Medical Cert for race in France

AAD

I'm planning on running a race in France while there on holiday, but they want me to produce a medical cert in order to enter.

Is this a common thing in France? , it's only a 10k so found it a little strange. And if I have to pay my Doctor €50 to get it then it's a very expensive race.

Cheers

El Caballo

AAD wrote: »

I'm planning on running a race in France while there on holiday, but they want me to produce a medical cert in order to enter.

Is this a common thing in France? , it's only a 10k so found it a little strange. And if I have to pay my Doctor €50 to get it then it's a very expensive race.

Cheers

Pretty common for French races I think, I know the Paris marathon requires one.

Simple solution is to type up and print a cert and sign it yourself. Can't see a race organiser checking out if the cert or doctor from a different country is legit.

CelticRambler

Yes, it's common practice. Consider yourself lucky that you don't also have to take out a year's membership of the race-organiser's association just to take part! :pac: !

It's an antiquated insurance requirement that anyone taking part in any sporting event or "extreme" leisure activity has to have a medical cert (renewed annually) declaring them fit to take part. Some activities, e.g. simulated skydiving, have managed to get themselves exempted, but any "true" sport is still subject to the requirement.

My local trad music and dance association was told last year that our Céilí-style dancing has been reclassified as an extreme sport but so far they haven't forced us to ask for medical certs from people who turn up on a Saturday night ...

I would do as El Caballo says. All they're really concerned about is having a bit of paper that looks right so they can tick a box and be seen to be compliant.

AAD

Thanks for the replies.

Love the fact that Irish dancing is an extreme sport😂😂😂

My wife is technically a Dr

Murph_D

What about parkrun in France? Not extreme enough for a cert?:D

CelticRambler

Murph_D wrote: »

What about parkrun in France? Not extreme enough for a cert?:D

Another case in point! There was none before 2016, but the concept was imported from the UK and is presented in such a was as to make out that it's not a real sport.

Le concept est complètement inconnu en France. Il est donc important de bien le définir auprès de nos interlocuteurs, de montrer que ce n’est pas une compétition. Il n’y a pas de notion de classement ou de performance. Un certificat médical n’est donc pas nécessaire.

Translation: the concept is completely unknown in France. It's important therefore to point out to those we deal with [in authority] that this is not a competition. There is no hint of ranking or [measured] performance. A medical certificat is therefore not necessary. Source

Don't forget: this is a country where they still put a notice on shop doors telling you that you don't have to pay to enter! :pac::pac::pac:

CelticRambler

AAD wrote: »

Love the fact that Irish dancing is an extreme sport

Well actually I was referring to French traditional dance! The French just can't do Irish dancing ... (but in any case, if you run formal dance lessons, then the participants have to have a medical for that too ... :rolleyes: )

Here's a model of what you'd be expected to provide: http://www.fmfpro.com/simplification-du-certificat-de-non-contre-indication-a-la-pratique.html

Seanie_H

Yeah I've seen them in Italy too. They never seem to check them.... A box ticking exercise only.

Sign it yourself (if you're fit and happy to take the "risk" in completing the event) and don't implicate the missus

Van.Bosch

It's great doing them yourselves, see who has the best Dr. Name. I wouldn't use a real doctors name in case they did actually call.

A good guy by the name of Dr. Jed Ward signed mine last time. Dr. Fakin Stevens wasn't available.

and still ricky villa

I had to get one for Florence Marathon
My doc didn't take kindly to filling in the form. He didn't like the idea of him certifying I'm fit to race and then my heart pops due to something impossible for him to catch

Sign it yourself and save the doctor's fee
No one can read their writing anyway

robinph

On the Serpentine website I think they have a template you can download to print out and sign which will do the job.

parkrun France get around the issue by not giving finisher positions in their results as part of the justification of it not being a race.