2023 BOSTON MARATHON PREVIEW + PREDICTIONS | CJ Albertson, Erika Kemp and Brian Reynolds Interview
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The oldest annual marathon in the world is almost here! The 127th Boston Marathon will welcome world record holders, first-time racers, and 30,000+ people in between to the starting line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts before they begin the 26-mile trek across eastern Massachusetts to the famous Boylston Street finish line. Both the men’s and women’s pro fields feature historic firsts and legendary talent, as well as an early preview of many of the major players in the hunt to represent Team USA at the 2024 Olympics.
In this episode, Chris Chavez, Kyle Merber and Dana Giordano preview all of the elite race action and share their predictions. We are also joined by 2x U.S. Champion Erika Kemp, 2:10 marathoner CJ Albertson and Brooks double amputee runner Brian Reynolds. We also share our final predictions for the race.
Most importantly, join us live on the CITIUS MAG YouTube channel on Monday morning at 9 a.m. for our squad’s expert race commentary.
The race kicks off on Monday, April 17th with a 9:37 a.m. start for the pro men, 9:47 a.m. start for the pro women, and a 10:00 a.m. start for the open race (wheelchair pros kick off a little after 9 a.m.). You can follow the action by downloading the BAA Racing app or online (live tracking link not available yet). The race will be broadcast locally on WCVB (ABC) and around the U.S. on ESPN and the ESPN app.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay. Good afternoon, everyone. We're live on the Internet, which is approximately my |
| 0:15.6 | least favorite thing. So I'm going to be brief up here. My name is Maui. I'm a director |
| 0:19.9 | marketing at Brooks. And on behalf of our entire team, welcome to the 2023 Hyperion |
| 0:24.7 | House. I'm also a proud New Yorker as our Chris and Kyle. So we're going to pivot from |
| 0:30.0 | tomorrow or Monday's race. We're going to do a deep dive on the Nick's Cavs playoff |
| 0:33.7 | series. So get those questions ready, folks. Now, we are going to preview the race. We are |
| 0:40.5 | extremely excited about it. And on behalf of the entire Brooks team, you know, we consider |
| 0:45.4 | it an honor and a privilege to get to work with the cityist team. I don't remember the |
| 0:49.8 | first time I came across their work. I also don't remember the first time I heard the |
| 0:53.8 | Beatles. But guess what? They're both really great. So, you know, we get to do a lot of fun |
| 1:00.3 | things here. We get to work with a lot of great people. These three are amongst the best |
| 1:05.0 | people that we get to work with. So we're super excited about this hour. I hope you're |
| 1:08.3 | sticking around for trivia after this. And so on behalf of the entire Brooks team, let |
| 1:14.3 | me work with Chris Chavez, Kyle Merber, and the pride of Flemington, New Jersey. I'm |
| 1:22.6 | from Burnersville, New Jersey, and Go Devils. They're going to take down the Rangers. |
| 1:27.1 | Awesome. Well, that was like the best intro we've ever gotten before one of these live shows. |
| 1:31.6 | Hey, everyone, thanks for coming out. This is the first time we've ever done one of these |
| 1:34.9 | live shows in front of a live audience. Usually we're just in front of Mac like yelling |
| 1:40.5 | at us, yelling at him, spewing our own hot takes. But we're super pumped. This is our second |
| 1:45.1 | year here at the Hyperion House. Last year we did an alternate broadcast on Marathon Monday |
| 1:51.8 | that more than 20,000 people like tuned in to watch us just react to things in real time, |
| 1:56.5 | give our commentary some live updates. And so we'll be doing that again on Monday morning. |
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