The best pre-race warm-up at the Zurich Seville Marathon, with a record included in the 5k Breakfast Run

The prelude to the 41st edition of the Zurich Seville Marathon, which takes place this Sunday with the record figure of 17,000 runners on the start line from 8:30 a.m., has not disappointed. The so-called ‘Breakfast Run’ of the Seville event, held this Saturday around the María Luisa Park over the official distance of 5 kilometers after being internationally certified by World Athletics, featured a powerful elite field that has made history.

With all 3,000 available bibs sold out and as a preamble to the kids’ races ‘Kids Run’, held afterwards at the same venue where, in a few hours, the contenders aiming to complete the main 42,195‑meter race will gather, the victory went, with a double record included, to Maxime Chaumeton. The South African runner crossed the finish line in Plaza de América in first place with a time of 13:12, lowering his own national record by one second and setting a new benchmark for the emerging 5K ‘Breakfast Run’ of the Zurich Seville Marathon.

Behind him, second place was decided in a sprint between Djiboutian Mohamed Ismael and Dutch athlete Mike Foppen, who also hold their national records and stopped the clock at the same time of 13:29 to complete the men's podium in that order. Further back, the first Spanish runner was David Rey, eighth with 14:49.

In the women's category, the win came from 21st overall with a time of 15:21 by Kenyan Mirriam Cherop, who lived up to her status as the big favorite and was accompanied in the top positions by the British runners Christa Cain (16:31) and Annabel Morton (16:59). Meanwhile, Tamara Pérez was fourth and first Spaniard with 17:09.

Among athletes with disabilities, the victories went to Aniceto Moret (18:05) in the men's category and to Amanda Cerna (20:11) in the women's.

This confirms the rise of what is considered the warm‑up event of the Zurich Seville Marathon, created in 2022 with the aim of serving as a final training session for runners sharpening their form for Sunday, or for companions, family members, or other athletes to also be part of the great running festival of southern Europe and race very fast over a very attractive and more accessible distance. So much so that the winner broke the times recorded in the four previous editions, progressively improved from Sergio Mena’s 15:18 in the debut to the Kenyan Kipsang’s 13:47 in 2025.