CJ Johnson - "Be legendary"

About this episode

Allison interviews CJ Johnson about his running journey, community work, and recovery from injury.

Like the episode? Let us know with a quick text! Allison interviews Baton Rouge runner CJ Johnson about his running journey, community work, and current injury recovery. CJ began running in middle school, quit in 11th grade amid family turmoil, later joined the Air Force, and was discharged after learning he had sickle cell anemia. He recommitted to running after his father’s leg amputation, and because his son has full-blown sickle cell anemia and cannot run, motivating CJ to “run for both...

People in this episode

Host: Allison Gaillard

Guest: CJ Johnson

Topics covered

• running journey
• community work
• injury recovery
• sickle cell anemia
• motivation

Keywords

• running
• sickle cell anemia
• community
• motivation
• injury recovery
• Baton Rouge

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Baton Rouge

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