Paris Marathon 2015

cianc

Don't see a thread for this yet, so here goes.

April 12th, entry is open at the eye-watering cost of €109.
I just signed up, no flights or hotel yet. Anyone else?

yaboya1

Was originally in my plans, but that price tag of €109 put me off. Found it hard to justify considering Paris wouldn't be the cheapest place to stay either.
Good luck though. Seems to be a good race.
Enjoy!

Wubble Wubble

I enjoyed the race itself, especially as it was my first (still only) marathon. Not cheap by any stretch, but it's a nice course and not very hilly, although the heat can be a problem. Would I do it again? No, mainly because (a) I think I have to improve a lot to justify another overseas marathon, and (b) my wife found all the travelling around Paris tough going. But different strokes for different folks and all that. Best of luck, although that day I think I'll be settling for the Connemara Half.

cianc

yaboya1 wrote: »

Was originally in my plans, but that price tag of €109 put me off. Found it hard to justify considering Paris wouldn't be the cheapest place to stay either.
Good luck though. Seems to be a good race.
Enjoy!

Herself will be accompanying me, so justifying it as a romantic weekend away.
I'll tell her about the marathon closer to the date.

Wubble Wubble

Ha! Minor detail although my wife not previously having been to Paris was a positive. Little did we know that we would end up moving house the same week!!

911sc

yaboya1 wrote: »

Was originally in my plans, but that price tag of €109 put me off.

FYI .... Prices are based on sliding scale, from €65 to €110. First 8000 pay €65, next 12000 pay €80, etc....
Get in there early for next year.

hillsiderunner

I'm signed up for Paris 2015 - was a late entry because I picked up a calf injury and had to skip DCM 2014 :-(. So I also got hit for the E109 (but I have a sofa to sleep on over there which will make things easier).

Am just starting to reintroduce running now, and will be starting my marathon plan in 2 and a half weeks.

ArtieFufkin

Signed up waaaaay back in May this year as an early bird. Looking forward to it!

mdlb

Anyone else already get a T-shirt in the post??? signed up a while back and have got this "I will run Paris marathon"T-shirt...

(Ironically, have been sidelined with a persistent hamstring hamstring injury and may end up not actually running it !!)

PaulieYifter

cianc wrote: »

Herself will be accompanying me, so justifying it as a romantic weekend away.
I'll tell her about the marathon closer to the date.

So you must be getting the early train from Paris to Rotterdam that morning

cianc

PaulieYifter wrote: »

So you must be getting the early train from Paris to Rotterdam that morning

"Just going to get some milk, back in a bit...."

cowboyjoe

Signed up for this for €109 in September (plus 12e cancellation insurance) it's v steep overall, but my first marathon. Lived in paris during college so will be both painful and nostalgic! I was planning getting out training by January, is that too late. Thought 3 months would be time enough to prepare?

hillsiderunner

cowboyjoe wrote: »

Signed up for this for €109 in September (plus 12e cancellation insurance) it's v steep overall, but my first marathon. Lived in paris during college so will be both painful and nostalgic! I was planning getting out training by January, is that too late. Thought 3 months would be time enough to prepare?

Cowboyjoe, think in planning the schedule depends how much running you do on a regular basis. If you are doing 25-30 miles a week consistently, you might get away with a 3-month plan. If your maintenance running is less than that, you probably should be looking at 4months (most training schedules are 18weeks+). If you don't run on a regular basis.... start tomorrow!

I am doing Paris (also my first) and I'm planning to start my 19-week schedule in a week's time.

cowboyjoe

Tomorrow!! Ah here...your on the ball!...I suppose I'd run socially a bit..10km or 5 miles races every few months..still play gaa at a decent level ( I know it's nothing compared to marathon) but no proper marathon training ever done...did the dc half marathon last year...so 18 weeks you say...better get started! Thanks for response

lmguillou

Hi everyone, glad to see there is a thread on this marathon! I also signed up for it. I m french but not from Paris and after running twice the Dublin marathon I decided to run the "home" marathon. I hope it will be a bit easier than the Dublin one. Well, I guess it all depends on the weather condition... Friend of mine ran it couple of years ago it was 25 degres!
Anyway, best of luck everyone with the training and if some of you are planning to run in Phoenix Park at the weekends please let me know!

