I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when
in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement
park trips, swimming,
picnics, and hiking,
instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.
You might, therefore, consider
instead taking a
picnic and finding yourself a spot along the race route
in the Bois de Boulogne
park, just before the finishing line.