Voice Of Runners

MR76: In this week's episode, I talked with Erica (Braswell) Speegle. Erica has been running for a long time with her biggest accomplishment was to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Due to many reasons, she had to drop out during the race. In this episode, you can hear Erica's story about her Olympic trial disappointment and bounce back to set state records. In this episode, Erica and I talked about: -Erica's running journey -Training tips and suggestions -Olympic trail -Fast training and racing -Coaching -Much More Eira's Bio: ​Erica (Braswell) Speegle was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama.  She got her start running for Oak Mountain Middle School and running local 5k's on the weekend with her dad.  After a successful high school career at Pelham, she headed to Auburn University, where she was multiple times All-SEC on the track.   Since graduating from Auburn her focus has been road racing, with a gradual drift from 5k towards the marathon. She has recorded back-to-back top-20 f