Episode 41 - Mark Milde, Race Doirector, BMW Berlin Marathon - a podcast by Mass Participation World

Today on The Aid Station we head to Berlin to meet Mark Milde, Race Director of BMW Berlin Marathon.



Mark shares the story of his father, Horst, founding the race in 1974  which gave him the opportunity from a young boy to serve his  apprenticeship working in every area of the event before ultimately  taking over as Race Director in late 2004 when has dad retired.



He talks about how the family-owned business has worked hard to ensure  that so far none of its staff have been laid off despite the event which  was scheduled to be hele on 26/27 September not being able to take  place.



Whilst the event has not yet been formally cancelled and  the team from SCC events are exploring all options Mark seems to accept  that it's increasingly unlikely that the event will be able to take  place this year.



"This is an opportunity to review our  operations and see where we can innovate and maybe come up with some new  event concepts and ideas. We can think of ways to do things differently  and be more flexible for the future"



"In a global world we  have to collaborate and take the best from different countries and I'm  sure in the end we will get it back together again".



Watch my talk with Mark here https://youtu.be/9S-oXnB8qzI

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