emma heyward is there. she joins us live. what of the state of emergency in paris meant for the 40th marathon in terms of routes, runners and. >> we have not seen lots and lots of police on the route. even at the start, which you might expect. organizers and police say they'll strengthen security at the start of theise. we talked about a hand: there was someone with binoculars thinking about what is going on. we are not seeing rapid relief given what happened in paris and brussels, and at the boston marathon a few years ago. >> it must be a matter of pride that france stages this marathonas it does every year, what about parisians, are they staying away? >> well it was suggested that there would be 250,000 spectators, there's a lot of people en route. perhaps it's not a big event. 50,000 taking part this year. but we are a kilometre 29. and the runners have a treat when they take part in this. from here, though. it is tough. they may hit the wall at this moment. i think, of course, what happened four months ago is never far f