CJ Albertson does NOT run big mileage

Ever?

Is this since the start of December? CJ has run two 2:11 marathons during this time.

CJ is America's Yuki - moderate mileage, focused workouts, race often.

Except slower

Except American

One of them has run 2:08 flat and one has only run 2:10:30 ish

These guys are worse than Valby. I'm in the thousands myself.

CJ is all over the place - 40 miles one week, 100 miles the next, random workouts on random days etc...

Yuki is much more organised with his training

Would love to see CJ on the podium in Orlando

No chance. He doesn’t train consistent enough.
He races like he trains. Inconsistent and flashy.

That's why he is only a 2:10-2:11 guy.

Anything can happen and I think he has a chance because he is obviously in good shape now (although in recent podcasts he has described this as less than peak fitness). CJ has also admitted in the past to losing focus in his training and needing an important race on his calendar to get in really good shape. I think his peak fitness in a race where he doesn't go out at a suicide pace is somewhere between Mantz and Fauble.

2:07:27

nah he's just running by feel

He is a lot like Doug Kurtis was in the 80s and 90s but faster. Can recover quickly and run marathons on consecutive weeks

Are you looking at his training around his races? A marathon takes some time to taper for and recover from. You need to analyze months of training.

When did Clayton Young run 2:07:27?

Clayton Young’s PR is literally 2:08 flat from Chicago

I’ve known CJ for years and have some insight into his training. While he has a reputation of being a workout tank, people on this site don’t seem to know he has an injury history dating back to high school (you can see a good amount of inconsistency on his TFRSS page if you dig in). The free-form nature of his training seems to keep him healthy and engaged. This may be the difference in “organization” between him and someone like Yuki. CJ has the discipline to rest away aches and pains but will also crush monster mileage and workouts without hesitation, as we all know. I’m honestly not sure what he would think about all this high/low mileage philosophy discourse… I personally feel like almost all of these marathoners just try to get in as much training without getting injured. Some guys are built for more, some for less, and sometimes the mileage varies at different points in one’s career/season.

But the REAL scoop comes from the horse’s mouth. CJ is going to go for the WIN at trials. This wasn’t the case in past years (or at least I didn’t hear). No time goal though due to the weather in Orlando.