La Joliot Curie 2027

La Joliot Curie begins and ends on Rue Joliot Curie at the carre des sciences, the campus center in Gif-sur-Yvette, south of Paris. This charity road race offers 5 km and 10 km distances, typically held in the afternoon and early evening in early March. Students in Sports Management at the Faculty of Sports Science of Paris-Saclay University organize and run the event, with funds benefiting organizations like Dunes d'espoir. The course crosses the Saclay plateau and includes an urban section through Gif-sur-Yvette, providing participants with a campus-and-town race instead of a remote countryside circuit. The event emphasizes open participation, physical activity for all, sharing, and solidarity, making it suitable for students, local runners, first-timers, and those primarily supporting the charity. Certain editions refer to it as “La jolie Visite,” presenting the course as an opportunity to discover or rediscover Gif-sur-Yvette and its cultural environment.