Ed Whitlock WR

Ed Whitlock's run is awesome. Some of us reading this will be gone before reaching his age. I can't beat that time now.

Surely we can agree on this. Ed is one of the very, very few mzungu who can stand shoulder to shoulder with HAILE.

UNBIELIVABLE!!!

this is hard to comprehend.

msr wrote:

Ed has said he doesn't think of himself as an inspirational figure.

But he has once again stunningly extended the boundaries of human achievement, and this inspires all of us for whom running spans a lifetime.

seconded

Has an age-graded percentage been published? Wouldn't it be over 100% if it a WR?

Ed has been around forever. Long enough to set amazing age records. I am now 53 and I could not beat Ed in a marathon. I am in really good shape, but no way, no how, in the type or shape Ed is in.

An exceptional and impressive performance.

Holy crap, that is unbelieveable!

Congratulations Ed. You truly are an inspiration.

FROM RUNNERS WORLD: A Quote from ED before the race.

You're certainly an inspiration to many, but what keeps you personally fired up at 80?

EW: People are always telling me I'm an inspiration, but I have a hard time considering myself an inspirational person. I myself don't get particularly inspired by other people. I think I'm a very private, introspective person for the most part. I don't do a lot of deep self-analysis or anything. You can certainly say I get a feeling of satisfaction from running well. It's nice to set new records. But mainly I think I'm driven by a sort of dogged determination. And I refuse to let age be an excuse.

RukiddingMe!! wrote:

FROM RUNNERS WORLD: A Quote from ED before the race.

You're certainly an inspiration to many, but what keeps you personally fired up at 80?

EW: People are always telling me I'm an inspiration, but I have a hard time considering myself an inspirational person. I myself don't get particularly inspired by other people. I think I'm a very private, introspective person for the most part. I don't do a lot of deep self-analysis or anything. You can certainly say I get a feeling of satisfaction from running well. It's nice to set new records. But mainly I think I'm driven by a sort of dogged determination. And I refuse to let age be an excuse.

THAT LAST SENTENCE SAYS IT ALL.What a champion.

Indeed a great performance,

For those who are interested, here is some footage of mr whitlock, he runs with nr 80 :)

http://mysports.tv/11/rtv_RD11_html.asp?e=RD11M&n=Ed+Whitlock&r=80&ct_s1=11%3A00%3A08&ct_s2=11%3A23%3A35&nt_s2=00%3A23%3A28&ct_s3=11%3A46%3A46&nt_s3=00%3A46%3A39&ct_s4=12%3A10%3A31&nt_s4=01%3A10%3A24&ct_s5=12%3A34%3A12&nt_s5=01%3A34%3A05&ct_s6=12%3A39%3A58&nt_s6=01%3A39%3A50&ct_s7=12%3A59%3A15&nt_s7=01%3A59%3A08&ct_s8=13%3A23%3A53&nt_s8=02%3A23%3A46&ct_s9=13%3A48%3A59&nt_s9=02%3A48%3A51&ct_s10=14%3A14%3A16&nt_s10=03%3A14%3A09&ct_f=14%3A25%3A47&nt_f=03%3A25%3A40&l=en&player=1&random=8687&k=25ktotaal&index=2&index=1&cct=1100000000000000000000000000000000000000

Regards,

Remco

the Netherlands

Ed beat the new BQ qualification standards by 1 hour and 30 minutes.

AWESOME

Gonna have to agree. Might be a dream to shoot for, but Ed Whitlock has a combination of drive to train plus crazy genetics and good fortune (though this could just be lumped into the crazy genetics pool) to not having injuries. Men still don't even have a life expectancy of 80, so it's more likely you'll be dead at 80 than doing ANYTHING, let alone running marathons at all...running them in 3:25 is absolutely insane at that age...INSANE!When I'm 80 I hope to be able to walk a mile or two every day.

concord wrote:

Laurent Baldo wrote:

Not only is the time incredible at his age, but this was in Rotterdam - I can only hope I'm running that fast at that age, let along traveling all over the world to do it.

Ed is awesome.

You will not be running that fast at that age. Ed is freak of nature. A lot of 80 year-olds can barely walk around the block, let alone run 26+ miles at 7:50 pace.

so how old is Seteng really?

Hi Flagpole. In the Runner's World interview he mentions being injured and not running for 18 months when he was 77, so I think this makes it even more incredible.

ED F-ING WHITLOCK!

What's Ed's 5k time?

Does he run any other distances, like 5k or 10k?

He should go for the 10,000m record on the track!

He also mentioned on LR a few years ago that he was dealing with osteoarthritis in his knees, which makes his comeback all the more impressive.

Sprint Geezer wrote:

ED F-ING WHITLOCK!

What's Ed's 5k time?

Does he run any other distances, like 5k or 10k?

He should go for the 10,000m record on the track!

He does race shorter distances, although I'm not aware of any 10ks on the track. He runs at least down to 1500m on the track. I believe a few years ago he was running ~5:20s for 1500. That was indoors.

I think this record may actually be more impressive than his 70+ sub 3-hour (although maybe not his sub 3 hour at 75). The record prior to him lowering it was just over 3 hours, wasn't it? Ed's big accomplishment was staying healthy long enough to chop a few minutes off of the time. Impressive, but not unreal. His 3:25 at age 80 is just stupid.

agree with the last poster. his 80 yr old record is ridiculously stupid. dope, man. very cool to know what the human body is capable of (well, for an extremely small fraction of the populace).