Shane O' Malley

lmguillou wrote: »

Hi everyone, glad to see there is a thread on this marathon! I also signed up for it. I m french but not from Paris and after running twice the Dublin marathon I decided to run the "home" marathon. I hope it will be a bit easier than the Dublin one. Well, I guess it all depends on the weather condition... Friend of mine ran it couple of years ago it was 25 degres!
Anyway, best of luck everyone with the training and if some of you are planning to run in Phoenix Park at the weekends please let me know!

Signed up myself with the training plan starting the end of this month. I run with a group in Phoenix park Monday and Saturdays called the Dublin Runners if you are interested. http://www.meetup.com/dublinrunners/

There will be a few training for London and Barcelona at that time but no one else signed up for Paris yet.

Cheers

Shane

lmguillou

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Signed up myself with the training plan starting the end of this month. I run with a group in Phoenix park Monday and Saturdays called the Dublin Runners if you are interested. http://www.meetup.com/dublinrunners/

There will be a few training for London and Barcelona at that time but no one else signed up for Paris yet.

Cheers

Shane

Thanks Shane, I will definitely think about it that looks great. My training plan starts next week with my LSR on Sundays, but I can tweak it a litle if I decide to join your group and do my long runs on Saturdays...

SeanBonfire

Just noticed that registration for this is closed. If anyone has an entry that they want to transfer (if that's allowed) let me know.
Thanks
Sean

Shane O' Malley

SeanBonfire wrote: »

Just noticed that registration for this is closed. If anyone has an entry that they want to transfer (if that's allowed) let me know.
Thanks
Sean

I believe it is not allowed so you will want to make sure they the organisers agree to it before you pay anyone for their entry.

hillsiderunner

SeanBonfire wrote: »

Just noticed that registration for this is closed. If anyone has an entry that they want to transfer (if that's allowed) let me know.
Thanks
Sean

Not allowed SeanBonfire .... (I'd have one to sell if it was permitted, but it's 'under no circumstances')

Shane O' Malley

hillsiderunner wrote: »

Not allowed SeanBonfire .... (I'd have one to sell if it was permitted, but it's 'under no circumstances')

Do you know if they will allow you defer it? Hoping on one leg at the min.

hillsiderunner

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Do you know if they will allow you defer it? Hoping on one leg at the min.

No deferring either... there was a cancellation insurance option for E10 or so extra, but I didn't buy it because the registration itself was so expensive. And even with that you need a doctor's letter ... I wouldn't be sure that injury in the early weeks and not getting enough miles in (my case right now unless things get worse) would be enough reason for them!

Think of it as a donation to world sport .

Crushcan

Hey my husband and I are hoping to run the Paris marathon and we're trying to suss out accommodation at the moment? Does anyone have any suggestions of where would be good to base ourselves? Cheers.

cowboyjoe

Hi, if you can find a hotel or apartment that's near the arc de triomphe it would be best as it's near to the finish/start lines, say anywhere that's a 20 min walk/jog away from there. Prices would be quite high however. Otherwise find a place near a metro station on the 1 line or anywhere that's direct to Charles de Gaulle etoile metro stop so there's no messing about getting there on the morning or afterwards. If your looking for nice areas but not really nearby I like St Germain, Opera and the St Paul areas. Hope this helps.

Crushcan wrote: »

Hey my husband and I are hoping to run the Paris marathon and we're trying to suss out accommodation at the moment? Does anyone have any suggestions of where would be good to base ourselves? Cheers.

