Freel, Erin

Erin Freel

Ocala

Erin grew up on a dairy and beef cattle ranch in Florida and she loved showing cattle in 4-H and FFA.  After running the Marine Corp Marathon in 2015 and seeing other states with Team Beef, she wanted to start a Team Beef in Florida. She did just that in 2017 and served as the Team Ambassador for 6 years. Erin is a Broker Associate for Showcase Properties of Central Florida specializing in commercial real estate and founded The Market Place, an agricultural marketing company in 2000.  She’s competed in over 100 running races and triathlons, has completed one Ironman and a participated in Alaskaman, only to DNF on mile 90 of the bike after a flat tire. She’s riden her bike 500 miles across Iowa twice as part of Ragbrai and hopes to complete the Bourbon Burn in 2022, a 3 day bicycle ride in Lexington Kentucky that visits 11 distilleries. After all, what goes better with beef than bourbon.