It’s one week out until the @calgarymarathon and I’ve been deep diving into prepping and wanted to share!🫶🏻
The week before is crucial to slow down and cut back on your overall stress and physical strain, increase your hydration and get those deep sleeps!😴
Eat familiar foods, pack in your electrolytes, decrease your mental load and stretch.🙌🏻
I’ll be running the 10k and cheering with @yycruncrew for the 1/2 and full marathoners on Sunday!
Who’s going to be there!?
#runcalgary #calgarymarathon #runnerscommunity
📷: @evframes
Social media kind of sucks…
I’m so grateful for the community and partnerships it’s brought me and how it can connect us far and wide but if you try to play the game, be prepared to lose.
I only had capacity for one work goal last year while taking care of my mom as she lost her battle to cancer and I figured social media could be a good outlet. I wanted to grow my presence and following and get over 10k. It shouldn’t be that hard right? I literally watch people I know and don’t explode on here regularly. I did and to most it might look like I’m killing it but the truth is kind of killing me.🫠
I thought social media could be a cool way to grow my business because my body can only handle treating so many people in a day, per week and I don’t want to open a clinic. So what’s a girl to do to grow?🌱
It would be embarrassing to calculate the amount of hours I’ve spent putting together videos, editing, thinking up ideas. Even more time spent sad because a post didn’t do well, seeing non of my friends or colleagues engage and questioning if it’s worth trying to win this lottery of going viral and getting brand deals.
It’s hard not to think you are the problem when you see it happen for some and not for you. It’s hard for that self critic not to step in and take the oppertunity to question yourself in all aspects. I’m not pretty enough, funny enough, smart enough. People don’t care what I have to say, I’m not likeable, relatable, cool…😮💨It’s endless.
Social media is a dangerous game, especially when you aren’t your best self. I’ve found this as an outlet along with running to deal with grief or maybe not deal with it. But it’s been hard and crushing and yet I keep spinning the dial and hoping something wins me that big prize.
I guess the point of all of this is to be cautious, to notice how being on here makes you feel and to create boundaries for yourself because the limit does not exist here. You can give and give with no end in sight and lose so much time in the real world with the people you love. I’m sure there’s more eloquent things I could ask ChatGPT to say but today we’re keeping it real. 🤍
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Training for @calgarymarathon has taught me so much already and it just keeps coming!👟
As someone who has only been running for 2 years it seems like the learning is endless but thought I would share what I’ve learned so far.😅
Would love any and all advice! What’s your fave running/training tip!?
#calgarymarathon #runcalgary #yycrun
MORE TIMES TO MOVE WITH ME!!
Just added some more classes @junction_9 in Mission starting next week!🤸♀️
Catch me:
Monday’s 5:30pm Hatha Flow Inglewood
Tuesday 8pm Yin Mission
Wednesday 6:45pm Hatha Flow Mission
Can’t wait to spend more time with my fave community!
Hope to see you all soon🫶🏻
#yogayyc #calgaryfitness #junction9
Just sharing a few things that are supporting me physically and mentally on this roller coaster we call life!
What are your non-negotiables right now?🥰
#lifehack #trustdrivencare #healthybodyhealthymind
Jane is the best….need I say more?💁🏼♀️
Okay I’ll say more because it’s so easy too. I can tell you as a solo practitioner it helps send out reminder emails which has doubled my return rate. It processes payments, auto-emails receipts and uses AI scribe to take chart notes so I don’t spend my weekends working! And It also has a rad patient app!🙌🏻
Jane users!! What your fave part about Jane??
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I love this community!🏃♀️🤍
So grateful for everyone who came out to raise funds for The Alberta Cancer Foundation. We raised 1k, ran 6k and stretched for a full 30minute, which never happens for runners.😅
I am so grateful for @logeebear_ and @iambthiessen for asking me to be apart of this incredible event with @stridesrunning and to put this donation on my mother’s name.🥰
She would probably hate having her name on anything but also be so happy we raised money for such a good cause and one that hits close to home for so many.🕊️
Love you mom!🫶🏼
📷: @evframes
#run #yycrun #community #yoga
✨ GIVEAWAY TIME ✨
I’m so excited to gift one of you a FREE race entry to the 2026 Servus Calgary Marathon — and yes, you get to choose your distance! 🏃🏼♀️🔥
Race weekend is May 23rd (5K & 10K) and May 24th (21.1K & 42.2K), and it’s truly one of the most electric, community-driven weekends in our city!🔥
HOW TO ENTER:
• Follow all accounts: @melemlyn , @runcalgary , @calgarymarathon
• Like this post
• Tag a friend in the comments (each tag = 1 entry, unlimited entries)
• 3 bonus entries for sharing in stories!
No purchase necessary. Must be 18+ and a resident of Alberta, Canada.Giveaway closes Friday February 27th, 11:59pm MST.
Let’s do this, Calgary 💛🏃🏼♀️
#yycgiveaway #calgarymarathon #runner
A little bit of life lately…
According to social media, my life has probably looked pretty damn great. But in all honesty? It’s been really hard.
I wanted to start 2026 feeling “normal.” Lighter. Like I had neatly folded up the grief from losing my mom last summer and placed it somewhere manageable.
But that’s not how grief works.
You don’t get to outwork it. You don’t get to schedule it away. And trust me — I tried.
My stress spiked. I got taken out by a brutal flu 🤮. My period was so late from stress I took a pregnancy test for the first time ever (negative, thank God 😅). We conditionally sold my mom’s condo — which somehow feels like losing another piece of her all over again.
There have been beautiful moments too. Sweet time with friends. Deep laughs. Glimmers of light.
But overall? Life feels heavy. The hard things feel impossible. And I’ve found myself overwhelmed by things that normally wouldn’t shake me.
So I’m doing what I can.
I’m in therapy.
I’m eating more.
I’m taking good supplements.
I’m trying to be intentional with my time.
I’m still overbooking myself sometimes. I’m still human. But I’m trying.
And I think that has to count for something.
If you’re showing up with a brave face while carrying something heavy — I see you. Truly. Efforting counts. The quiet resilience counts.
Keep going. One foot in front of the other.
We don’t get to control when life turns everything upside down — but we do get to choose to keep walking.
And for now, that’s enough.🤍
Thanks @evframes for that first shot!
#recap #reallife #griefjourney
