Chris Robertson

Olympic trials hopeful, marathoner, beer drinker

Chris is fast. His personal best marathon time stands at 2:24, he races competitively for Fleet Feet Chicago’s Nike Racing Team and he’s training to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials. But Chris has another speedy distinction: Drinking beer. He downed four beers in an average of 7.15 seconds on his way to setting an American-record 4:46.67 in the 2017 Beer Mile.

Outside of running, drinking and run-drinking, Chris writes about the sport and works full time as a technology consultant while pursuing additional entrepreneurial endeavors.

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