Michelle Valenti

Active.com Swimming & Triathlon Editor

Michelle Valenti is the triathlon and swimming editor for Active.com. She started competing in triathlons in 2000 when she lived in Tsu, Japan. Her first race was completed on a mountain bike, and she got lost because she couldn't read Japanese, but she was hooked. She's come a long way in triathlon racing since, recently completing the Boulder Ironman 70.3.

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Her favorite ways to train and race are when she is joined and cheered on by friends and family. She loves motivating people to join her at events and is easily persuaded by her peers to sign up for endurance challenges. That is how she found herself racing through Sonoma in 100-degree heat during Barb's Race, running down the Pacific Coast at two O'clock in the morning with 23 co-workers at Ragnar Relay, and pedaling endlessly through Death Valley at the Death Valley Century.

Always the outdoor enthusiast, Michelle is in a perpetual state of cross-training. From mountain biking and rock climbing to snowboarding to sailing, she likes her training routine to be in constant flux. In addition to triathlons, she has completed a 24-hour mountain bike race, a couple of 24-hour adventure races and several running events.

Michelle has been at Active.com as an editor since 2007 working on a variety of content from endurance to active lifestyle to outdoor adventure. Prior to Active, she worked as a writer and editor for various publications, including Outside Magazine's 2007 Buyer's Guide.

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