The Paris Marathon and The Color Run
On April 8, the famous Paris Marathon is held in the capital. This must-attend event for all running lovers will cross the French Capital.
Leaving Foch Avenue and arriving at the Champ de Mars, the route will allow you to (re) discover the monuments and prestigious places that made the history of Paris: the Arc de Triomphe, Avenue Foch, Trocadero, and finishing with a superb arrival at the Eiffel Tower. Last year this event welcomed 43,754 runners in a summer atmosphere that promised the last hectometers painful on the paving stones of Avenue Foch, soon warmed up for the runners …
and beautiful sunburn for the 250,000 spectators promised along the streets of the most beautiful city in the world.
The other main sporting event not to be missed this April, specifically April 13, is the Color Run is a 5-kilometer walk through Paris without time, without pressure, totally free! The runners have, to dress in white for, at the end of the race, to become a real rainbow! The departure is at the City Hall of Paris, the race lasts about an hour and the arrival will be at the Trocadero along the Seine. At the beginning of the race, the Color Run team provides you a bag of colored powder that you can use as you wish during the race and every kilometer traveled, you are coated from head to foot in a new color !