2 New World Records for Ed Whitlock

JosDel

M80 Ed Whitlock ran the 10,000m the first event of Day 2 of the
Canadian Masters Championships on Saturday Morning under perfect
conditions. The World Record stood at 44:29.4 set by Ed Benham USA in
1988 that stood for almost 25 years. Ed finished in an unbelievable
42:59.16 - a minute and a half under the record. As Ken Stone points out,
that averaged 6:55 per Mile. The WR in the M80 Mile is 7:09.. and Ed ran
six of them in a row!! 25 hours later, on Sunday morning, Ed ran
20:58.12 .another World Record in the 5000m - bettering his own mark that
he set two weekends ago on the same Varsity Centre track at the Ontario
Masters Championships

gerard65

He's a legend. There was a great piece in 'Running Times' about him a while back. At his peak marathon training he run's three hours a day, around a small graveyard, about 5mins per lap. Real old-time, no fancy gadgets, old runners etc. Doesn't believe in doctors, hasn't been to one in years. I'd say he's a great character.

TheRoadRunner

what's his lifetime PB for 10k?

gerard65

He ran at school but injury stopped him. He only started again at 40 and ran 2:31 for the marathon at 48. His 10k is just under 40mins but that over age 70.
Here's the piece:
http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=18810&PageNum=1

JosDel

Good interview with Ed on Marathon Talk http://www.marathontalk.com/archive/2011/5/16/episode-72-ed-whitlock.html