CJ Albertson Appreciation /Prediction Thread

Way to go CJ! He could have easily folded, quit, and nobody would have been shocked. However, he regrouped, refocused, and finished strong. Good for him.

90 seconds faster had he run with the lead pack instead of alone.

Dr. Do wrote:

90 seconds faster had he run with the lead pack instead of alone.

Maybe - who knows what would've happened. Maybe front running works with his psyche in such a way that he is more motivated than pack running.

Regardless, Albertson showed a ton of guts and got a great place and time.

His post race interview was great. So honest, care free, and positive.

Must be nice to race clean and not have to worry about questions about a shady coach or doping accusations.

No asterisk after his name.

Yusef Scumm. wrote:

His post race interview was great. So honest, care free, and positive.

Must be nice to race clean and not have to worry about questions about a shady coach or doping accusations.

No asterisk after his name.

Indeed, a good interview.

Would also have liked to see interview with first American man who ran a well-paced and intelligent race.

christian running mom and vaccilated wrote:

wejo wrote:

WOW. He somehow managed to run a 4:51 final mile to finish in 2:11:43 and top 10 finish.

Great run.

I called it. He's the moral victor. All the others were doped.

No such thing as a moral victor

Tom Fleming 2.0

Did someone hand CJ a piano?

If I go down to my local high school track, what pace would I need to run to understand the time CJ ran for the first mile?

Wanted to show some love for CJ, what he did was awesome :)

CJ ran an incredibly courageous today and was so exciting to watch. To learn more about CJ and Chelsey Albertson you can listen to the Walk Run Soar podcast episode that my wife and I recorded with them a year ago. They talk about how they met, their faith, and their training.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5kuQKVQleQ

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walk-run-soar-episode-3-interview-with-cj-chelsey-albertson/id1493567998?i=1000491422752

That was not courage. That was a desire to be discussed on this site and get on tv. That first mile was stupid.

He ran a lot of his marathons very close together when he first got big on the marathon scene. His best two races were at Atlanta and Boston. Not exactly ideal courses for PRs. The sky is the limit for this dude. If he runs Berlin, Chicago, or any of those super fast courses with good competition in the next couple of years we are going to see an extremely fast time out of him. Forget sub 2:10, if any American is beating Rupp it is CJ.

wejo wrote:

OMG. He just rallied somehow and got back into 2nd. I think he's just tryim=ng to embrace the crowd. Saw him stick his hands out again.

OMG and WOW, I think it will take me a while to decipher "tryim=ng."

ofa lon teh

marshmellow

mispell

Fun to see him go for it! He seems to have talked about downhill running being a strength for some time. He really rallied strong at the end too to finish top 10; he's a tough guy. Makes you wonder what 2:11 in today's conditions on the Boston course would be worth on a more ideal day and a faster course.

okaywantkababi wrote:

christian running mom and vaccilated wrote:

I called it. He's the moral victor. All the others were doped.

No such thing as a moral victor

The Lord is my shepherd. He knows.

Imimpresssed wrote:

Yusef Scumm. wrote:

His post race interview was great. So honest, care free, and positive.

Must be nice to race clean and not have to worry about questions about a shady coach or doping accusations.

No asterisk after his name.

Indeed, a good interview.

Would also have liked to see interview with first American man who ran a well-paced and intelligent race.

Talk to Galen after Chicago

that was stupid but he got on tv wrote:

That was not courage. That was a desire to be discussed on this site and get on tv. That first mile was stupid.

You are right. That was not courage: That was smarts. If you listen to the interviews, he says his relative advantage is going downhill. To take advantage of that, his plan was to run faster on the downhills. Since Boston starts downhill, that meant running out ahead of everyone else, knowing the rest of the pack would eat into that lead on the flats and hills. That's exactlfy what happened.

PS. FWIW, I thought like you until I listened to his interview. He seems pretty sensible, and realistic. As he says over and over, he ran his best race, by using a race plan that exploited his strengths.

Major new found respect for this guy. Turned what would have been a relatively humdrum Boston into a spectacle. Very entertaining!

I don't know CJ but he's from my area and was dominating local races before the rest of the country had heard of him. I was excited to see him off the front for so long and tremendously impressed that he didn't fold once caught. He's one tough dude.