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One of the world's largest marathons — a mostly-flat, PB-friendly tour of Paris from the Champs-Élysées to Avenue Foch, with deceptive undulations late in the Bois de Vincennes and Bois de Boulogne.
One of the biggest marathons on earth, and a landmark tour of Paris. 42.195km from the Champs-Élysées to Avenue Foch, sweeping past the Louvre, Notre-Dame, the Seine quays and the Eiffel Tower on closed central boulevards.
Mostly flat and PB-friendly, but not pancake-flat. It rolls out downhill, then hides its undulations in the Bois de Vincennes and the Bois de Boulogne, small rises that arrive at 35-40km when your legs least want them.
The start gives away free speed on the descent, then quietly asks for it back in the woods. Hold goal pace when it feels too easy. Paris is decided from 30km on, not on the Champs-Élysées.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris for you?
- Runners chasing a first marathon or a PB on a fast, iconic course. Mostly flat and closed to traffic, it rewards fitness and pacing over any technical skill.
- Disciplined pacers. The downhill start hands out free speed, and only runners who hold back early still have legs for the undulating woods at the end.
- Anyone comfortable in a crowd. With one of the biggest fields on earth, the first 10km are congested, so patience beats fighting for space.
- Marathoners who fuel well. Over 2h30 to 6h of running, taking on 60-90g of carbs an hour matters as much as the training.
Training plan for Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris
A training plan for Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- A downhill Champs-Élysées start that tempts you to over-pace. Bank time here and you pay for it twice in the woods.
- Congested opening kilometres among one of the biggest fields on earth. You cannot run your ideal pace in the crush, so settle.
- Deceptive undulations in the Bois de Vincennes and Bois de Boulogne, small rises that bite at 35-40km on tired legs.
- A long fuelling test: 2h30 to 6h of running that needs 60-90g of carbs an hour, rehearsed rather than improvised.
- Marathon-pace long runs of 28-35km with 15-20km at goal pace, the closest thing to race day and where you rehearse fuelling.
- Long tempo efforts of 40-60 minutes continuous at marathon pace to build race-specific endurance.
- Threshold intervals such as 3-4 x 3km to sharpen the aerobic engine so goal pace feels easier.
- A downhill-start discipline drill: begin a long run on a gentle descent and run slower than goal pace, rehearsing the restraint Paris demands.
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
