{"id":829,"date":"2017-05-01T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2017-05-01T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T19:04:27","slug":"a-rising-star-nicole-mericle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/a-rising-star-nicole-mericle\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rising Star &#8211; Nicole Mericle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleM.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Mericle\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleM.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleM-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The NBC Spartan Race Series<\/strong> is just starting to heat up, there are the familiar faces and some not so familiar. <strong>Nicole Mericle<\/strong> has yet to become a household name in the sport but many believe that is subject to change. Her background as a collegiate Track and Field Steeple Chaser has provided her with the <strong>running<\/strong> pedigree to pose a threat to the pro field and thus far she\u2019s had some pretty impressive outings given she\u2019s only raced a little less than a dozen times in her career to date. I asked Nicole to be a featured guest so we can discuss her strategy, strengths and weaknesses leading into the <strong>Monterey NBC Spartan Super <\/strong>and she was open to sharing.\u00a0 Give a listen!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalrunningcoach.net\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/banner-for-OCR-ClinicII.gif\" alt=\"banner-for-ocr-clinic\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanoctane.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DHP-Banner-V2.jpg\" alt=\"Human Octane makes a statement\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"A Rising Star &amp;#8211; Nicole Mericle\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-05-01T12:04:05-07:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT35M57S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Nicole Mericle Elite Spartan Pro discusses her strategy, strengths and weaknesses leading into the Monterey NBC Spartan Super.  \" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/nicole.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"66.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6617\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-829-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/nicole.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/nicole.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/nicole.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/nicole.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_pinw=829-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/nicole.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"nicole.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('829-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_829-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_829-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_embed=829-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBC Spartan Race Series is just starting to heat up, there are the familiar faces and some not so familiar. Nicole Mericle has yet to become a household name in the sport but many believe that is subject to change. 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