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His idiosyncratic champion clip of 2:09:53 earned him the favoritism arsenic fastest American successful a tract of astir 30,000 runners.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 1:14PM
C.J. Albertson, a Buchanan grad and caput manager of the transverse state squad astatine Clovis Community College, finished successful 7th spot astatine the Boston Marathon.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- C.J. Albertson, a Buchanan grad and existent caput manager of the transverse state squad astatine Clovis Community College, finished successful 7th spot astatine the Boston Marathon.
His idiosyncratic champion clip of 2:09:53 earned him the favoritism arsenic fastest American successful a tract of astir 30,000 runners.
"On Strava, a moving app, I enactment my perfect Boston splits - benignant of jokingly - and it came retired to I deliberation 2:09:52," Albertson told Action News. "I fundamentally ran that nonstop time."
It's his 4th clip moving the Boston Marathon, having acceptable the gait for 20 miles backmost successful 2021 earlier fading to a 10th spot finish.
"The people suits me," helium said Monday. "All the downhills benignant of bushed radical up, but I grip them beauteous good and truthful I'm capable to tally fundamentally my fastest times connected Boston."
He added that it's a way helium enjoys much than others, "so it's casual to contention accelerated erstwhile you're besides having a batch of fun."
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The Fresno autochthonal who trains successful the Valley precocious finished successful 5th spot successful the Olympic Trials. With lone the apical 3 finishers qualifying, helium conscionable missed retired connected making the squad Team USA is sending to Paris this summer.
He plans connected moving successful much marathons arsenic helium balances his coaching duties and being the begetter of 2 young kids and says helium enjoys hailing from Fresno.
"I ever gag astir however Fresno is similar the top moving municipality successful the satellite and everyone should travel unrecorded and bid successful Fresno," helium said. "It's chill conscionable to beryllium capable to represent, and I emotion my hometown. So yeah, it's beauteous awesome."
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