Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris – Course Map and Elevation Profile
| Distance | 42.195 km |
|---|---|
| Route elevation | 125 m up · 107 m down |
| Highest point | 69 m · 16.9 km |
| Lowest point | 32 m · 26.1 km |
| Steepest climb | +3.5 % · 16.3 km |
| Steepest descent | −3.3 % · 17.1 km |
| Net elevation change | +19 m |
| Course type | Point to point |
| Course record men | 2:04:21 · Elisha Rotich · 2021 |
| Course record women | no verified figure |
125 metres up and 107 down across 4 climbs worth the name. No single one decides the race; the sum of them does.
Course
Paris in numbers
- Distance
- 42.195km
- Ascent
- 125m
- Descent
- 107m
- Low / high
- 32 / 69m
- Flat-equivalent
- +0.78 %
- Steepest 50 m
- +3.5 %
Pace Planner
bergauf flach bergabWaagerecht: Distanz. Streifen unter dem Profil: mittlere Steigung je 500 m. Gestrichelte Linien sind Orientierungspunkte.
- Position
- 0.00 km
- Elevation
- 37 m
- Gradient
- +0.1 %
- Pace here
- 4:59 /km
- Elapsed
- 0:00
- Remaining
- 3:30:00
- Landmark
- —
Pacing table
| km | Point | Elevation | Gradient | up / down | Target pace | total | adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 m → 39 m | +0.21 % | +2 m / −0 m | 4:59 | 4:59 | 4:55 | |
| 2 | 39 m → 46 m | +0.63 % | +6 m / −0 m | 5:06 | 10:04 | 4:55 | |
| 3 | 46 m → 46 m | +0.06 % | +3 m / −2 m | 4:58 | 15:02 | 4:55 | |
| 4 | 46 m → 45 m | −0.10 % | +0 m / −1 m | 4:55 | 19:57 | 4:55 | |
| 5 | 45 m → 45 m | −0.08 % | +0 m / −1 m | 4:55 | 24:52 | 4:55 | |
| 6 | 45 m → 45 m | +0.03 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 29:47 | 4:55 | |
| 7 | 45 m → 43 m | −0.17 % | +0 m / −2 m | 4:54 | 34:42 | 4:55 | |
| 8 | 43 m → 41 m | −0.17 % | +2 m / −4 m | 4:56 | 39:38 | 4:55 | |
| 9 | 41 m → 55 m | +1.37 % | +14 m / −0 m | 5:18 | 44:56 | 4:55 | |
| 10 | 55 m → 59 m | +0.35 % | +4 m / −1 m | 5:02 | 49:58 | 4:55 | |
| 11 | 59 m → 47 m | −1.21 % | +2 m / −14 m | 4:50 | 54:48 | 4:55 | |
| 12 | 47 m → 53 m | +0.66 % | +7 m / −0 m | 5:06 | 59:54 | 4:55 | |
| 13 | 53 m → 48 m | −0.48 % | +1 m / −6 m | 4:53 | 1:04:47 | 4:55 | |
| 14 | 48 m → 49 m | +0.02 % | +1 m / −1 m | 4:57 | 1:09:44 | 4:55 | |
| 15 | 49 m → 54 m | +0.56 % | +6 m / −1 m | 5:05 | 1:14:49 | 4:55 | |
| 16 | 54 m → 55 m | +0.11 % | +4 m / −3 m | 5:00 | 1:19:48 | 4:55 | |
| 17 | 55 m → 69 m | +1.37 % | +14 m / −0 m | 5:19 | 1:25:07 | 4:55 | |
| 18 | 69 m → 66 m | −0.32 % | +6 m / −9 m | 4:59 | 1:30:07 | 4:55 | |
| 19 | 66 m → 56 m | −0.95 % | +0 m / −10 m | 4:50 | 1:34:57 | 4:55 | |
| 20 | 56 m → 53 m | −0.34 % | +2 m / −5 m | 4:55 | 1:39:52 | 4:55 | |
| 21 | 53 m → 49 m | −0.40 % | +0 m / −4 m | 4:53 | 1:44:45 | 4:55 | |
| 22 | Halbmarathon | 49 m → 45 m | −0.36 % | +0 m / −4 m | 4:53 | 1:49:38 | 4:55 |
| 23 | 45 m → 44 m | −0.08 % | +0 m / −1 m | 4:55 | 1:54:32 | 4:55 | |
| 24 | 44 m → 44 m | −0.05 % | +0 m / −1 m | 4:55 | 1:59:27 | 4:55 | |
| 25 | 44 m → 41 m | −0.30 % | +0 m / −3 m | 4:54 | 2:04:21 | 4:55 | |
| 26 | 41 m → 32 m | −0.85 % | +0 m / −9 m | 4:50 | 2:09:11 | 4:55 | |
| 27 | 32 m → 45 m | +1.25 % | +13 m / −0 m | 5:16 | 2:14:27 | 4:55 | |
| 28 | 45 m → 43 m | −0.21 % | +1 m / −3 m | 4:55 | 2:19:22 | 4:55 | |
| 29 | 43 m → 42 m | −0.12 % | +0 m / −1 m | 4:55 | 2:24:16 | 4:55 | |
