I started off with Road and Mountain bike racing and shortly migrated over to Adventure Racing taking on big challenges such as the Eco Challenge, Raid the North, Primal Quest, Patagonia Expedition Race and Southern Traverse. In 2005, I decided it was time for a change, and although I was famously known to hate running, I discovered a passion for Ultra marathons. My first major Ultra Run was Racing the Planet's Sahara Desert race. From there, I have gone on to compete in local and International Ultra's with great success! In my 'spare' time, Michelle works full time as a Project Manager at Microsoft.

Donation link: http://www.climbforkids.org/donate/to/Michelle-Maislen--Ruth-Mountain-July-2009