Running the Paris Marathon, Episode 155
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2017
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
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Every big sports event has to start somewhere. The Paris Marathon got its start in 1896 and it was tiny then! It had 191 participants, none of them women. Things have changed so much since then. Today's Paris Marathon takes as many as 50,000 runners, many of them women, including today's guest, Calee Spinney who ran the 2017 edition and comes on the show to tell us some of the things she wishes she knew before she ran it. If you're thinking about running the Paris marathon in 2018, you've come to the right place! Advice about the event, and all of the other things you can do while in Paris!
What You Will Learn About in this Episode
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- 1'38 Congratulations on running the Paris marathon!
- 2'30 When did you sign up? What did it involve?
- 4'31 Why do you need a medical form?
- 6' Do you run through gorgeous parts of Paris?
- 7'52 Was it well organized?
- 8'30 How do it work on the ground?
- 9' Various extras you can buy at the Expo
- 11' Is the commercial activity surrounding the Paris marathon good value or rip off?
- 12'30 Running on cobblestone is hard on the body
- 12'50 What do you wish you knew before you went?
- 15' Food/water you can get along the route
- 17' The finishing shirt
- 18' What did you do besides running the Paris marathon?
- 19' Is Paris food good for marathon runners?
- 21' Was it your first time in Paris? Where did you stay?
- 23' How about safety surrounding the Paris marathon?
- 24'30 Any recommendations you can share?
- 26' Meeting a super-friendly Parisien
- 30' Thanks and personal update
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| 0:00.0 | On today's join us in France, running the Paris Marathon with Cali Spiney. Oh, The This is in France episode 155. |
| 0:37.0 | Bonjour, I'm Annie. |
| 0:42.0 | And today I bring you a conversation with Callie Spiney, who ran the Paris |
| 0:47.1 | Marathon in 2017 and comes with a lot of great tips for anybody who is thinking about doing it and shares some |
| 0:55.8 | of the things that she wished she had known before she went. Our next Paris tour |
| 1:01.0 | is scheduled for October 1st through October 7th, 2017. |
| 1:05.6 | We would love to have you join us in France, not only through the podcast, but also in real life. |
| 1:11.6 | All you need to reserve is a small deposit and you need to visit addicted to |
| 1:16.1 | France.com, the sister site to join us in France to find out all the details. |
| 1:23.0 | For show notes on this episode, |
| 1:25.0 | go to join us in France.com |
| 1:27.0 | forward slash 155. |
| 1:30.0 | And stick around until after the interview for my thanks to donors and also my personal update. |
| 1:38.5 | Hello, Callie and welcome to join us in France. |
| 1:43.0 | Hi Annie, how are you? |
| 1:45.0 | I'm well, how are you? |
| 1:46.0 | I'm good. |
| 1:48.0 | I'm very excited to be talking to you today about running the Paris marathon. |
| 1:52.0 | First of all, I have to congratulate you because I can't imagine. today about running the Paris marathon. |
| 1:52.6 | First of all, I have to congratulate you |
| 1:54.3 | because I can't imagine running any marathon whatsoever. |
| 1:58.4 | So, wow. |
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