Question for Ed Whitlock

Is that a misprint on the main page? He ran a 42:00 15k at age 74? so 3 times in a row he ran 14:00 5k and he's 74? or is this time adjusted for age?

SEXCguy wrote:

Is that a misprint on the main page? He ran a 42:00 15k at age 74? so 3 times in a row he ran 14:00 5k and he's 74? or is this time adjusted for age?

Try reading:

"...age-graded prize with a time equal to about a 42:00 15"

cmyawn wrote:

Do you reverse direction on your loop, either during a run or do you change directions on alternate days? Or do you always run the loop in the same direction?

I don't always run in the same direction. There is a limited choice of roads and my run sometimes varies depending on other activities in the cemetery so that alters things sometimes during a run. I do deliberately change directions from time to time to even things out but not during a run.

Ed, I've also been a big fan of yours for years.

How do you vary things while you run around the cemetery? Do you throw in some speed work? What is your usual pace and amount of time spent running? How long are your long runs?

To run a 2:54 marathon at 75 requires some serious amount of distance and speed work.

Very impressive!!!

I ran next to Ed in the 100th running of the Around the Bay 30K race back in 1994. Wow!!! Of course he was 63 then and I was 38 ;-)

Highlight of my race that day.

Tommy2Nutts wrote:

How do you vary things while you run around the cemetery? Do you throw in some speed work? What is your usual pace and amount of time spent running? How long are your long runs?

To run a 2:54 marathon at 75 requires some serious amount of distance and speed work.

Very impressive!!!

I really don't vary things at all. I just run the loops until the alloted time is up. I do not time the individual laps or count them. When I ran the 2:54 at 73 I had been doing consistent daily runs of 3 hours duration most days. I did little to no speed work in training but ran some shorter races. Maybe I'm unusual in needing little speed training.

Ed

Ed....off topic, but I had the chance to run with you at the Crim a few years ago. Granted it's cool to start with the Kenyans and warm-up with some pretty big names, but I have to say, my biggest thrill that morning was standing next to you at the start. You've been a hero of mine for years, and for that brief moment, I felt like I was standing next to greatness.

Continued success and I can only hope that when I am HALF your age, I have the ability to run HALF as well as you do now.

Ed Whitlock wrote:

I did little to no speed work in training but ran some shorter races. Maybe I'm unusual in needing little speed training.

Did you do some of the races as training runs, i.e. a bit slower than you could, like a tempo run, or did u always go all-out?

canadian wrote:

I ran next to Ed in the 100th running of the Around the Bay 30K race back in 1994. Wow!!! Of course he was 63 then and I was 38 ;-)

Highlight of my race that day.

In 2006, Ed ran an 18:44 5k. I was 20 and he was 75. I ran with him for about half the race, and then he beat me by 10 seconds. I saw a picture someone took of him and I happened to be in the background. It was like being dunked on my Jordan and getting into the background of a poster that way.

Nutella1 wrote:

Did you do some of the races as training runs, i.e. a bit slower than you could, like a tempo run, or did u always go all-out?

No, not really, I basically run all out in every race I enter to the limit of my current fitness. However I hope to break this rule next Thursday by saving my knees on the downhill sections at Berwick's "Run for the diamonds". We will see how disciplined I am.

Ed

Ed Whitlock wrote:

I really don't vary things at all. I just run the loops until the alloted time is up. I do not time the individual laps or count them. When I ran the 2:54 at 73 I had been doing consistent daily runs of 3 hours duration most days. I did little to no speed work in training but ran some shorter races. Maybe I'm unusual in needing little speed training.

Ed

Ed,

Do you check a watch now and then to see how close you are to your time goal for each day?

Do you predetermine your time goal for each day?

J.R. wrote:

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Ed,

Do you check a watch now and then to see how close you are to your time goal for each day?

Do you predetermine your time goal for each day?

Yes, I look at my watch from time to time and wonder why time is moving so slowly!

Yes, I set the length of time I expect to run before I set out. I virtually never exceed that time. I sometimes run shorter if some issue comes up, aches and pains etc.

Ed

Ed Whitlock wrote:

Yes, I look at my watch from time to time and wonder why time is moving so slowly!

Yes, I set the length of time I expect to run before I set out. I virtually never exceed that time. I sometimes run shorter if some issue comes up, aches and pains etc.

Ed

Thanks, Ed.

Ed Whitlock wrote:

Yes, I look at my watch from time to time and wonder why time is moving so slowly!

Yes, I set the length of time I expect to run before I set out. I virtually never exceed that time. I sometimes run shorter if some issue comes up, aches and pains etc.

Ed

Hi Ed,

Do you keep track of the time that you run in a log?

For example if you run 50 minutes one day, how do you keep track that it's 51 minutes the next?

Thanks

Ed Whitlock knows: just run baby

Hi Ed,

Do you keep track of the time that you run in a log?

For example if you run 50 minutes one day, how do you keep track that it's 51 minutes the next?

Thanks[/quote]

Yes, I keep a record of the number of minutes I run in a day. That's about all my training log records. See my response on the other current thread on the Running Times article.