By Harry Nara · Last updated
- Official bib resale platform opensTuesday 1 December 2026
- Where
- Central Paris (course published a few weeks before the race)
- Tickets
- Free
- Time of year
- April
- Dates
- Around the same dates every year
The 50th edition, announced by the organiser, Cadence Running United, with ASICS as title partner. The ballot for places closed in the autumn. The course is published only a few weeks before the race, and the organiser has promised changes.
The Paris Marathon is on a Sunday in early April, and this is its 50th edition, now run by a new organiser with ASICS as title partner. The ballot for places has closed, so the routes left are a charity place, which needs at least €420 in donations, a bib taken over from another runner on the official resale platform, or a package from one of the partner tour operators. The course is kept under wraps until a few weeks before race day; when it is published, use it to plan where to watch and which roads to avoid.
What Paris Marathon actually is
The 50th edition comes with a change of hands. Cadence Running United now organises the race, ASICS has taken over the name, and the organisers have promised a course with changes, revealed only a few weeks before race day.
For a visitor who is not running it is a Sunday of closed roads: the course crosses the city from early morning, and getting from one side of it to the other means going underneath on the Métro.
Watching the race
- Wait for the course. The organisers publish it only a few weeks before race day and have said it will change, so any map from an earlier year is a guess.
- Once it is out, pick a spot you can reach by Métro without crossing the route, and stay on that side of it for the morning.
Tickets and what it costs
Watching is free. Running began with a ballot, which has closed for this edition.
Without a ballot place there are three ways in. A charity place, through the Dossards Engagés scheme, asks you to raise at least €420 for one of the partner causes. The official resale platform lets runners who cannot race pass their bib to someone who can. And partner tour operators sell packages with a bib included.
The resale platform is the organiser’s own route for taking over another runner’s place, so use it rather than a private sale.
Official information and booking: www.asicsmarathondeparis.com
Getting there
Use the Métro on race day. The roads the course uses shut from early morning, and buses and taxis are sent around them.
If you are running, check the start when the course is published. In recent years the race has started on the Champs-Élysées, but the organisers have promised a different course for the 50th.
Mistakes worth avoiding
Planning around an old course map
The organisers reveal the course only a few weeks ahead and have promised changes, so an earlier year’s map is no guide to closures or viewing spots.
Buying a bib privately
The official resale platform exists so that a place changes hands properly. A private sale leaves you running under somebody else’s name.
Booking a hotel late
The race lands at the start of the Paris spring school holidays, so hotels fill from both directions that weekend.
Driving across the city on race morning
Roads along the course close for much of the day. Plan the morning on one side of the route and use the Métro to cross it.
Other Paris events
Frequently asked questions
When is the Paris Marathon?
On a Sunday in early April.
How can I get a place in the Paris Marathon?
Through the ballot, which has closed for this edition, a charity place for raising at least €420, a bib from the official resale platform, or a partner tour operator’s package.
What is the Paris Marathon course?
The organisers publish it only a few weeks before race day and have promised changes for the 50th edition, so check the official site then.
Who organises the Paris Marathon?
Cadence Running United, with ASICS as title partner from this edition.
Sources
- ASICS Marathon de Paris, date, ballot, charity places and resale platform
- ASICS Marathon de Paris, the course
Dates on this page are checked against the organiser’s own listing and confirmed through 2027. Written and maintained by Harry Nara.