The event was first organised in 1997 by the Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt.

The Fédération française d'athlétisme classed it as a national level race in 2006 and following the participation of 4000 runners from 26 countries, it was raised to international race status the following year.

[1] At the 2008 edition, Kenyan Nicholas Manza ran a race record time of 1:00:12 hours.

[2] The course for the race is a looped circuit that starts and finishes at the town hall.

It heads north towards the Longchamp Racecourse and has a short loop through the Bois de Boulogne, where it reaches the halfway mark.