Alone or in groups, for fun or show, in the city or in the countryside, the French run, and more and more of them are doing it. According to Lari Observatorytheir number has doubled in twenty-five years: from 6 million in 2000 to 12.5 million in 2025. But why do we really run? Accessible sport, inner search or a new form of obsession? Today, Paul, 35, is a chef at a major Paris hotel, whose morning jaunts along the banks of the Seine allow him to be fully present in fatherhood.
“I started running in the gardens of Versailles seven years ago. At that time, I was working in a luxury restaurant nearby. I started my first recreational 10 km race, and from the first steps, I understood that running was like therapy. My thoughts evaporated, I concentrated on the movement
