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adidas 10K Paris

Paris
Place du Trocadéro
Place du Trocadéro. Photograph by Omar David Sandoval Sida, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser describes the 10K as starting at the Trocadéro facing the Eiffel Tower, following the Seine to the 4th kilometre, then passing between the Louvre pyramid and the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.

The course in short 2 lines
  • From the Trocadéro to the Arc de TriompheTrocadéro start, the Seine, the Louvre and a Champs-Élysées finish.
  • A 1h30 limit and a cup of your own1h30 limit, timing point at km 5, bring your own cup.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryFrom the Trocadéro to the Arc de TriompheTrocadéro start, the Seine, the Louvre and a Champs-Élysées finish.

In 2026 the route leaves by the rue de Rivoli to the avenue de l’Opéra, takes the rue de la Paix past the Vendôme column and turns at the Madeleine. The finish climbs the Champs-Élysées along the Arc de Triomphe.

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Whole courseGradientA 1h30 limit and a cup of your own1h30 limit, timing point at km 5, bring your own cup.

In 2026 starts go off in waves of 400 runners, and runners are asked to bring a reusable cup, flask or hydration pack to fill at the aid stations. Runners passed by the end-of-race vehicle are classed as out of the race.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Race fuel for Paris

One gel every 40 minutes once you are past about 75 minutes of running, plus a spare.

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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