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The OCR Report

Will Hicks

Nicole Mericle on Double Sand Bags and Mental Health

MAY 24, 202355 MIN
The OCR Report

Nicole Mericle on Double Sand Bags and Mental Health

MAY 24, 202355 MIN

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Are you an OCR Report Member yet? For less than $5 a month you can support the sport we love. We are on the way to our first 2,000 members. Join us today!

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Nicole Mericle is four-time OCR World Champion. After a two-year recovery from injury, she won the first race in the 2023 Spartan North American Elite Series last month and 3rd Place at DEKA Anaheim a few weeks ago.

This past weekend Nicole finished 6th at the second race in the Spartan NAES, in Big Bear California. After making it through the two preliminary heats and qualifying for the finals, Nicole did not participate in the final 3k race.

There has been a lot of chatter online about why Nicole did not race in the Big Bear Finals. She joins The OCR Report Podcast to set the record straight. 

Nicole is sponsored by Sur PhytoPerformance, Pro-Tec Athletics, and Honey Stinger.

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