Old not fat wrote:
He doesn't time his runs, but I seriously doubt he is running only 40 seconds off his race pace.
To my eye in this video from 2014 it looks like Ed's running considerably slower than 40 seconds/mile off race pace. He said "It's really not much faster than a fast walk in a lot of ways." Marathon pace for Ed in 2016 was 9:02/mile and a very fast walk is 11 minutes a mile so maybe his training runs are close to 2 minutes/mile off race pace?
https://youtu.be/2nSaqu6Su2k?t=1m30sI train somewhat like Ed, lots of slow miles. At age 60, I am definitely in sub-3:30 marathon shape and am aiming for a sub-5:20 mile/2:20 800 next summer. I average 60 miles/week (45-80) and the vast majority of this is 10-12 minutes/mile (10 on the flats, 12 through hills), with a weekly fartlek and a speed session.
Ed basically trains as per Phil Maffetone, though I am not sure he has even heard of him. Pure aerobic training with racing and a little speed work to sharpen up. Easy on the joints, tough on the mind, strong for the body.
I wonder if Ed has seen this charming biopic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTPXhnQGp1s
Great quip: "That's a long sentence. Nowadays even murder only gets you ten years!"
Update Ed Whitlock 2016 M85-89 World Records:
1) 1500m Indoor World Record – 6:38.87 (outdoor WR 6:37.75)
2) Mile World Record – 7:18.55
3) 3000m World Record –13:41.96 (equivalent to a sub-7:00 minute mile)
4) 5K World Record – 24:03.99
5) 10K World Record – 51:07.53
6) Half-Marathon World Record – 1:50:47
7) 25K World Record - 2:16:46 (split during Marathon WR)
8) 30K World Record - 2:45:46 (split during Marathon WR)
9) Marathon World Record - 3:56:33 (3:56:38 gun time)
10) Ed's next race.
(It is still only October.)
http://runningmagazine.ca/ed-whitlock-stwm-2016/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/10/20/ed-whitlock-85-is-a-role-model-to-inspire-us-all/
Go Ed Whitlock!!!
Didn't he just run a sub-50 10k last month?
http://runningmagazine.ca/85-year-old-ed-whitlock-breaks-50-minutes-for-10k-at-toronto-island-run/
It's just mind-boggling to imagine a 85-year-old man able to run 1:15 for a full lap. You're a beast!
............lol wrote:
Didn't he just run a sub-50 10k last month?
http://runningmagazine.ca/85-year-old-ed-whitlock-breaks-50-minutes-for-10k-at-toronto-island-run/
Oh boy.
I missed that 10K road record of 49:50 last month. I am sorry about that... but I can't keep up with all these World Records by Ed.
Update Ed Whitlock 2016 M85-89 World Records (again):
1) 1500m Indoor World Record – 6:38.87 (outdoor WR 6:37.75)
2) Mile World Record – 7:18.55
3) 3000m World Record –13:41.96 (equivalent to a sub-7:00 minute mile)
4) 5K World Record – 24:03.99
5) 10,000m Track World Record – 51:07.53
6) 10K Road World Record - 49:50
7) Half-Marathon World Record – 1:50:47
8) 25K World Record - 2:16:46 (split during Marathon WR)
9) 30K World Record - 2:45:46 (split during Marathon WR)
10) Marathon World Record - 3:56:33 (3:56:38 gun time)
11) Ed's next race…15K?, 10M?, 20K?, 8K?, 12K?, 800m?, 400m?, 200m?
For example:
1) 100m World Record- 15.19
2) 200m World Record- 31.95
3) 400m World Record- 77.12 (held by Earl Fee of Canada)
4) 800m World Record- 3:09.10 (held by Earl Fee of Canada)
OK?
(Oh boy Ed.)
............lol wrote:
It's just mind-boggling to imagine a 85-year-old man able to run 1:15 for a full lap. You're a beast!
I must have been out of it when I said 75 secs. More like 80 at least. In regard to world records for intermediate times; in Canada we would not accept them for records without a proper course and INTERMEDIATE DISTANCE certification unless very special extra reliable safeguards were in place.. I believe "arrs" follows the same protocol.
Next : 15k, a solid 1:29:04 by soon devastated Louis Lodovico.
Go Ed!
Sprint season is over now, rjm33 :(
Maybe a little indoor 800m WR in january?
Can someone inform me how we know if this really is Ed? Not saying it isn't but we've been conned before on these boards.
First things first, prove that you are really 9438034.
wtfmods wrote:
Next : 15k, a solid 1:29:04 by soon devastated Louis Lodovico.
Go Ed!
Sprint season is over now, rjm33 :(
Maybe a little indoor 800m WR in january?
We are all sorry about that Louis Lodovico.
Oh well.
I also do not like these intermediate time rules for 25k and 30k.
I do not care about these rules…and I think we should count Ed's times as World Records M85-89 anyway…since he destroyed whatever the official records are anyway.
OK?
9438034 wrote:
Can someone inform me how we know if this really is Ed? Not saying it isn't but we've been conned before on these boards.
It's Ed because it's Ed's voice. If you've been a member of this forum and you've read other threads--M 75, M 80--celebrating Ed's WRs, and you'd read, with welcome, what Ed had to say, you'd recognize his voice.
So in this article introduces a new phrase into the verbiage of running:
"fiddle-diddling"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/10/20/ed-whitlock-85-is-a-role-model-to-inspire-us-all/
Perfect.
So in this article Ed introduces a new phrase into the verbiage of running:
"fiddle-diddling"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2016/10/20/ed-whitlock-85-is-a-role-model-to-inspire-us-all/
Perfect.
9438034 wrote:
Can someone inform me how we know if this really is Ed? Not saying it isn't but we've been conned before on these boards.
That's right Willburr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdxxMECZz4&feature=youtu.be&t=304Ed was bib 85@Stockade-athon, does someone know the result?
Don't have the official time yet, but I heard 8:04 pace and another WR announced at the finish.
They said he broke it by 15min
http://www.albanyrunningexchange.org/results/search.php?ID=6245
435 1:15:10 0:8:04 85 Ed Whitlock 85 M 1 320 M8099 Milton ON 0:25:48 0:24:44 0:24:39 0:50:32 1:12:55 0:2:16 1:15:10 8:04 1:15:03 8:04
Bobcat wrote:
They said he broke it by 15min
http://www.albanyrunningexchange.org/results/search.php?ID=6245435 1:15:10 0:8:04 85 Ed Whitlock 85 M 1 320 M8099 Milton ON 0:25:48 0:24:44 0:24:39 0:50:32 1:12:55 0:2:16 1:15:10 8:04 1:15:03 8:04
That is a surprise.
Update Ed Whitlock 2016 M85-89 World Records (again):
1) 1500m Indoor World Record – 6:38.87 (outdoor WR 6:37.75)
2) Mile World Record – 7:18.55
3) 3000m World Record –13:41.96 (equivalent to a sub-7:00 minute mile)
4) 5K World Record – 24:03.99
5) 10,000m Track World Record – 51:07.53
6) 10K Road World Record - 49:50
7) Half-Marathon World Record – 1:50:47
8) 25K World Record - 2:16:46 (split during Marathon WR, Ed says does not count)
9) 30K World Record - 2:45:46 (split during Marathon WR, Ed says does not count)
10) Marathon World Record - 3:56:33 (3:56:38 gun time)
11) 15K World Record- 1:15:10 (8:04 mile pace)
12) Ed's next race: 800m?, 1500m?, Mile? 8K?, 12K?, 10Mile?, 20K?
Take that Martin Rees.