On Sunday, on the first stage within the Gold Path World Sequence (GTWS), Spain’s Kilian Jornet and Nienke Brinkman of the Netherlands each received the Zegama-Aizkorri Marathon in a course report time.
Nienke Brinkman received the Zegama Aizkorri Mountain Marathon, a part of the Golden Path Sequence, final weekend! Nienke smashed the course report with greater than 11 minutes. #TeamGSC
📸 @COROSGlobal pic.twitter.com/GWcMyPsNs7— World Sports activities Comm (@GlobalSportsCom) Could 31, 2022
Jornet has now received the race for the tenth time in 11 makes an attempt on the path of Zegama-Aizkorri, within the Basque Nation, Spain. His time of three:36:40 took 9 minutes off the earlier report of three:45:08 set by Stian Angermund-Vik in 2017.
The 34-year-old path runner lined the 42-kilometre course at a fierce tempo whereas climbing a steep 2,736 metres of elevation acquire. Runners needed to cope with seasonally heat temperatures however have been greeted by 1000’s of individuals posted alongside the course.
After I ran Zegama for the primary time, I had highschool exams the following day. Yesterday my daughters have been within the end line. The race has grew to become a part of my household, because of Alberto, Ainhoa… and all of the volunteers that make this jewel of a race yearly. 📸 @jsaragossa pic.twitter.com/FYJ5msOyAH
— kilian jornet (@kilianj) Could 31, 2022
Jornet completed three minutes forward of Italy’s Davide Magnini (3:39:31), with whom he duelled for a very long time till the ultimate climb round 33 km. Spain’s Manuel Merillas, who’s the reigning skyrunning world champion and velocity report holder on Mont Blanc, completed third in 3:45:43.
Jornet has received Zegama in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 and now 2022. The large purpose for Jornet this yr is to win the Hardrock 100 miler, which takes place in Silverton, Colo., on July 15, the place he must compete in opposition to the 2021 UTMB champion, François D’haene of France.
Within the girls’s race, it was all Dutch-phenom Brinkman. The 28-year-old Dutch marathon report holder by no means trailed within the race and ran the whole race alone previous 10K. Brinkman led Maude Mathys of Switzerland by three minutes on the midway level and beat Mathys by over 9 minutes on the end, smashing the prevailing course report by 18 minutes in 4:16:43. Mathys was second in 4:26:03 and Sara Alonso of Spain rounded out the highest three, 37 seconds behind Mathys. All three girls have been nicely contained in the earlier course report.
ZEGAMA 2022: NIENKE BRINKMAN SUMMITS AIZKORRI 11 min BELOW THE STANDING RECORD OF @ZegamaAizkorri
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Observe it LIVEhttps://t.co/idTxEAbBsh pic.twitter.com/p7dgcw2WYt— trailrunning spain (@trailrunningESP) Could 29, 2022
In two months, Brinkman has notched a 2:22 marathon efficiency in Rotterdam and the Zegama Marathon course report. She is a former Dutch subject hockey participant, who solely began working significantly initially of the pandemic in 2020. On the finish of 2021, she joined Nike’s NN Operating Group.
Brinkman at present lives in Zurich, Switzerland, the place she does quite a lot of coaching on the paths and troublesome mountain paths.