RUN-4-HEALTH
Challenge: 50 Peaks to 50
Michael’s new mission: Running 50 peaks by age 50!
Michael who ‘Traveled the World for Free’ and ‘Traded Up Around the World – From an Apple to a House in Hawaii,’ is now taking on a new personal challenge: Running up 50 mountain peaks across North America before turning 50.
Under the title Run4Health – 50 Peaks to 50, the trail runner and mental health coach is combining endurance sport with a deeper message: facing challenges as as essential element of resilience and strength.
49 Peaks Down – 1 to Go!
So far, Michael has run 49 peaks, most above 8,000 feet, some exceeding 14,000 feet. Over the next twelve months, he plans to complete the final seven – including one in Argentina, Patagonia. His weekly training includes 25 miles of running on mountain terrain.
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Challenge to Raise Strength and Resilience
Goal Setting as a Red Line in Life
For Michael, this journey is about far more than athletic achievement. At its core are resilience, personal growth, and the belief that meaningful goals provide a guiding thread throughout life. He believes that challenges help us step outside our comfort zones, grow through setbacks, and gain new perspectives.
Spending time in nature plays a central role in that philosophy. For Michael, trail running, mountain adventures, and other challenges are not just sports—they are practical tools for building mental strength, perseverance, and self-confidence.
“Goals provide an important compass in life,” says Wigge. “Challenges help us grow beyond what we thought possible, redefine our limits, and build trust in our own abilities. Run4Health is meant to show that personal growth often begins the moment we are willing to take a step outside our comfort zone.”
As a Mental Health Coach, trainer, and keynote speaker, Michael Wigge works with individuals and organizations on stress management, resilience, navigating change, and self-care throughout Europe and internationally. Through Run4Health, he hopes to inspire others to see that movement, meaningful goals, and a willingness to embrace challenges can be powerful catalysts for lasting change, greater well-being, and a more fulfilling life.
All 49 Peaks Completed in the Americas and Europe
California
- Keller Peak – 7880 ft / 2402 m
- Snow Summit Big Bear – 8200 ft / 2499 m
Colorado
- Rollins Pass – 11676 ft / 3559 m
- James Peak – 13271 ft / 4045 m
- South Arapahoe Peak – 13400 ft / 4084 m
- Bierstadt Mountain – 14065 ft / 4287 m
- Quandary Peak – 14271 ft / 4351 m
- Mount Massive – 14428 ft / 4398 m
- Peak 1 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 12804 ft / 3902 m
- Peak 2 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 12936 ft / 3942 m
- Peak 3 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 13100 ft / 3993 m
- Peak 4 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 13195 ft / 4023 m
- Peak 5 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 13290 ft / 4053 m
- Peak 6 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 13355 ft / 4071 m
- Peak 7 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 13379 ft / 4079 m
- Peak 8 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 13365 ft / 4074 m
- Peak 9 (Ten Mile Ridge) – 13260 ft / 4041 m
- Summit House Keystone – 12408 ft / 3783 m
- Monarch Mountain – 11952 ft / 3642 m
- Mosquito Pass – 13185 ft / 4019 m
- Boreas Pass – 11581 ft / 3530 m
- Caribou Mountain – 12907 ft / 3934 m
- Chicago Peak – 13685 ft / 4171 m
- Trico Peak – 13448 ft / 4099 m
- Hoosier Ridge – 13282 ft / 4050 m
- Jacque Peak – 13211 ft / 4026 m
- Green Mountain Boulder – 8144 ft / 2483 m
- Eldora Mountain – 10160 ft / 3097 m
- North Cone Peak – 10094 ft / 3077 m
- Santa Fe SMFH – 9400 ft / 2865 m
- Conifer Mountain – 9462 ft / 2884 m
- Winter Park Ski Resort – 12121 ft / 3694 m
- Ten Mile Ridge Overview – 13400 ft / 4084 m
Hawaii
- Mauna Kea – 13796 ft / 4205 m
Nevada
- Mt Rose Wilderness – 10776 ft / 3283 m
New Mexico
- San Antonio Mountain – 10897 ft / 3322 m
- Agua Fria Peak – 10245 ft / 3124 m
- Santa Fe Baldy – 12632 ft / 3850 m
- Sandia Mountain – 10678 ft / 3254 m
- Sierra Blanca Peak – 11973 ft / 3649 m
- Taos Ski Resort – 12045 ft / 3670 m
Utah
- Scott Hill – 10050 ft / 3063 m
Argentina, Patagonia
- Las Piedras Blancas – 6803 ft / 2075 m
Germany, Black Forest
- Der Blauen – 3822 ft / 1165 m
- Der Belchen/Schwarzwald – 3639 ft /1414m
- Der Brocken – 3743ft / 1141m
- Kandel – 4.072 ft / 1.241 m
- Hornisgrinde – 3.820 ft / 1.164 m
- Herzogenhorn – 4.645 ft / 1.415 m
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