Paris Marathon adds reusable bottles
Paris Marathon organizers will require runners aiming for sub‑2:50 times to use reusable bottles at aid stations to cut single‑use plastic — the rule is part of the race’s sustainability push for April 12 (dhnet.be). Race planners say this targets fast runners specifically to reduce waste without slowing elite feeding operations on course (dhnet.be).
The course will include 13 refreshment points: nine full stations, four water points and an additional full station at the finish, plus two Ta Energy electrolyte stations on course. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Organisers describe the full refreshment stations as 160‑metre long setups and say they have added more stations with shorter distances between them, especially across the second half of the route, to reduce crowding at aid points. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) The extended elite‑bidon system will provide pre‑filled reusable bottles that the event collects and reuses, with runners required to return those bidons to designated collection points and instructed to discard only in bins about 150 metres after each aid station. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Event rules tie access to that system to specific placement and pace criteria — runners must be in the preferential start corral (slot ≤ 8:03) and meet the roughly 4:01/km target pace to use the supplied bidons. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Culligan was named the Official Water Solutions Supplier in a January 27, 2026 press release and will provide on‑course filtration and distribution support, while media reporting says the brand will also hand out a reusable “Speedcup” foldable cup to runners. (culliganinternational.com) Official statistics show 54,175 finishers at the 2024 Paris Marathon, and media analysis indicates only a few hundred runners (about 688) finished under 2:50 in 2024 — a scale that organisers say makes the extended reusable‑bidon system logistically manageable. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com)
