Two minutes faster than he ran at CIM.
For all the CIM course-haters who are convinced gravity works differently in Sacramento vs Boston.
Two minutes faster than he ran at CIM.
For all the CIM course-haters who are convinced gravity works differently in Sacramento vs Boston.
Solid time for him. That's a time I thought would almost be in contention. I was surprised with the 2:08 and 2:10s making the team. Those guys ran super tough.
Anyways, hopefully CJ keeps rolling with his fitness. Maybe get in a fast late spring marathon like Grandmas or something.
Albertson continues to improve quickly and seems to be an iron man in being able to race very often without injury. Look for great things from this guy!
guy could snag a decent appearance check at Boston I bet even this late.
He ran a great race. But you can’t possibly think that CIM and Boston are similar courses. How the elevation change happens matters, CIM has nothing like heartbreak hill.
He ran well and he annoyed Puskedra which was entertaining. I didn't think he'd do this well but he shut me up. I'm a fan.
While I agree CIM is harder than people say, CJ didn’t go all out at CIM. He wanted to go faster but the winner sand bagged him. This course is WAY harder than CIM. CJ could run 2:10:00 at CIM
Really great race for CJ today, happy for the guy. Clearly those ridiculous long runs are working. Get him into a fast marathon major.
Albertson ran great.
Overall though, most people that qualified via CIM came nowhere near their qualifying time. Heck, most of them never sniff their CIM times again.
NERunner053 wrote:
Really great race for CJ today, happy for the guy. Clearly those ridiculous long runs are working. Get him into a fast marathon major.
Yea, but doing big time hero workouts all the time is almost a sure fire way to shorten your career. There is just no need to do that kind of stuff all the time.
Here's Cj Albertson Timeline
Nov. 2018 two cities- 2:17:40 (First Marathon)
Dec 2019: CIM 2:13:40
Feb 2020: Olympic trials 2:11:49
In less then a year in a half
Quantum theorem wrote:
Albertson ran great.
Overall though, most people that qualified via CIM came nowhere near their qualifying time. Heck, most of them never sniff their CIM times again.
Only 18% of the qualifiers from any source ran sub-2:19. It's the nature of the process where, for most people, getting the entry standard is the goal.
As for your second statement, I'm sure you don't have the data to support its relevance on a course comparative basis.
That's the difference between science and throwing stuff at the wall.
ShilohDoesntCare wrote:
He ran well and he annoyed Puskedra which was entertaining. I didn't think he'd do this well but he shut me up. I'm a fan.
That was a sweet bonus.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
2017 World 800 champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse banned 1 year for whereabouts failures