Ed Whitlock crushes own M75 world marathon record
Ed Whitlock, our Canadian friend who dabbles in the marathon when he’s not setting track records, has astonished again. Sunday at the Rotterdam Marathon he took 183rd out of 4,337 entrants and finished in 3:04:54 — slicing nearly four minutes from his own world record for the M75 age group of 3:08:35 set last September in Toronto. (Ed turned 76 in March.) On the WMA Age-Graded Tables, his mark is equivalent to a 2:05 marathon for open class. He averaged about 7:03 a mile. As Larry Rawson would say: “Try running that four times around your local high school track!”
Here are Ed’s splits from the official site:
Name Ed Whitlock
City Canada
Distance Fortis Marathon Rotterdam
Category M60-plus
Overall place 183 / 4337
Category place 2 / 84
Speed 13,696 Km/Hour
Net split times (difference)
5 Kilometer 21:26 (21:26)
10 Kilometer 42:39 (21:13)
15 Kilometer 1:04:14 (21:35)
20 Kilometer 1:26:15 (22:01)
Half marathon 1:31:06
25 Kilometer 1:48:29 (22:14)
30 Kilometer 2:10:49 (22:20)
35 Kilometer 2:32:54 (22:05)
40 Kilometer 2:54:54 (22:00)
Gross time 3:04:54
Net time 3:04:51
2 Responses
Congratulations to ED..this is ASTOUNDING!!! Having run 4 marathons and knowing what it takes Eds time is just “off the chart” (and im sure it is). I just crawled home from a hard track workout and was thinking how hard it is to do this kind of work at 54 years old!!! This is what is GREAT about Masters athletics the PERSPECTIVE we can get from our peers. Suddenly i dont feel as “sore”!!! I really hope Ed gets the appropriate RECOGNITION for this really incredible feat. May you remain healthy and CONTINUE forward. THANK YOU for your inspiration and consequent motivation.!!!! INCREDIBLE!!P.S my very best was 3.20 in my 30s!
Ken, you may recall my post suggesting that Ed was the best male masters athlete in the world in 2006 for all his track WRs – at very high AG%s. I realize that 2007 is just getting under way, with lots of great performances to come, but I’m willing to bet that this will be one of the best performances on the road, if not overall. Ed is, as Francis writes, a great inspiration to us all – for his disciplined training and fine sporting behaviour as well as his talent and great performances.
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