A new “Place de la Bastille”
After months of work, pedestrians can “take back” the Bastille and the Bassin de l’Arsenal, which have been pleasantly laid out. No more cars on the basin side, with more trees, historical landmarks on the ground (made by the Manufacture de Sèvres) and direct access to the canal by a 55-step staircase. The quays of the port of the Arsenal have been enlarged for the pleasure of strollers (and runners!). At the foot of the stairs, one can lose one’s gaze under the tunnel of the Canal Saint Martin. Many thanks to Jérôme, Romain and Sarah for your participation 🙂 —- Paris Running Tours: private tours or free outings, stay tuned! See you soon for new themed outings, we are full of ideas to show you around Paris 😀 If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who will take you on the best sight running routes in Paris and who always have tons of secrets to share with you:
A second “2021” tour to celebrate the new year, follow us!
Our GPS drawing tours are very popular, so we did the “2021” tour again. We wish you once again an excellent year 2021! A big thank you to all the participants 😃 —- Paris Running Tours: private tours or free outings, stay tuned! See you soon for new themed outings, we are full of ideas to show you around Paris 😀 If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who will take you on the best sight running routes in Paris and who always have tons of secrets to share with you:
To celebrate the New Year, we drew 2021 in Paris, follow us!
We wish you a very happy 2021! Many thanks to Alicia, Chrystelle, Claudine, Cyril, Françoise, Frédéric, Jean-François, Jérôme, Justice, Sandra, Valéry and Xavier! —- Paris Running Tours: private tours or free outings, stay tuned! See you soon for new themed outings, we are full of ideas to show you around Paris 😀 If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who will take you on the best sight running routes in Paris and who always have tons of secrets to share with you:
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To celebrate the New Year, we drew 2019 in Paris, follow us!
We wish you a very happy 2019! If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who will take you on the best running routes in Paris and who always have tons of secrets to share with you:
On the Paris Marathon route with Magdalena
Magdalena – “Lac Inférieur” of the “Bois de Boulogne” – Close to Kilometer 41 (mile 25.8) 9:31 AM – Magdalena, who lives in Poland, prepares the 2013 Paris marathon. It will be her second marathon after the one of Warsaw. We thus chose to follow beautiful portions of the Paris Marathon route by running about 20 kilometers (12.7 miles). We joined at first the magnificent Wood of Boulogne, awaiting the arrival of spring. It is in this wood that are located the last six kilometers of the marathon. For example, very close to the big lake, is the kilometer 41, an important passage! Out of the wood, at the beginning of the avenue Foch, we reach the kilometer 42 of which you can see the track registered on the ground in the photo below (track of the 2012 Paris marathon – find the very fresh mark in this other article of April 2012). The 2013 road markings are soon going to appear… Magdalena – Avenue Foch – Kilomètre 42, à 195 mètres de l’arrivée ! Kilometer 42, only 195 meters to go, Rich in sensations and feelings… Before the “Arc de Triomphe”, is the “triumphant” arrival (we can see the location of the arrival on the photo above, at the green light – click on the picture for a larger view). We then stroll up the avenue Foch to find the Champs-Elysées, located on one of the branches of “the Star”, center of which is the Arc de Triomphe (“Place de l’Etoile”=”Place of the star”). The Paris Marathon starts in the middle of the Champs-Elysées. What a magnificent place to begin a marathon! (See a photo of the start in this other article.) Magdalena – Place de la Concorde – Having left the Kilometer 1 on the Champs-Elysées Champs-Elysées, “place de la Concorde”, the street of Rivoli, the Bastille, the Wood of Vincennes and its magnificent castle, the splendid banks of the Seine, the Wood of Boulogne and the grand finish avenue Foch. Aren’t you tempted by this route? Route of the 2013 Paris Marathon Merci Magdalena ! Good Paris marathon! The route of the tour :
Paris Competitions News: Paris Half-Marathon!
Paris Half-Marathon 2010 – Into the starting areas looking forward to the start… On Sunday, March 3rd, 2013, it is the half marathon of Paris, a little more than 21 km (>13mi) for a race in the East of Paris. 40000 runners for this new edition! A beautiful sports route and a good preparation for the next marathon of Paris which will take place on Sunday, April 7th. A sports route but also a beautiful touristic stroll, so, of course, you will see at first and on arrival the magnificent castle of Vincennes, but even if you are in full effort, take advantage of the stroll, raise eyes and look at Paris around you… Maybe it will make your running easier? So don’t miss, for example: Notre-Dame On your road between the 12th and the 13th kilometer, Notre-Dame at your left on the “Ile de la Cité” L’Hôtel de Ville At the 13th kilometer, before turning left, have a look to the “Mairie de Paris”, the City hall of Paris The tracks of the Castle of “La Bastille” Just before the place of the Bastille, between the 14th and the 15th kilometer, on the ground, tracks indicating the locations of towers and walls of the former Bastille castle (if the crowd allows you to see them) You will see many other magnificent and historic places all along the route, take advantage of it (and if you have other remarkable places that you want to share with us, say it in a comment, thanks!). Enjoy your race!
