The article details Peyton’s running career and her training routine for the event, which takes place in Los Angeles on February 13. It also tells of the careful balance she maintains between her coaching duties and her running career.

“Coaching is my way of giving back to the sport. I didn’t want to neglect that,” she said.

Read: on the Des Moines Register site.

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Last year, nearly 150 Auggies took part in the challenge and won, for a second time, a good-natured competition against St. Thomas.

Please join your Auggie faculty and staff colleagues as they take on the Tommies for a third year. This year might be shaping up to be a bigger challenge, though, since the Tommies already have more than 150 people on their teams.

More Auggies are needed to help level the playing field and drive Augsburg to a third victory over our friends across the river. As the saying goes: “Many feet exercising makes light work.”

Please sign up to take part in the Challenge. With your help, maybe we can collectively circle the globe 48 times this year.

Get the full details on registering to participate on a team in the .

Shown here are Auggies with Minnesota Vikings cornerback Asher Allen at the fitness challenge kickoff at Vikings Winter Park.

Run your first (or tenth) 5K, 10K, or half marathon!

The Get in Gear is a great race to begin your racing career or to get ready for the race season. There’s a 5K, 10K, a 1/2 marathon, and a 2K for kids. The date is Saturday, April 28, and the race begins and ends at Minnehaha Falls. Go to the Get in Gear for more information or to join Carol Enke in the 10K corporate category.

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