Esplanade to the Seine
- 🏛️Down the long pedestrian Esplanade de La Défense, past the sculptures.
- 🌉Turn at the Pont de Neuilly: Seine below, Paris lit up ahead.
- ⬆️Gentle climb back to the Arche.
👋 Join a run
- 📍Meet on the Parvis, in front of the CNIT entrance, by the Grande Arche steps.
- ⏰06:45, Tuesday to Thursday. Back around 07:20 to 07:55, in time for breakfast and the 09:15 start.
- 💬Tell Dan by 21:00 the evening before: in person at the summit, or on Drupal Slack. Say which distance suits you.
- 🐢Easy, conversational pace. Nobody gets left behind. The loop is picked on the spot from the options below.
- 🧭Nobody by 21:00? No group run that day. Dan runs one of the solo routes into Paris instead. Company welcome on those too.
- 🔦It is dark until about 08:00: bring a headlamp or wear something bright.
🗺️ All routes
Tap a line to jump to its route. Teal ~5 km, dark blue ~7 km, orange ~10 km, dashed purple solo.
Back times below follow this.
🏃 Group loops from CNIT
All start and finish on the Parvis. Lit, mostly traffic-free, on wide pavements and riverside paths.
Puteaux riverside loop
- ⬇️South through Puteaux to the river at the Pont de Puteaux.
- 🌊North along the quay, the Île de Puteaux across the water.
- ⬆️Back up the Esplanade to the Parvis.
Courbevoie quays loop
- ➡️North-east through Courbevoie to the Seine.
- 🌊South along the Courbevoie quays, the Île de la Jatte opposite.
- 🌉Pont de Neuilly, then up the Esplanade.
Jatte south and Courbevoie
- 🌉Esplanade to the Pont de Neuilly.
- 🏝️Onto the Île de la Jatte, the quiet island Seurat painted.
- ↩️Off at the Pont de Courbevoie, back through Courbevoie.
Round the Île de la Jatte
- 🌉Esplanade to the Pont de Neuilly, onto the island.
- 🏝️The whole Île de la Jatte, river on both sides, to the Levallois end.
- ↩️Back down the island, over to Courbevoie, home to the Parvis.
Arche to Arc and back
- ➡️The axe historique in one straight line: Grande Arche to the Arc de Triomphe.
- 📸Photo at the Arc, same way back. Or stop there and take RER A back from Charles de Gaulle-Étoile.
- ⚠️Pavements beside busy roads after the bridge. Wait for the green man.
🧭 Dan's solo plan
If nobody joins, Dan runs these. Want to come along? Same rule: say so by 21:00 the evening before.
Parc André Malraux shakeout
- 🚄After the train, about 15:30, done before dusk.
- 🌳Big park behind the hotel: paths, hills, a lake. Two laps make 5.6 km.
Axe historique to the Seine
- ⏰Out 06:40, back ~07:25. Breakfast, then the walk to CNIT at 08:30.
- 🏛️The group's Esplanade loop, plus the 1.4 km from the hotel each way. No train to wait for on talk day.
Champs-Élysées, Eiffel Tower, Trocadéro
- 🚇06:15 RER A eastbound from Nanterre-Préfecture, 3 stops to Charles de Gaulle-Étoile (~10 min).
- ⬇️Down the Champs-Élysées, empty at this hour, to Concorde.
- 🌊Over the Seine, west along the left bank to the Eiffel Tower.
- 📸Pont d'Iéna to Trocadéro for the classic tower view.
- ⬆️Up Avenue Kléber to the Arc. RER A westbound back, ~07:25.
Notre-Dame, Louvre, Champs-Élysées
- 🚇06:10 RER A eastbound to Châtelet-Les Halles (~15 min). Out towards Place du Châtelet.
- ⛪Over to the Île de la Cité and Notre-Dame.
- 🏛️Pont Neuf, the Louvre pyramid lit up, the Tuileries (or the Rue de Rivoli if the gates are still shut).
- 🏁Concorde, then up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc. RER A westbound back, ~07:20.
🚇 RER at dawn
- 🕔RER A starts around 05:00 and runs every few minutes by 06:00. Check the next train in the Île-de-France Mobilités app the night before.
- 🎫Two tickets per run, loaded on a phone.
- ➡️Into Paris: eastbound (Marne-la-Vallée, Boissy). Back: westbound (Saint-Germain, Cergy, Poissy). For CNIT, get off at La Défense.
- 🥶A light jacket over the kit for the ride back.
- ⚠️Strike or works? Run back along the axis: 6 to 12 km from central Paris.
🔦 Running in the dark
- Headlamp and something reflective. Bikes and scooters are quiet.
- Stick to the lit avenues and the river. Parks are locked before sunrise.
- Phone, room card, contactless card, RER tickets if needed.
- Share live location with someone if running alone.
- Wet leaves, smooth stone and cobbles are slippery after rain.
- Pouring or icy? Hotel gym.