Liberty Athletic Club

Liberty Athletic Club The oldest women's running club in the U.S. Some of these young women developed into elite athletes including Olympic medal winners.

Founded in 1948 as an athletic club for girls, Liberty Athletic Club developed into a running club for girls and women of all ages. During the pre-title IX years, it provided young women with an opportunity to participate in track and field in local, regional, national, and occasionally, international track and field meets. In the 1970’s mothers bringing their daughters to practice began to run on

the track as well. Over the next several decades the club’s membership base expanded to not only post collegiate women but also women in their 30’s and older. The club is comprised of women from multiple age groups from the early 20’s through the 70’s. Most prefer road races from the 5k through the marathon. Among our membership is a long time member who has run all 31 of the Tufts 10k races and another who has a streak of 31 consecutive finishes in the Boston Marathon. A few prefer the track and run distances from 60 meters to the 5k. Over the years we have had members who have set world records on the track in distances from the 400m to the mile. We also participate in cross-country and frequently field teams for New England Cross-Country Championships and the National Masters Cross-Country Championships. Our members, who come from the Greater Boston area, can be found running in many local road races. What is unusual about Liberty today is that it offers not just support and understanding of what it is to be female, an athlete, and to balance training and competition with studies, careers, and/or families. It offers generations of support — a mentoring, intergenerational culture of all ages and abilities.

A great, blue wave of Liberty runners at this year's Masters National 10k championship at the James Joyce Ramble in Ded...
04/26/2026

A great, blue wave of Liberty runners at this year's Masters National 10k championship at the James Joyce Ramble in Dedham. We fielded teams in 40s, 50s, 60s and a combo 70s/80s age groups!

Congratulations to these three for placing 2,3 and 4 in their age group at the 2026 Road Mile championship in Des Moine...
04/23/2026

Congratulations to these three for placing 2,3 and 4 in their age group at the 2026 Road Mile championship in Des Moines! Great work Lauren, Mary and Viki!

What a weekend of marathon running! First we had Dru run the @26.truemarathon through the neighborhoods of Boston. Then ...
04/22/2026

What a weekend of marathon running! First we had Dru run the @26.truemarathon through the neighborhoods of Boston. Then Monday we cheered on Amanda P, Ashley, Jennifer, Madeline, Maureen, Margaret, Mary, Sarah and Veronique as they each had fantastic races in the . Congratulations to all!

What a delight to once again support and the runners of @26.truemarathon this year. Thank you to our fellow t and and ...
04/18/2026

What a delight to once again support and the runners of @26.truemarathon this year. Thank you to our fellow t and and for being such good cheer zone partners.

What a delight to support and the @26.truemarathon runners again this year. Thank you to our fellow teams and for bei...
04/18/2026

What a delight to support and the @26.truemarathon runners again this year. Thank you to our fellow teams and for being great cheer zone partners.

An absolutely beautiful day (for once!) for the New Bedford Half Marathon this weekend.
03/18/2026

An absolutely beautiful day (for once!) for the New Bedford Half Marathon this weekend.

Congratulations to our very own Alda Cossi for her podium finish in the 400 meters at the USATF Masters Indoor Nationals...
02/21/2026

Congratulations to our very own Alda Cossi for her podium finish in the 400 meters at the USATF Masters Indoor Nationals in Albuquerque!

Six Liberty runners from our intrepid 60s team headed to Tallahassee this past weekend for the National Club XC champion...
01/17/2026

Six Liberty runners from our intrepid 60s team headed to Tallahassee this past weekend for the National Club XC championships. Viki Bok, Mary Cass, Mimi Fallon, Lauren Leslie and Mary McNulty competed on the 6k course (complete with faux alligators made of logs?), while Julie Menovsky, injured, played a supporting role. As expected, the race quickly turned into a duel between Liberty and New Jersey’s Shore AC, a perennial rival to our squad. This time Shore AC edged out our squad for first place, with Liberty placing ahead of third place Atlanta Track Club. Congratulations to our racers!

Snow Squalls didn't stop us from our annual New Year's Day run at the Arboretum (with coffee and snacks after, of course...
01/01/2026

Snow Squalls didn't stop us from our annual New Year's Day run at the Arboretum (with coffee and snacks after, of course)

Scenes from a wintery fun run! We formed a few pace groups and had a grand time out in the snow. Thanks to from for th...
12/14/2025

Scenes from a wintery fun run! We formed a few pace groups and had a grand time out in the snow. Thanks to from for the snacks and to Arlington for letting us take over the store.

Scenes from the Liberty AC Summer of 2025: Track, road races, cross-country and teamwork. Good times.
09/17/2025

Scenes from the Liberty AC Summer of 2025: Track, road races, cross-country and teamwork. Good times.

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