Crushcan

Thanks for the advice cowboyjoe, must get our act together and book it now.

tHE vAGGABOND

Shame you can't transfer entry [Where in Triathlon is a normal thing to let someone transfer an entry], I was going enter the race to jog around [TBH - as an excuse to do a weekend in Paris with mrs Vagga], but only thought of it after race was full..

Re: Accommodation - the metro is paris is brilliant, so when I ran it in 2012, we just looked at what lines go to the start area, and stayed a few stops away and it was fine. Staying central will be crazy expensive [we also did AirBnB and it was fine]

lmguillou

Hi All, for those running the PAris marathon I hope the training is going well. I also booked an appartment via airbnb near canal St-Martin. It is fairly easy to travel by metro in PAris even on a Sunday morning so this area should be ok. I am trveling there with my family it seems to be a decent location for the marathon but also for enjoying a long weekend in Paris.

That said for the moment I am more likely to not run the marathon as I am stuck with my ITB since couple of weeks now...well behind my training plan physio told me not to run until my nxt visit next week... Intially i was hoping for a PB at this stage I just hope to run it even considering to walk part of it...

lmguillou

How is everyone getting on? I finally recovered from my ITB issue and was able to go back to training. Though I haven't put as much as I wished for so will be just aiming to finish it.

Before that I need to get the medical cert and I was just wondering, is just a matter of booking a normal appointment with the GP, pay the 55eur or so and get the form filled out and signed? When booking the appointement should I let them know what it is for?

Anyway, if someone did it already that would be great if you could tell how you got it done and if there is an easier way ( cheaper :-D).

Otherwise best of luck to everyone on the 12th of April!

Shane O' Malley

lmguillou wrote: »

How is everyone getting on? I finally recovered from my ITB issue and was able to go back to training. Though I haven't put as much as I wished for so will be just aiming to finish it.

Before that I need to get the medical cert and I was just wondering, is just a matter of booking a normal appointment with the GP, pay the 55eur or so and get the form filled out and signed? When booking the appointement should I let them know what it is for?

Anyway, if someone did it already that would be great if you could tell how you got it done and if there is an easier way ( cheaper :-D).

Otherwise best of luck to everyone on the 12th of April!

Hi,

I got the medical cert recently and she insisted on an appointment. I let them know what it was far when i rang and everything was sorted quickly.

To be fair they were right to do a proper exam as the last marathon i tried did not go well and ended up needing medical attention.

Like yourself i had a lot of injuries over the last six months so will not be breaking any records. Excited for it now and the beers after.

Shane

lmguillou

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Hi,

I got the medical cert recently and she insisted on an appointment. I let them know what it was far when i rang and everything was sorted quickly.

To be fair they were right to do a proper exam as the last marathon i tried did not go well and ended up needing medical attention.

Like yourself i had a lot of injuries over the last six months so will not be breaking any records. Excited for it now and the beers after.

Shane

Hi Shane, I also think it is fair to have a mandatory exam assuming it is a proper one of course... I will ring my GP then, I should be ok, hopefully! Beside I was never able to contact you back regarding the running group meetings as I got injured shortly after. SInce then I planned my training almost on a daily baisis... I'm going for a 32km in Phoenix park on Sunday morning if you re around!

Cheers,
Louis

Shane O' Malley

lmguillou wrote: »

Hi Shane, I also think it is fair to have a mandatory exam assuming it is a proper one of course... I will ring my GP then, I should be ok, hopefully! Beside I was never able to contact you back regarding the running group meetings as I got injured shortly after. SInce then I planned my training almost on a daily baisis... I'm going for a 32km in Phoenix park on Sunday morning if you re around!

Cheers,
Louis

Hi Louis,

Doing my long run on Sat morning but Colin Morrissey from the Dublin Runners is doing his long run in the park on sunday morning if that is any good. He would be a little too fast for me at sub 5 min per km but may suit you.

Link is at http://www.meetup.com/dublinrunners/events/221388796/

If you wanted to join us on Sat we will be starting at 8:30 from the Visitors centre.

