Ian Runs Alberta in Support of Physical and Mental Wellness
LETHBRIDGE: If someone told you they wanted to run across the province to draw attention to an issue, you would probably consider it very ‘do-able’. That’s what a man from Airdrie is doing, to be a positive influence on Albertans and spur conversations on mental wellness.
However, Ian Aman isn’t running east to west. He began his run on July 1st on the Alberta border with the Northwest Territories, and will take 62-days to run 1600-kilomeres, finishing at Coutts on August 29th.
Ian partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association of Alberta, and says the personal element is a challenge to test his own limits but he is also going across the province to share stories from those who struggle with mental wellness.
“In our province right now, there are a lot of people who struggle and most people, either directly or indirectly, have a connection to mental wellness of one sort or the other, and I think about the economic times we’re going through, some things like the fires and all that’s been going on in our province for the last while – there’s a lot of stress and there are a lot of people that suffer with their mental wellbeing.”