I’m really excited to be doing my first half marathon at the end of April! I’ve been running fairly long distances for a while now and I love it, but I’ve never stepped up to the challenge of an organised running event. Signing up has been great for my running motivation - having something to work towards always gives me a bit of a kick up the butt to get going. But still, it can be really difficult in these cold winter months to get ourselves out from our snuggly duvets and into our trainers.
What I find helps me is finding pretty places to run - so I’m going to start showing my favourite running spots around Paris, there are so many in this beautiful city.
This first route is around le Jardin des Tuileries. There are several entrances to the garden Рyou can access it via the Louvre pyramids; by the Tuileries metro stop on line 1; and from Place de la Concorde at the bottom of the Champs Elys̩es/by the Concorde metro stop.
Starting at the Concorde end, you get this amazing view of the Eiffel Tower in the distance.
This is a pretty good rest stop...
On the weekends, the garden gets quite busy with tourists - especially in summer. So I like to run around the sides of it where it's quieter. This long stretch is great for doing some sprints. There's also a pretty view of the Louvre straight ahead, and the Seine to the right.
This is a pretty good rest stop...
On the weekends, the garden gets quite busy with tourists - especially in summer. So I like to run around the sides of it where it's quieter. This long stretch is great for doing some sprints. There's also a pretty view of the Louvre straight ahead, and the Seine to the right.
When you get to the bottom of the garden, you're greeted with the amazing Louvre!
This is definitely one of my favourite places to run - I get a lot of my sight seeing done this way, pretty handy!
This is definitely one of my favourite places to run - I get a lot of my sight seeing done this way, pretty handy!
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