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Reopening of France’s A13 motorway delayed as new cracks discovered

Traffic built up on neighbouring roads - but the empty lanes were not completely deserted…

Runner breaks new record in Normandy - at age 82

The athlete ran at an incredible 18 km/h per hour, breaking both the Normandy and French records

A marathon with wine and 4 other unusual sporting events in France

The Marathon du Médoc, sometimes called the longest race in the world, features 23 wine stops, orchestras, oysters and steak over 43 kilometres

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This is the French ultra trail race that no runner has ever finished

As if the 300km distance was not enough, participants are also required to bring a bottle of alcohol from their place of origin

Man ‘breaks world record’ for fastest marathon… running backwards!

Frenchman Guillaume de Lustrac, 29, finished the 42-km race in three hours and 25 minutes, remarkably finishing 19th

US ultra-trail runner shares fun and pain of winning Mont Blanc race

We spoke to the American who lives and trains in Mercantour national park in the south of France about how a geologist becomes an ultra runner

‘Prendre ses jambes à son cou’: run away if you hear this French term

This French phrase means to flee or take to one’s heels - but where did it come from?

The French long-distance runner changing perceptions of disability

Grégory Mouyen is paralysed down his left side and has epilepsy. He tells The Connexion how he is breaking down the barriers of disability one ultra-marathon at a time

France lockdown: Can we exercise as a couple or family?

Outdoors exercise is allowed for up to one hour and within one kilometre of your home during lockdown

British mum sets buggy 10km run world record in France

A British woman living in Toulouse is being hailed as the fastest mother in the world after beating the previous record by nearly a minute

Joggers and cyclists in Paris must use mask in crowded areas

Joggers, cyclists, exercisers, and electric scooter users in Paris are required to wear masks during their physical activity if they come into contact with pedestrians and are unable to stay physically distanced, it has been confirmed.

French language notes: le jogging

Le jogging leads the way in runner’s repertoire

Run, walk, cycle: New post-confinement rules in France

Individual walking, running, and cycling will be permitted as soon as deconfinement begins on May 11, the French sports ministry has said, but group sports and other outdoor activities will need to wait longer.

A marathon a day from Saint Malo to Montpellier

Ultra marathon-running tree surgeon plans 800km challenge to raise funds for two charities

Runner’s giant GPS shark swallows Paris

It looks like a shark painted on to a Paris map but it took endurance athlete Marine Leleu two weeks to plan and 10 hours to walk more than 50km of the capital’s streets to “paint” the design using her GPS tracker.

Eiffel Tower runners face the ultimate ‘Verticale’ challenge

The annual race to the top of Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece takes place in Paris

A Riviera run to help fight cancer

A group of women living in the Antibes and the Nice area have raised more than €100,000 in the past three years to go towards the fight against cancer on the French Riviera

Park group is up and running in France

The concept started at Bushy Park, Teddington, UK in 2004 when 13 runners got together to meet up on a regular basis and it has developed into an international organisation with more than half a million runners worldwide.

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Reopening of France’s A13 motorway delayed as new cracks discovered

Runner breaks new record in Normandy - at age 82

A marathon with wine and 4 other unusual sporting events in France

This is the French ultra trail race that no runner has ever finished

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