Most travellers who head to Paris go there to savour the sights, the food, wine and history. And the walking … everywhere.

Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Margot Devlin plans to enjoy all that, but before she walks, she had to run.

Not just an ordinary run, but a 42-kilometre marathon run.

The NOTL senior completed her first Paris Marathon on Sunday — and the 20th of her career. She also has run the New York City Marathon a dozen times, London’s five and two in Niagara.

Devlin always is quick to emphasize she is slow but steady — and not in any hurry to finish the race. It works.

On Sunday, battling a cold, she struggled somewhat, but managed to finish.

“It was a difficult race,” she told The Lake Report. “The cobblestones chewed up my feet.”

“Unfortunately, I caught a cold shortly before the marathon and had trouble breathing. But I got there in the end,” she said.

The French spectators were very supportive, yelling “Allez, allez, bravo and courage,” she added.

Participants also ran through two major parks, the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes, great spots to enjoy Paris in the spring.

“The flowering trees are all in bloom here. We went very close to the Louvre, but other well-known sites were in the distance.”

They also went through the Pont de l’Alma tunnel where Princess Diana died in 1997. “Her picture was there.”

Devlin’s husband Shaun met her at the 40-kilometre mark and told her she had another four miles (six kilometres) to go.

“I almost died,” she exclaimed.

Fortunately, he was wrong and she was just two kilometres from the finish.

Next up, she plans to head across the English Channel and will be in London on April 27 to run that city’s marathon.

It will be her sixth time taking on the U.K. race.

Meanwhile, the couple will spend several days seeing the sights of Paris at a much more leisurely pace.