Melanie Myrand (born 7 October 1985) is a Canadian

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. She competed in the women's marathon event at the

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Career

Myrand started road racing in 2014. She participated in a 5km (17:44) and in the

Montreal Marathon Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

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 Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

she finished in 1 h 19 min 49 s and took 3rd place, and in

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, she beat her personal best with a time of 1 h 17. After that, she participated in her second marathon, the Scotiabank

Toronto Marathon The Toronto Marathon, held annually on the first Sunday of May, is a race from Yonge and Sheppard, in the north end of Toronto, to Exhibition Place, via Humber Bay Park. The origins of the event trace back to 1977, and the race was initially call ...

. She achieved a time of 2 h 39 min 10 s, removing 23 min from her personal best. In 2018, she beat her

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personal best in

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with a time of 1 h 15 min, and beat her marathon record in

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with a time of 2 h 34 min 08 s. In 2019, she failed to break her

record at the

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, but broke her marathon record with a time of 2 h 33 min 20 s in

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. 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.

Personal Best

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* * 1985 births Living people Canadian female long-distance runners Canadian female marathon runners Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub