Episode 51 - Renna Nelis, General Manager, Tallinn Marathon - a podcast by Mass Participation World

We kick off The Aid Station this week in the stunning medieval city of  Tallinn in Estonia where we meet Renna Nelis, General Manager of Tallinn  Marathon.



Renna has a  fascinating story which includes deciding that "if I am to organise a  marathon I need to tick the box and run one". That was back in 2009. "I  ran Venice Marathon and am now hooked and have run 17".



At the  time the Tallinn event did not have a marathon distance included but it  was added with a city centre finish and since then has grown from 12,000  runners of which 100 or so were from overseas to 24,000 from 65  countries of which 5,000 are from overseas.



One of the  challenges of COVID has been continuing the planning for this year's  event in September whilst still on maternity leave and working at home  with three daughters under 7 and the youngest almost a year. "Luckily my  husband is a school teacher and schools are closed so he has been able  to help with the girls."



On top of being a mum, a partner in  the business which has organised over 400 events across running,  triathlon, cycling and ski races, Renna is also on the AIMS Women's  Commission. No doubt Renna has inspired many people and she gets her  inspiration by regularly reading the stories of other runners.



Watch my talk with Renna here https://youtu.be/dQTwAXGsOxA

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