
melanie myrand

melanie myrand (born 7 october 1985) is a canadian athlete. she competed in the women's marathon event at the 2019 world athletics championships.
career.
myrand started road racing in 2014. she participated in a 5km (17:44) and in the montreal marathon where she did 3:04 to finish in 3rd place. she then specialized on the track to make a comeback on the road in 2017. she did two half-marathons; in calgary she finished in 1 h 19 min 49 s and took 3rd place, and in philadelphia, she beat her personal best with a time of 1 h 17. after that, she participated in her second marathon, the scotiabank toronto marathon. she achieved a time of 2 h 39 min 10 s, removing 23 min from her personal best. 
in 2018, she beat her half-marathon personal best in houston with a time of 1 h 15 min, and beat her marathon record in chicago with a time of 2 h 34 min 08 s. in 2019, she failed to break her half-marathon record at the canadian championships, but broke her marathon record with a time of 2 h 33 min 20 s in rotterdam. she participated in the world marathon championships in 2019. she ran a 10k personal best on the track, in 2020, running 33 minutes and 42 seconds.