Episode 23 - Maria Morales, Vice President, AIMS - a podcast by Mass Participation World

In today's edition of The Aid Station we travel to San Luis Potosi in Central Mexico to meet AIMS Vice President, Martha Morales.

Martha shares how, thanks to her dad, she got involved in organising running events almost before she could walk. "My job as a baby was putting safety pins into race packs. I'm so lucky that my job is my passion"

The onset of covid-19 has had a huge impact on her role as AIMS Women's Commission Chair. "Every year we organise events as part of the AIMS Children's Series for our social contribution but we have had to cancel events in Morocco and Peru for now". A number of events as part of their mission to attract more women to running have also been cancelled.

Martha shares that "Its been very hard being under strict lock-down for eight weeks and I've been really struggling to sleep at night". She takes huge inspiration from runners, "the things they do to finish a race, like strength and solidarity, that can be applied to many aspects of daily life."

The lock-down has made her recognise "the things that we take for granted, like giving a hug to our Mum or Dad"

Catch Martha's story here https://youtu.be/Q9q41Cv9iN0

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