- Sun 8 Mar 2026
09:00
Age 17 & over
£18-£35
- 21.1 km road running
Event overview
The HOKA Semi de Paris is the race for everyone who loves challenges! Whatever your goal is: run your first half, raise funds for charity, have fun with your friends or beat your PB, this race officially launches your running season.
The half which makes Paris excited
In 2025, more than 48,000 runners started from Boulevard Saint Germain to Place de la Bastille, cheered by thousands of supporters and charity cheer squads on the way. This popular event, which launches the running season, is a famous starting point for French fixtures.
A distance for everyone
46% of runners in the Paris Half Marathon are first-timers! More and more champions and charity runners take part each year; proof that Hoka Semi de Paris is for everyone. Furthermore, 51% of women taking part were first-timers too!
A unique route
21,0975km of absolute beauty awaits you, including Boulevard Saint Germain, Quais de Seine, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Château de Vincennes, Hôtel de Ville, Rue de Rivoli, and Place de la Bastille. It’s time to be amazed, and all for a vital charity cause.
Run for charity
Take part for an amazing cause and make a difference! Join over 48,000 runners from all over the world as part of a charity team in this highly regarded race through the heart of Paris. Secure your place at the start line with one of the charities below - simply select the cause you would like to support to start the sign up process.
Prefer to enter directly? General entry options are explained on the HOKA Paris Half Marathon page.
Event photos
Event video
Charity places
These charities have places in the event. To secure your place, select a charity and provide your details.
Event details
- Average fitness
- Event expo
- Event village
- Fancy dress
- Newcomers
- Spectators
- Traders at event
- Accommodation
- Bag storage
- Bar
- Cafe
- Entertainment
- Music
- Park
- Toilets
- Urban
Event HQ
Place de la Bastille
Pl. de la Bastille
Paris
75004
France
21,097km in the most beautiful city in the world.
This is a unique occasion, so take advantage of it to look around you and appreciate this amazing decor, its many monuments and places steeped in history.
And as your weekend is not just about running, it will be the occasion to discover Paris, the city, its monuments, museums, shows, etc.
National Monuments
The Centre des Monuments Nationaux (National Monuments Centre), which oversees more than 100 monuments throughout France, invites you to discover Paris’s monuments.
Visit the Arc de Triomphe, the Conciergerie, the Sainte-Chapelle, the Panthéon, and many more.
Paris Museums
Art and history museums, literary museums, artists’ workshops, and museums of the city of Paris boast exceptional collections in exceptional places: with permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, you will find everything you need to satisfy your cultural yearnings.
Don’t forget to visit the catacombs, a veritable underground maze in the heart of Paris.
Things to do in Paris
Shows, culinary discoveries, exceptional outings, festive evenings…discover all the cultural good deals, excursions and activities.
- Distance markers
- First aid
- Food stations
- Marshals
- Out and back
- PB
- Toilets
- Traffic free
- Way markers
Overview
21,097km in the most beautiful city in the world.
Map
What's included
- Chip timing
- Medal
- Training plan
- T-shirt
Fundraising
- Fundraising materials
- Fundraising support
- Submit fundraising up to 1 month after event
Decided to run this race as part of my preparation for completing the full Paris marathon in April... Heading back towards Notre Dame and then along towards Bercy, along the rivers edge, was a great experience for anyone running in Paris for the first time. Water stations are plentiful as were the offerings of sugar, bananas and cake to keep you fuelled and the run through the park area, passing the zoo, was well signposted and marshalled. Support, along the way was plentiful with plenty of Paris Adidas runners supporting their local districts. Medal and gift at the end (a travel bag) were of a good quality (and the medal was a lot better than the Paris full), so people wanting “bling” were pleased. Leon B
A great introduction to running Paris with this course being virtually half of the full marathon route. Amazing to run past the Bastille and around the River Seine near to Notre Dame. Cannot recommend highly enough if you are planning on running the full as this takes place in March with the big event a month later in April. BG
Upon arriving in Paris, we headed directly for the Expo to collect our race bibs and tee shirts. The Expo hall was conveniently situated across the road from a Metro station. Collection was quick and problem free with no queues... We then lined up in strictly controlled pens, appropriate to our finish times. It was a very windy day and we watched as the starting arch blew over! It didn’t delay proceedings significantly. We got talking to other UK runners in the pen and indeed throughout the race. The race itself didn’t pass very many significant Paris landmarks but it was a flat interesting course, nonetheless. Support throughout the race was very vocal and enthusiastic... At the finish line, we were presented with our medals and a nice souvenir sports bag containing drinks and goodies. It was a great event in one of Europe’s great cities and it’s one I’d happily run again. William A
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