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Mandatory medical certificate
If you don’t have a license issued by the French Athletics Federation, to register to a running competition in France, it is absolutely mandatory to provide a medical certificate proving that you are able to run in a running competition and have no contra-indication to do so. This certificate have to be done less than 12 month prior to the date of the race. It is mandatory for all the races you will do in France, no exceptions. I have seen people who couldn’t get their bib because they were not able to provide the medical certificate even though they had begged for that showing races diplomas or other kinds of proof, explaining that they were healthy, experimented and regular runners or even well-known runners. It is very hard when you trained for weeks to see you can’t do the race because of that. Depending on the race, you can send the medical certificate to the organization electronically or you can give a copy when you come to fetch your bib. You may be asked also for a proof of your identity (passport, id card) and/or a paper proving your registration. See for example here the corresponding topic for the Paris marathon (it is only a sample).
How to register to a race in France?
How to register for a race in France? Two main possibilities: It’s a very big race like the Paris Marathon, the 20 km of Paris, Paris-Versailles, etc. The registration is done directly with the organizer site. Fortunately, for these major races, an English version can exist. Example: Paris-Versailles: https://www.parisversailles.com/site/en/comment-sinscrire/ It’s a local race, smaller, with few participants, then you can go through registration platforms such as TopChrono.biz (<= 2020 update, this company doesn’t exist anymore) or Protiming. In all cases, a medical certificate of non-contraindication to running must be presented => Read our post here Otherwise, it’s all in French, I’ve prepared a little lexicon that presents some of the vocabulary used in running or running competitions => Read our post here Each of our blog posts gives the link to the registration. Read our blog!
French running vocabulary
🇫🇷 => 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (below: English to French) [tabs slidertype=”top tabs”] [tabcontainer] [tabtext]AB[/tabtext] [tabtext]C[/tabtext] [tabtext]DE[/tabtext] [tabtext]FGH[/tabtext] [tabtext]IJKLM[/tabtext] [tabtext]NOPQR[/tabtext] [tabtext]STUVWXYZ[/tabtext] [/tabcontainer] [tabcontent] [tab] AB Aérobie Aerobic Allure Pace Ampoule Blister Arrivée Finish Bénévole Volunteer Boisson Énergétique Energy drink [/tab] [tab] C CAP Running (CAP=Course à Pied) Cardio Fréquencemètre Cardiofrequencemeter Certificat médical Medical certificate Chronométrage Timing Circuit Track, route Claquages Muscle strain Classement Ranking Code postal Postal code Cœur Heart Consignes Deposit Contracture Muscular stiffening Cotes Hills Course Race Course à pied Running Course de montagne Mountain race Course enfant Children’s race Cross Cross-country [/tab] [tab] DE Date de naissance Date of birth Départ Start Diététique Dietetics Dopage Doping Dossard Bib Droits d’inscription Registration fees Échauffement Warm-up Élongation Elongation Endurance Endurance Entorse Sprain Entraînement Training Entraîneur Coach Épreuves Sports events Équipe Team Étirements Stretching Événement Event [/tab] [tab] FGH Fartleck Fartleck Fatigue Fatigue FC MAX (Fréquence cardiaque) Max. HR (Heart Rate) FC MINI (Fréquence cardiaque) Min. HR (Heart Rate) Fléchage sur le parcours Signposting on the route Footing régulier Steady run Formulaire Form Foulée Stride Fractionné Split training, interval training Fracture de fatigue Stress fracture Gainage Stability workout Glucides Carbohydrate Glucose Glucose Graisse Fatigue Guérir Heal, Cure Handisport Disabled sport Hypoglycémie Hypoglycemia [/tab] [tab] IJKLM IMC (Indice Masse Corporelle) BMI (Body mass index) Inscription Registration Inscription en ligne Online registration Inscription sur place On-site registration Jambes Legs Lactate Lactate Lieu du retrait des dossards Location of bib collection Lièvre Rabbit, pacemaker, pacesetter Lipides Lipids Liste des inscrits Competitor list Maigrir Lose weight Maladie Disease, illness Meilleur temps Best time Meneur d’allure Pacemaker, pacesetter, rabbit Musculation Bodybuilding [/tab] [tab] NOPQR N° de téléphone Phone number Nom Name Parcours Route Payer Pay Pays Country Périostite Periosistis Pied, pieds Foot, feet Point de côté Stitch Pré-inscription Pre-registration Ravitaillement Refuelling Récupération Cool-down / Recovery Règlement Rules Repos Rest Résultats Results Retrait dossards Bib collection Rythme cardiaque Pulse rate [/tab] [tab] STUVXYZ Semi Marathon Half marathon Seuil Aérobie Aerobic threshold Seuil Anaérobie Anaerobic threshold S’inscrire Register Sortie Longue Long run Stretching Stretching Sueur Sweat Surentrainement Overtraining Temps Réel / Temps Officiel Real time / Official time Tendinite Tendonitis Tendon Tendon Trail Trail Vérifier Check Vestiaires Changing rooms Ville City VMA Maximum aerobic speed (MAS) VO2 MAX VO2 MAX [/tab] [/tabcontent] [/tabs]