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Corrida de Noël d'Issy-les-Moulineaux

10:3010:30 AM Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux. Photograph by Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

Both 10 km races on 13 December 2026 climb 66 m by the organiser's figure, and the organiser says the now-famous hill is on the course again.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Two 10 km races and a famous hillA 9:25 timed 10 km and an 11:30 costume 10 km from the Cité des Sports.
  • A Christmas village and no medical certificateBibs on Friday and Saturday; the 10 km Performance entry deadline: Saturday 17:00.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
km 0 to 10GradientTwo 10 km races and a famous hillA 9:25 timed 10 km and an 11:30 costume 10 km from the Cité des Sports.

The Corrida de Noël d’Issy-les-Moulineaux runs two 10 km races on Sunday 13 December 2026, both from the Cité des Sports at 92 rue du Gouverneur Général Éboué. The 10 km Performance starts at 9:25 and the 10 km des Pères Noël, run in costume, at 11:30. The organiser lists a climb of 66 m and says the “désormais célèbre côte” is on the course again. The 10 km Performance holds the bronze label of the French Athletics Federation.

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Whole courseConditionsA Christmas village and no medical certificateBibs on Friday and Saturday; the 10 km Performance entry deadline: Saturday 17:00.

Bibs are collected at the Cité des Sports on Friday 11 December from 11:30 to 19:00 and on Saturday 12 December from 10:00 to 18:00. The organiser set the deadline to enter the 10 km Performance at Saturday 12 December, 17:00. The participant must have been born before 31 August 2011. Since 2024 the medical certificate is no longer required and a “PPS” replaces it. The 10 km Performance costs 22 euros for the first 250 runners, 25 euros for the next 500 and 28 euros after that.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Race fuel for Issy-les-Moulineaux

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.

Order by 22 November to test them on two long runs first.

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

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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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Race week

Bib pickup at Cité des Sports

Timetable

Friday 11 December Bib pickup

  1. 11:3011:30 AM

    Christmas village and bib pick-up Cité des Sports. Open 11:30 to 19:00 at the Cité des Sports, 92 rue du Gouverneur Général Éboué.

Saturday 12 December Last bib day

  1. 10:0010:00 AM

    Christmas village and bib pick-up Cité des Sports. Open 10:00 to 18:00.

Sunday 13 December Race day

  1. 07:307:30 AM

    Christmas village opens Cité des Sports. Open 07:30 to 14:00.

  2. 10:3010:30 AM

    800 m Discovery course start Cité des Sports
Other races (6)

  1. 08:308:30 AM

    5 km des Rennes start Cité des Sports

  2. 09:259:25 AM

    10 km Performance start 92 rue du Gouverneur Général Éboué. The first of the two 10 km races.

  3. 10:3510:35 AM

    1.5 km des Lutins start Cité des Sports

  4. 10:5010:50 AM

    3 km des Bonhommes de Neige start Cité des Sports

  5. 10:5510:55 AM

    3 km Christmas walk start Cité des Sports

  6. 11:3011:30 AM

    10 km des Pères Noël start Cité des Sports. The second 10 km race, in costume.

Times as published by the organiser, in Issy-les-Moulineaux time, checked .

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Getting a place

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Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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