Cheers

Shane

lmguillou

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Hi Louis,

Doing my long run on Sat morning but Colin Morrissey from the Dublin Runners is doing his long run in the park on sunday morning if that is any good. He would be a little too fast for me at sub 5 min per km but may suit you.

Link is at http://www.meetup.com/dublinrunners/events/221388796/

If you wanted to join us on Sat we will be starting at 8:30 from the Visitors centre.

Cheers

Shane

Cheers Shane, as I can finally stick to my plan I will do my LSR on Sunday and have a short recovery run on Saturday. Sub 5 min per km is way too fast for me unfortunately ( That would be my half marathon pace ).

The next weekend I could do my run on the SAturday I think I have a 19 km scheduled, I could re- arrnage my mid week runs accordingly. Let me know, I do my long runs between 5.45-6.00 per km with a bit of marathon pace at times 5.20 but may be not a week before the race...

cowboyjoe

Hi all, hope the training has gone well, not long left, wish it was sooner rather than 2 weeks away! Will go to the local GP with that cert to fill in, hopefully she'll do it. Got up to my longest run (32km) 2 wk ends ago, shorter runs now and Im hoping it will stand to me and not be too long ago. Really looking forward and dreading this in the same way. First timer marathon so just hope to complete it and not be airlifted home! 42km is a long long way to run. This guy ran it in 2013 and has excellent pics from it and great comments/advice: google 'dc rainmaker 2013 paris marathon' (can't post the link!)

Good luck to everyone!

coco7

Best of luck with the LSRs! Ran it myself in 2013, nice flat course, feels great starting on the Champs-Élysées even though it can be a bit crowded at the start. The race winds through the fine Haussmann streets into the Vincennes woods on the east of the city. Then back for some great views along the Seine, don't forget to look up as you're passing the Eiffel Tower! Finally the last few miles are through the Bois de Boulogne in the west of Paris. The crowds really thin out in the woods (miles 20-25) and this is where I found it really tough compared to some other marathons as you don't have the usual crowds to cheer you on. Need to keep mentally strong at this point (think of the beer or vino) as the finish line is not far away! For the medical cert probably best to use the one on their website as they seem to check for those words "reveals no contraindications for participating in running competitions." Also a warning about the weather as it can be get hot on the day, I think it was low teens in 2013 and was up to 20c last year, so be prepared to shed a layer in case it is chilly at the start line. Enjoy!

lmguillou

cowboyjoe wrote: »

Hi all, hope the training has gone well, not long left, wish it was sooner rather than 2 weeks away! Will go to the local GP with that cert to fill in, hopefully she'll do it. Got up to my longest run (32km) 2 wk ends ago, shorter runs now and Im hoping it will stand to me and not be too long ago. Really looking forward and dreading this in the same way. First timer marathon so just hope to complete it and not be airlifted home! 42km is a long long way to run. This guy ran it in 2013 and has excellent pics from it and great comments/advice: google 'dc rainmaker 2013 paris marathon' (can't post the link!)

Good luck to everyone!

Excellent report! Just got a chance to look at it, I can't wait to experience this now!

Cheers

Shane O' Malley

Anyone know if there is online tracking for the race. Can't spot anything on the website at the moment but could easily be missing it.

lmguillou

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Anyone know if there is online tracking for the race. Can't spot anything on the website at the moment but could easily be missing it.

No I only see the sms tracking that you can add for 1.99eur. I believe through facebook they will have something but I can't say I'm not on it. If you re on facebook may be check their page.

lmguillou

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Anyone know if there is online tracking for the race. Can't spot anything on the website at the moment but could easily be missing it.

I think they just answered your question in their newsletter today

Shane O' Malley

lmguillou wrote: »

I think they just answered your question in their newsletter today

Just reading that as you posted.

No link to the page yet but sounds like just what i wanted.

Cheers

Shane

tang1

Poor enough coverage on Eurosport so far, i'm sure there only getting a feed from a local broadcaster though.

vanderlyle

The tracking app for iPhone working for anyone?