| 30 | 42 m → 38 m | −0.33 % | +0 m / −3 m | 4:53 | 2:29:10 | 4:55 | |
| 31 | 38 m → 37 m | −0.09 % | +0 m / −1 m | 4:55 | 2:34:05 | 4:55 | |
| 32 | 37 m → 37 m | −0.04 % | +1 m / −2 m | 4:56 | 2:39:01 | 4:55 | |
| 33 | 37 m → 41 m | +0.37 % | +4 m / −0 m | 5:01 | 2:44:02 | 4:55 | |
| 34 | 41 m → 46 m | +0.51 % | +5 m / −0 m | 5:03 | 2:49:06 | 4:55 | |
| 35 | 46 m → 43 m | −0.29 % | +0 m / −3 m | 4:54 | 2:54:00 | 4:55 | |
| 36 | 43 m → 43 m | −0.03 % | +1 m / −1 m | 4:56 | 2:58:56 | 4:55 | |
| 37 | 43 m → 46 m | +0.33 % | +3 m / −0 m | 5:01 | 3:03:56 | 4:55 | |
| 38 | 46 m → 52 m | +0.63 % | +6 m / −0 m | 5:05 | 3:09:02 | 4:55 | |
| 39 | 52 m → 63 m | +1.05 % | +11 m / −1 m | 5:13 | 3:14:15 | 4:55 | |
| 40 | 63 m → 67 m | +0.44 % | +4 m / −0 m | 5:02 | 3:19:17 | 4:55 | |
| 41 | 67 m → 64 m | −0.34 % | +1 m / −4 m | 4:54 | 3:24:12 | 4:55 | |
| 42 | 64 m → 58 m | −0.55 % | +0 m / −6 m | 4:52 | 3:29:04 | 4:55 | |
| 42.20 | 58 m → 56 m | −1.18 % | +0 m / −2 m | 4:48 | 3:30:00 | 4:55 |
The course, kilometre by kilometre
Start and finish are 2.2 km apart as the crow flies, so this is a point-to-point course.
The finish sits 19 metres above the start — spread over 42 km you will not feel it, but it shows up in the arithmetic.
The race is held in Paris, France, in April, on tarmac throughout.
Elevation gain and climbs
125 metres up and 107 down across 4 climbs worth the name. No single one decides the race; the sum of them does.
The hardest stretch runs from km 15.8 to 16.6: 16 metres at 1.9 % on average.
Against a 3:30 target the terrain costs about 2 minutes compared with a flat loop. Adjust for gradient and what remains is what the legs actually paid.
The route on the map
The course covers 2.2 km of ground between start and finish and never returns to where it began.
The GPX data of this course
The smoothed profile is stored every 50 metres: 845 points with latitude, longitude, elevation and gradient. The elevations come from the course file itself, median-filtered and smoothed with Savitzky-Golay.
We do not hand this course out as a file: the line comes from a third-party source and is not ours to pass on. Once a course is built from runners’ own recordings, the file appears here.
Common questions
- How hilly is the Paris Marathon?
- 125 metres of ascent and 107 of descent over 42.195 km. 83 % of the course sits between −1 and +1 per cent, and 1 % steeper than three. That makes it a rolling course.
- Where is the hardest section?
- Between km 15.8 and 16.6, gaining 16 metres at 1.9 % on average. The steepest single ramp is at km 16.3 at 3.5 %, the steepest descent at km 17.1 at −3.3 %.
- Is this a good course for a personal best?
- Minetti's cost model puts this course at 0.78 % against a flat one. On a three-and-a-half-hour target that is roughly 2 minutes.
- Is the course a loop?
- No. Start and finish are 2.2 km apart in a straight line.
- Where does this elevation data come from?
- GPX-Streckendatei von goandrace.com (Garmin-Connect-Export), 602 Punkte, auf 42195 m normiert (Rohlinie 42,18 km). Elevation: Höhenwerte der GPX-Spur, Medianfilter 310 m, Savitzky-Golay 510 m.
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