From the Bastille up to “La Concorde” with Jessica
Jessica – Pont de la Concorde 7:03 AM – Taking advantage of a sunny morning, with Jessica of Los Angeles (USA), we crossed Paris from the “place de la Bastille” up to the “place de la Concorde”. Did you know the anecdote which connects both places? Stones of the Bastille fortress destroyed by the revolutionaries served to build the Bridge of “La Concorde”. The Parisian could so walk on one of the strong Monarchy symbols! Having passed the “place de la Bastille” where we discovered on the ground the tracks of the destroyed fort (at the end of the street Saint Antoine), we joined the City hall of Paris: Jessica – L’Hôtel de Ville It is the 1882 “version” of the “Hôtel de Ville” that we can contemplate, the previous one having been burned during the events of the “Commune” in 1871. On the photo, we can notice American and French flags, having been gathered here doubtless to honor the US National Day, the 4th of July. A little farther, near “Les Halles”, we interrupted our running one moment to be able to appreciate the glass roof and the frescoes of the “Bourse du Commerce” ceiling. Former Corn Exchange where cereal were stored and sold, it is now occupied by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, dedicated mainly to the creation of business companies: La Bourse du Commerce – Paris Our route then led us “place de la Concorde”. The preparations of the French National Day, on July 14th, are nearly finished. We can see on the photo the stand where will sit the President of the Republic and the government members, situated in front of the Champs Elysées where from the military parade will come down. Notice the roof in the colors of the French flag… Jessica – Place de la Concorde We ended our running in “Le Marais” district where we were able to admire the magnificent “Hôtel de Sens”: Hôtel de Sens Jessica is a regular runner, fond of healthy food but also a music composer and a singer : Raelux! Merci Jessica ! The route of the tour :
Running on the canal with Toni
Toni – On the covered canal 7:46 AM – Toni (Adelaïde, Australia) is a runner of very good level. The running had essentially for objective to visit Paris and it is thus with a quiet pace that we crossed the city, in 12 kph… (Quiet pace? Yes, for Toni!). We left the garden of the Luxembourg to discover the east of Paris and notably the covered part of the Saint-Martin canal. In 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the creation of the canal to improve the supply of Paris in drinking water. Later, between 1860 and 1862, the Baron Hausmann, Prefect of the Seine, within the framework of his big works of improvement of Paris, covered the canal on a big part (the current boulevard Richard Lenoir). As for main avenues and boulevards of Paris, these works also answered the objective to make easier the military interventions. Troops left to repress a rebellion would have been slowed down by an open-air canal, even crossed by bridges! A covered canal, this is better… The open-air canal part (in the upper left label, the 10km of the 10th arrondissement, around the canal) Merci Tony ! The route of the tour :
Along the Canal with Jannicke in a sunny and cool morning
Place de la Bastille – Colonne de Juillet – Jannicke 7:57 AM With Jannicke from Oslo (Norway), we started from “Le Marais” district and went to the canal St-Martin by the “place de la République”, then reached the “place de la Bastille” and the Arsenal Marina, a yachting harbor, with several house barges floating on the quiet water. We enjoyed running in the cold morning (around +3°C, for October, a relatively cold temperature in Paris), went around the “place des Vosges” and then finished along the bank of the river Seine a few meters from the Notre Dame cathedral with a nice rising sun. Merci Jannicke! On our way: On the “Place de la Bastille” stands the “Colonne de Juillet” (the July Column). The monument commemorates the Revolution of 1830 (and not the 1789 one), the “three glorious” days in July 1830 that saw the beggining of the “July Monarchy” of Louis-Philippe (and the fall of Charles X of France) This column, with “Le Génie de la liberté” (The Spirit of Freedom) at the top, is inspired from the Trajana Column in Rome. Another Column in Paris is also inspired from the Roman Column, visible in the centre of the “Place Vendôme”, with this time, dressed as a Roman Emperor, Napoleon at the top! We already talked about the Bastille, see there. The route of the tour: You can display Jannicke’s tour on a bigger map