd Aug @9.45am Dash Cafe D07 V663 - followed by Brunch in The Hole in the Wall Pub.

Fitness is all about your level and your energyโšก๏ธ
DM us if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

๐†๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ ๐„๐๐„๐‘๐†๐˜โšก๏ธMeet some of our ๐€๐Œ๐€๐™๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐Œ๐๐€๐’๐’๐€๐ƒ๐Ž๐‘๐’ who make Dublin Front Runners the supportive, inclusive and vibrant co...
11/08/2026

๐†๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ ๐„๐๐„๐‘๐†๐˜โšก๏ธ

Meet some of our ๐€๐Œ๐€๐™๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐Œ๐๐€๐’๐’๐€๐ƒ๐Ž๐‘๐’ who make Dublin Front Runners the supportive, inclusive and vibrant community it is todayโญ๏ธ

This group of heroes make all of our members and newbies feel so welcome! They call out the routes, lead our runs, and encourage and support everyone along the way making sure no one is left behind. They are just generally awesome club members and we really appreciate them!๐Ÿ’˜

A huge thank you to our Ambassador Leader, Sorcha, for keeping them in check throughout the year!๐Ÿ˜‹

Reach out if you would like to join our Ambassador Team!

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๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜โœ๏ธOne week to go!There is a slight update to our ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ schedule so please check out our new run loca...
10/08/2026

๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜โœ๏ธ

One week to go!
There is a slight update to our ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ schedule so please check out our new run locations and meet us thereโœ…

All of these โ€˜try outโ€™ sessions are completely free and you donโ€™t need to be a club member to attend. Come to one, or come to them all. Open to all women, and all abilities๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ

DM if you have any questions or just show up on the day!

Looking forward to meeting you all๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿฝ

07/08/2026

๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐™† ๐™‹๐™๐™„๐˜ฟ๐™€ ๐™๐™๐™‰โค๏ธ๐Ÿค

We had an absolute blast at this yearโ€™s Cork Pride Run๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ Congrats to and all of his crew in who organised another fantastic 5k race๐ŸThe Cork Pride Run is growing from strength to strength and weโ€™re totally here for it๐Ÿ“ˆ

We apologise for taking home so many medals again this year!โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ’…

๐—›๐—จ๐—š๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—ฆ to:
๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ - ๐Ÿ…
๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐…๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ž -
๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ - .macken18

Well done to everyone who raced and especially to all of our members who travelled down. We will definitely be back again next yearโค๏ธ๐Ÿค

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Phoenix Park
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Monday 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Saturday 10am - 11am

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