Ed Whitlock Potential

2:10 or better. He has world class talent. He is not some elite hobby jogger.

I know that Ed is wondering the same thing.

2:42:12 was 12th in the 1948 Olympics. No runner broke 2:15 until Buddy Edelen (USA) ran 2:14:28:0 in Windsor-Chiswick, England on June 15, 1963.

Who knows what might have happened if I had stayed in England and not come to Canada and Orville's home town, Timmins.

When I left England my running was not going particularly well, maybe if prompted I will go into that saga sometime, Suffice it to say that I think it unlikely I would have taken up the marathon and if I did the training would have been similar to other competitors at that time so a time of much less than 2:20 unlikely. I'd like to think, and maybe it would have been possible to run sub 2:10 if I had somehow started to train the way I do now.

I have no regrets, I have been happy with my life, if my running had gone better then lots of other good things in my life would not have happened.

Fast, just look at him, long limbs, long muscles, narrow hips, super lean, etc. not an average specimen by any means.

Ed i would like to congratulate you on your many running accomplishments! Several years ago you were only a few seconds behing me and i believe you almost broke 60 min at crim as a 69 year old! Most people dont know how hard running 60 min for 10 mi is at any age let alone 69. You are an unbelievable talent. I hope you race for many more years Ed! GOD Bless!

Ed Whitlock wrote:

I'd like to think, and maybe it would have been possible to run sub 2:10 if I had somehow started to train the way I do now.

I don't doubt the sub2:20 or even sub2:10 potential but I doubt you would have been able to do it on your training program that you're famous for.

A 2:10 Marathoners' recovery pace would be below 7min/mi, so about 9mph. That would mean 18 miles per day for your 2h daily runs - in singles! I don't think it is possible to get away with ~130mpw in singles without high injury risk.

There is a reason elites don't train Ed Whitlock style.

I trained with a large volume of intervals under under some very successful coaches for over 7 years. Then I switched to Ed Whitlock style just running as I felt but with much less mileage and a day or two off a week. I did no intervals and raced a couple of times a week.. My marathon time remained the same or slightly better and by then I was 35+ years old. I always wondered if the intervals done during the years before allowed me to train Ed's way successfully or could I have done so without them.

Ed Whitlock wrote:

Who knows what might have happened if I had stayed in England and not come to Canada and Orville's home town, Timmins.

Timmins?...whoa....that is way up there...

Nutella1 wrote:

I don't think it is possible to get away with ~130mpw in singles without high injury risk.

I disagree with this. Of course it is possible.

Lyndon LaRouche wrote:

Timmins?...whoa....that is way up there...

Further South than London England

Hey Ed,

Did you see this thread where someone found a supplement ad that is using your picture?

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5290725

They do not mention you by name but refer to a 101 year old runner that has broken many age group records. Maybe they are making predictions for your future age group.