Why did Ed Whitlock increase his daily 2 hour run to 3 hours?

Ed, did you increase the pace of your long duration training runs this year? If so, was this beneficial or harmful? In particular did it result in an increased amount of aching in your legs?

ElderlyRunner wrote:

Ed, did you increase the pace of your long duration training runs this year? If so, was this beneficial or harmful? In particular did it result in an increased amount of aching in your legs?

I have done little training this year because of injury issues. Even if I had I wouldn't have trained any faster.

Ed

Hi Ed,

How are you doing with the injuries?

All the best, Ed with your recovery.

Ed:

Thanks for all your thoughtful posts. I am curious about what pace you run your 2-3 hour runs (or less when building up to the 2-3 hrs)? When training during the week do you normally see fluctuations in time (ie one day running 8min/mile then maybe another 8:30?) or do you do generally run the same pace each day? When you were running quicker (say in your 40s, 50s, etc) were your long runs at different paces or have you always generally run about the same pace?

Thanks for your insights and hope you heal quickly.

Hi, I just saw this thread, as it was at the top of the page. So is this true that Mr. Whitlock runs 2 or 3 miles every day? why is this? Is there some backstory? Why would someone do this? And is it even possible, given that there are only 24 hours in a day?

I think many would be willing to try this, if only they had the time.

Assuming someone had the time to do this, would they? I find this very interesting, as it really hits at the issue of whether or not someone has something more important to do than run. I believe that if one is slightly older, it is possible to say yeah, running is everything, so give it a couple of hours per day to be the best one can be at the tender young age of 75....

What do the experts say?

Clarify, please wrote:

What do the experts say?

This expert says you're an idiot.

lol.

The expert has been posting on this thread, telling you 'what it is'.

Ed, Thanks for your response to my query. I hope you are recovering well.

Hi Ed, when you're healthy and not injured, how many days/week or days/month do you run your 3 hours? Do you run every day, 7 days/week, 30 days/month or do you take a day off once in a while as your body dictates? Also, can you tell us about sleep? How many hours/night? Do you take any mid day naps? Thanks.

JohnnyMac wrote:

Hi Ed, when you're healthy and not injured, how many days/week or days/month do you run your 3 hours? Do you run every day, 7 days/week, 30 days/month or do you take a day off once in a while as your body dictates? Also, can you tell us about sleep? How many hours/night? Do you take any mid day naps? Thanks.

It's like how the Tarahumaras train like, say hey, 22 plus miles a day. Born to do this.

Bump

Hi Ed,

7 across in the Globe and Mail's universal crossword.

Thanks

Bump

JohnnyMac wrote:

Hi Ed, when you're healthy and not injured, how many days/week or days/month do you run your 3 hours? Do you run every day, 7 days/week, 30 days/month or do you take a day off once in a while as your body dictates? Also, can you tell us about sleep? How many hours/night? Do you take any mid day naps? Thanks.

When healthy the objective is to run every day, 7 days a week 30 days per month. However it is rare that I complete a month without a day off. Family commitments or other various reasons. I don't deliberately take rest days except perhaps the day before a race. Sleep about 7.5 hours mostly without waking up in the night. No naps during the day

Ed...it's very rare that folks your age...and much younger...can sleep through the night. Do you know how you are able to do that?

Thank you kindly...

PTF wrote:

Ed...it's very rare that folks your age...and much younger...can sleep through the night. Do you know how you are able to do that?

Thank you kindly...

Um, if you ran freakin' 20 miles a day in singles, round and round a 1/3 of mile loop in a cold cemetery in Canada, in your 70's and 80's you'd be so damn physically and mentally exhausted you'd have no trouble sleeping either. In fact, you might never wake up.

Pretty awesome that a runner of Mr. Whitlock's age feels he still needs to work on his endurance!

You're an inspiration, sir. Thank you for wading through the moronic posts here to give some candid, thoughtful replies.

I'm curious if you've ever tried general strength exercises as a form of injury prevention - or just don't believe they'd work for you?

Tyrannosaurus Rexing wrote:

PTF wrote:

Ed...it's very rare that folks your age...and much younger...can sleep through the night. Do you know how you are able to do that?

Thank you kindly...

Um, if you ran freakin' 20 miles a day in singles, round and round a 1/3 of mile loop in a cold cemetery in Canada, in your 70's and 80's you'd be so damn physically and mentally exhausted you'd have no trouble sleeping either. In fact, you might never wake up.

Not so.