Running for mental health: Santiago Stirling running 19 marathons, one by department
On Sunday he arrived in Melo Santiago Stirling is 37 years old, who is a personal coach, a neurolinguistic programming practitioner (NLP), personal coach, author and ultramarratonist solidarium, among other things. Currently, he organizes the challenge ‘running for mental health 2025’ that will take place in October and will take him to run 19 marathons in the 19 departments for 19 consecutive days. The objective is to collect non -perishable food and sportswear and sports shoes for social organizations.
In October, within the framework of the Mental Health Month, the Santiago Stirling corridor undertook a new solidarity challenge: running 19 marathons in 19 consecutive days, touring all the departments of the country. The initiative seeks to raise awareness about the importance of mental health, promote physical activity and support 19 local social organizations, one in each department visited.
“Running for mental health”, It seeks to make visible the importance of mental health care, encourage healthy lifestyle habits and generate a positive impact on each community.
In addition to the sports, each day will have a solidarity side: in each department clothing, sports shoes and foods that are destined for local institutions are collected, reinforcing the link between the cause and the community, in the case of Cerro Largo the recipient were the young people of Cirineos.
The proposal invites citizen participation, either accompanying the tour, collaborating with donations or adding to the dissemination of a message that seeks to inspire, connect and transform lives through sport and solidarity.
Run without stopping to help others
The solidarity of Stirling began almost by chance. At the beginning of 2024 he approached a person in street situation to the new roads and learned that the washing machine they used was broken and washed the clothes by hand. He asked them if he could take care of buying a new one and asked for help in social networks. “I had the idea of running through the Rambla de Montevideo heading to the east and not stopping until it reached the goal, which was $ 14,000,” told Thanks to the support of the community, in an hour and a half he managed to raise the money to buy the appliance. Since then, he continued to create campaigns.
