Nienke Brinkman | Zegama Champion & Running Phenom
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
5 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Nienke Brinkman is a dutch marathoner and trail runner for Nike. She's only been running since 2020 and has already established herself as one of the most talented and versatile athletes in the world. She broke the dutch national record in the marathon by running 2:22 in April and only six weeks later won and broke the course record at Zegama -- an iconic Spanish trail race. In this conversation we talk about Nienke's background, her academic pursuits, her versatility as an athlete, her victory at Zegama, and her goals for the future.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam. Welcome to the free trail podcast. I'm Dylan Bowman here with an episode with one of the most exciting |
| 0:21.9 | athletes and characters in the sport of running at the moment. Today we are joined by Ninka Brinkman, |
| 0:28.3 | the Dutch running sensation, who might just be one of the most versatile athletes on the planet |
| 0:34.8 | right now. You will obviously learn more about her story in this episode |
| 0:39.1 | today, but just a quick intro for those who are unfamiliar. Ninka only started running in 2020 |
| 0:45.4 | when she was bored during the pandemic. And in a short two and a half year stretch, she has done |
| 0:51.7 | many extraordinary things, including breaking the Dutch |
| 0:56.3 | national record at the marathon, running a ridiculous two hours and 22 minutes in the marathon, |
| 1:03.5 | finishing second overall at Rotterdam in April. She is on the fast track to the 24 |
| 1:10.5 | Paris Summer Olympic Games. And on top of all that, Ninka is also a passionate trail runner, which makes me so happy who just won and set the course record at Zagama, a legendary mountain marathon in Spain. There's so much that's fascinating about Ninka, so I won't spoil it. |
| 1:29.5 | I'll just let you hear it for yourselves in this conversation. This episode also has a little |
| 1:36.2 | bit of a bonus segment where we make some initial announcements about the Gorge Waterfalls |
| 1:40.7 | weekend in 2023. My chat with Ninka was about 45 minutes, after which |
| 1:45.3 | we'll play a short combo that I have with Jeremy Long from Daybreak Racing, our partner |
| 1:50.0 | and race director for Gorge Waterfalls, where we talk about some of the exciting things that we |
| 1:56.7 | have in store for the race next year. You won't want to miss it. L.F. Gorge. As usual, the free trail |
| 2:04.1 | podcast is presented by Speedland, founded by Industry Titans. Dave Dombrow and Kevin Fallon, |
| 2:12.0 | Speedland set out to create the highest quality trail footwear ever produced. It was the culmination |
| 2:17.3 | of multi-decade long careers working in some of the biggest brands in the world. |
| 2:22.2 | Dave and Kevin were sick of corporate life and wanted to turn the footwear business model on its head, |
| 2:28.6 | producing in small quantities and making zero compromises. |
| 2:33.1 | It's just a two-man startup. |
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