Questions to Ed Whitlock

I have had the same trouble with my knee that I have had in the past when I started training again early this year after recovering from my broken rib. After several attempts I have finally managed to run every day for 6 weeks and I have now reached 90 minutes a day without knee issues. Hopefully I am over my problems now and I will be able to gradually increase the duration of my runs. I expect to run a track race later this month although not really fit yet; then some road races, not sure if I will attempt a fall marathon, more likely just a half.

Glad to hear of your progress Ed. Continued good running.

That's great news. Good luck with your racing.

Ed--

Is there an "ageless" category in masters?

Does your mended rib affect your breathing at all?

Sprintgeezer wrote:

Ed--

Does your mended rib affect your breathing at all?

Not that I can tell at my lumbering training pace. It might be different when I try a race but I don't anticipate that. My hip started to hurt after my run today, don't know what that's about. Maybe I should fly to Germany, I understand there is some doctor there who can cure anything fast!

Ed: I'm going to break your records.

I'm 29 years old. The training begins now.

The glory will be mine, nemesis.

Ed,

Thanks for sharing how you're doing.

Thanks, Ed!

Ed Whitlock wrote:

[..]I have finally managed to run every day for 6 weeks and I have now reached 90 minutes a day [..] although not really fit [..]

classic Ed Whitlock understatement. Love it.

Ed,

It is great to hear that you are on the mend and getting ready to race. I often tell older runners that Ed Whitlock says that one of the keys to racing success while aging is "patience".

I will be in Timmins in August for about 9 days for a high school reunion and part of the Timmins 100th anniversary party. I hope to be able to jog/walk around Gillies Lake. We could not do that back then.

All the best in your racing later in the summer.

Orville

OrvilleAtkins wrote:

Ed,

It is great to hear that you are on the mend and getting ready to race. I often tell older runners that Ed Whitlock says that one of the keys to racing success while aging is "patience".

I will be in Timmins in August for about 9 days for a high school reunion and part of the Timmins 100th anniversary party. I hope to be able to jog/walk around Gillies Lake. We could not do that back then.

All the best in your racing later in the summer.

Orville

Thanks for the kind words Orville and good luck with the trek around the lake!

(PS boobs)

Hi Orville,

I did not write the previous post, someone is doing my work for me, maybe he/she could do my training for me too. Anyway hope you have a good re-union in Timmins, I should go up there again to re-visit old haunts.

Ed

Ed,

I thought so but someone has you down fairly well. This points out the reason why I do most of my lurking and posting on the Legends Lounge of Tracktalk.net. Most of the coaches and knowledgeable posters have been driven away from this message board.

OrvilleAtkins wrote:

Ed,

I thought so but someone has you down fairly well. This points out the reason why I do most of my lurking and posting on the Legends Lounge of Tracktalk.net. Most of the coaches and knowledgeable posters have been driven away from this message board.

This is a sad but warranted statement. I wish the Brojos would set up a board-within-a-board where people have to register and use their real names.

"Most of the coaches and knowledgeable posters have been driven away from this message board."

Obviously excluding yourself, Orville. You know why that is? I'll take a stab at it--because even with the trash on this board, you will find useful stuff here that you will not find anywhere else, as a result of that very same freedom that permits the trash.

Plus, Ed has demonstrated that he can take a little ribbing (pun or double entendre intended, which is something I probably have to make explicit for the benefit of tracktalk visitors but not for letsrun regulars).

See what happened there? The appropriate use of a rhetorical device reflects well on Ed, because he is the one associated with the clean, inoffensive, tasteful humor. The end result is that Ed's star has risen yet further--not through "knowledge", but through collegiality. He is a part of things, in the best way possible. He acquits himself very well here. He is a big boy and can take care of himself.

His continued contribution to this board is a clear indication of the exemplary quality and strength of his character. I personally welcome not only his contributions, but also of those spoofing, and Ed's responses thereto. You know, for a second I thought that Ed was displaying a rather funny blend of virility and irreverence, which I then attributed to his hanging around too much with Earl Fee!

Give me a break. Ed can "register" his name any time he wants, thereby avoiding "the reason" contemplated by Orville.

I'll bet there are a bunch of letsrun regulars registering OrvilleAtkins right now, but none registering Ed Whitlock, out of the respect that Ed has earned.

Speaking of which, how does anybody know that this really IS Orville Atkins?

Good post sprintgeezer. I do lurk here because of what I learn.

From now on I will post as Orville Atkins

Hey Orville, move over--I'm coming to check out tracktalk.net