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La Course du petit-dejeuner

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Race: La Course du petit-dejeuner (3.2 Miles) 00:36:00

The 5.2K breakfast race is a fun run and warm-up run for the Paris Marathon. Not officially timed and free to everyone. Contrary to the web page directions, no registration was required. So it mostly just a fun run, somewhat uphill and over cobblestone roads. 

The site seeing was fabulous, including a stone's throw from the Eiffle tower and ending at the Arc de Triomph. Sycamores and Chessnut trees lined the run and flowers are beginning to bloom in Paris. Weather has been extraordinary this week.

 It was a much needed run after all the site seeing and pastry eating.

We are going to try another run to the top of the Eiffle tower. On Friday we were limited to the second platform, just over 1/3 the way up.
 

Comments
From Burt on Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 02:43:00 from 98.167.151.26

How cool is that? Let me answer: really cool.

From Hildisvini on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 16:27:26 from 65.121.182.3

Yes, it was very cool. You know those Parisian take keeping a good shape very seriously. Very hansom looking people -- riding bikes and walking everywhere.

They called it the breakfast run but the breakfast consisted only of a banana and water. Hmmm. I'm more accustomed to pancakes and sausage for breakfast, but ... perhaps I need to re-indoctrinated.

I hope the marathon course didn't go over any cobblestone streets though -- that, IMHO, was the main buggery of the French 5K.

From Tracy1 on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 21:29:15 from 63.225.233.132

Wow, sounds just divine!! Lucky you!

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