Zaragoza, 15 December 2025.- On a cold and foggy Sunday morning, CIHEAM Zaragoza’s delegation of runners turned out for the 2025 ESIC Business Run, a mass sporting event bringing together over 6,500 participants along an 8k urban route through the streets of Zaragoza.

CIHEAM Zaragoza was proud to enrol a record-breaking number of 7 teams of students and staff in this popular run organised by the ESIC Business School to encourage team building and companionship. It was therefore a great opportunity for CIHEAM Zaragoza students from the Animal Nutrition and Plant Genetics, Genomics and Breeding master’s programmes to step out of the classrooms and join in activities organised in their new city of residence.

Words of encouragement and laughter were heard along the way, in several languages and accents as our runners from Algeria, Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia and Venezuela proudly made up the most international group in the race.

Once over the finish line, everyone agreed that it had been well worth the effort. For several participants this was their very first sporting event. They were amazed by how much they had enjoyed the day and were grateful for the constant support from their more experienced team mates who kept them going from start to finish. They will be encouraging others to do the same next year.

CIHEAM Zaragoza now has a new generation of runners!