Practically a decade in the past, company vet Ian Sohn started transitioning into management roles, a profession shift that additionally ushered in elevated stress and anxiousness. So he began operating as a solution to unwind.
What started as small-distance operating 5 days every week quickly become half marathons of 13 miles, and finally full marathons protecting 26 miles. Since then, Sohn has run seven full marathons, together with the Chicago Marathon and Minnesota’s Grandma’s Marathon in 2022.
At this time, Sohn—now CEO of North America at artistic company Iris—is getting ready for his first 40-mile ultramarathon in June over mountain trails in West Virginia, protecting the Monongahela Nationwide Forest, Timberline Mountain ski resort and Canaan Valley Nationwide Wildlife Refuge, ending at Canaan Valley Resort State Park.
“For those who don’t have an outlet— might be [even] watching comedy specials on Netflix—it might probably eat you up…
