Rhythms of Success: US Champion Nia Akins' Harmonious Pursuits Of Track & Music

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast is your 2023 Women's 800m Champion, Nia Akins!

Nia is an outstanding track and field athlete with an impressive list of accomplishments. Before she became a professional runner, she was the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships National Runner-Up and the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships National Runner-Up in the 800m. She was recognized as one of the top contenders for the Bowerman Award and was a finalist for the USTFCCCA National Women's Track Athlete of the Year. Nia has excelled in various events, earning All-America honors and capturing multiple titles at the Ivy League Indoor and Outdoor Heptagonal Championships. She holds several records at Penn, including the second-fastest time in NCAA history for indoor 800m (2:00.71) and first-all-time records in various relay events and outdoor races. In cross country, Nia has displayed her talent and earned accolades, such as USTFCCCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors and All-Ivy accolades.

Nia also has ventured into the music space over the past few years and developed a great passion for it. We explore that passion in today's episode as well as her recent success, start in the sport, finding balance, coffee, her dreams and ambitions, and much more! This episode was a lot of fun, and I got a lot of value from Nia's story. I hope you all enjoy this conversation!

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0:00.0	Hey friends, just a quick note before we hop into today's episode of the podcast, majority of you guys
0:05.9	listening right now have not given us a follow and a five-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts,
0:10.7	and it takes legitimately between five-and-10 seconds to hit the follow button, hit the five-star review
0:16.2	button. So I'd greatly appreciate you guys doing so if you have not done so already. And then
0:20.6	something all of you guys can do right now is share today's episode with a friend,
0:24.4	a family member, a teammate, someone who you think would find value and benefit from it.
0:28.8	I would greatly appreciate you guys doing that, sharing the podcast, sharing today's episode
0:32.4	with someone.
0:33.4	Because through that, we can expand the show and reach new people and hopefully through
0:37.3	that inspire them in the process. reach new people and hopefully through that
0:37.5	inspire them in the process without for their due let's get into today's conversation yeah a
0:42.3	akins welcome to the running effect podcast how you doing this afternoon i'm doing great how about you
0:47.2	i'm doing fantastic 405 on a nice sunny day in austin i'm enjoying myself it's a good day so far
0:53.2	you told me before the
0:54.7	interview that you are currently up in Seattle. No altitude camp yet. So, uh, or I guess going back
1:01.1	down. I'm sure you've been there this season. Is it kind of nice to take a step back, be back at
1:05.3	quote unquote home and just kind of still putting the work, but also like do other fun stuff.
1:10.5	Yeah. Seattle feels like just kind of
1:12.9	like a resting stop for me. Whenever we're in Albuquerque, I'm like, okay, it's time to work and like
1:18.3	really focus and put my head down and train. And then when we're in Seattle, I'm like, give me all
1:23.4	the distractions. I want to hang out with friends. I want to eat the good food and like go jump
1:28.5	into the water. And yeah, so I'm really enjoying the Seattle summer so far. Correct me if I'm
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