Ruby Wyles

Let’s play dress up for the YPSI’s 👡

A night to remember as the final countdown to graduation is well and truly on. 💚🖤

Expiration date pending 🔜

All things (good, bad, indifferent) must come to an end. I’m wrapping up some of the hardest, most testing years with immense gratitude for the support I’ve had from Eastern Michigan University. While I would never want to relive this time, the person I’m becoming is better because of it.

february is month, and it’s something that deserves more attention.

it’s not a fun topic to talk about, and something I still feel shame and fear judgement about. however, eating disorders have affected me for most of my life, cost me a lot, and yet the power they hold can feel insurmountable.

eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. in athletes, resulting energy deficits (LEA and RED-S) can have outsized consequences. the body isn’t infallible, eventually, it will break, though it can also heal.

i hope sharing some of my story can help you answer “is it worth it” when thoughts of restriction, weight loss, body comparisons, exercising more, or eating “clean” arise. (you are not alone in having these thoughts; know that they say nothing about you, but, unfortunately, reflect society at large.)

*collegiate running did not cause my eating disorder, nor do I fault my coaches. i was stubborn and too deep in the illness to listen to advice, reduce training, and accept help.

2025 highs (and let’s just ignore the lows)

🧩 first escape room
🎄peak moment = Christmas in Flagstaff with some of my favorite people
🏁 representing in XC 1 year after a near fatal bike accident
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👯‍♀️ playing dress up
🏃🏻‍♀️ into to Hyrox
🫂 close friends through hard times and good
🏋🏻‍♀️ pull-ups
📚 college memories
🥂 pre-race shanegans
☀️ summer workouts and long runs (aka, the few times running felt good)
🚴🏼‍♀️ back in the saddle post bike crash
🐈 Leo in his Christmas costume
🍪 more fuel from