We Need More Women in OCR with Nicole Mericle / ENDURANCE
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
“Basically I saw a lack of competition at the same level as on the male side. I saw a lot of my female friends backing away from competitive races and I thought it was a shame, so I decided I wanted to sponsor a women’s team,” says Nicole Mericle, 2019 Spartan World Champion.
Spartan Up Endurance Series host Johnny Waite talks with Nicole about women in OCR and how we as a collective can encourage more women to participate. In this episode you’ll learn...
-Nicole’s genesis story with OCR racing
-Nicole’s initiative to bring women into the sport via her professional team
-How to make OCR more welcoming for women
-Why Alex Walker and Renee Metivier are women to watch in the OCR world
-Resources for women looking to participate in OCR
Connect with Nicole on Social:
-Instagram: @nickeldm
-Twitter: @Nickeldm
-Facebook: Nicole Mericle
About Nicole:
Nicole is a 5-time obstacle course racing world champion and the current Spartan Race World Champion. Nicole’s competitive background began as a Division 1 Cross Country and Track & Field athlete at Rice University where she held two school records and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials in the 3,000m steeplechase. She raced post collegiately with Hudson Elite in Boulder, Colorado, and over time transitioned to trail running and garnered her passion for rock climbing. Her diverse athletic strengths led her to test her skills at her first obstacle course race in 2016. Nicole was immediately successful, and in 2017 she won the US OCR Championship in both the 3k and 15k, finished as the first American in the Spartan Championship Series, and won the OCR World 3k Championships and Tougher Mudder World Championships. In 2018, she repeated as the 3K OCR World Champion and in 2019 solidified her rise to the top of the sport winning both the Spartan Race World and Trifecta Championships.
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| 0:00.0 | So I decided to start a elite team of five women who all help develop in terms of giving them my support, having nutrition and strengthen running coaches and |
| 0:18.0 | mental coaches available for them, and then giving them some products, some races just helping them out in in every way that an athlete needs help |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to the Spartan endurance series on Spartan up podcast with host Johnny White |
| 0:32.3 | Hey Spartan today we've got the chance to talk with the coal up podcast with host Johnny White. |
| 0:32.6 | Hey Spartan, today we've got the chance to talk with Nicole Miracle. |
| 0:35.3 | Nicole's is 2019 Spartan World Champion, Trifector World Champion, |
| 0:39.3 | she's an incredible athlete, but most importantly she's a great ambassador for women in the sport. |
| 0:44.3 | She noticed that there was a real opportunity to get more women involved, get more |
| 0:47.8 | than involved with competitive level also and she's actually taking steps to make that happen. |
| 0:52.3 | So if you're a woman thing about how do I get into OCR, |
| 0:54.9 | how do I advance OCR, you do not want to miss this interview. |
| 0:57.6 | Today's episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Better Help. |
| 1:00.6 | Spartan Up listeners can save 10% on their first month by going to Better Help. Spartan Up listeners can save 10% on their first month by going to better |
| 1:04.2 | help.com slash Spartan. Hey y'all Johnny Wade here, one of the hosts of the |
| 1:09.3 | Spartan podcast and for anyone in the Spartan community, Nicole Miracle needs no introduction. |
| 1:14.0 | But because we're always trying to track new people into our community, I'm going to give you a little bit of an introduction. |
| 1:18.0 | So Nicole Miracle, incredible athlete, the 2019 Spartan World Champion, also the Spartan Tri facto World Champion, |
| 1:24.6 | you're multiple time OCR World Champion, you ran Division 1 track at Rice University. |
| 1:31.2 | So your pedigree in endurance sports is huge. But what I want to |
| 1:36.3 | talk to you about today is women in obstacle racing in particular. So tell me |
| 1:41.4 | about your experience as a woman in obstacle racing and where you see the sport going. |
| 1:47.0 | Awesome. Well, thank you for having me first of all. |
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