Ed Whitlock goes sub-3:30 in Rotterdam Marathon for M80 WR
Ed Whitlock went from a WR in the mile to a WR in the marathon in three weeks. Today in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Ed ran 26.2 miles in 3 hours, 25 minutes, 40 seconds. As Race Results Weekly reported in its last paragraph: “Race director Mario Kadiks did manage to have a world record on the day, however. Canada’s Ed Whitlock, 80 years old, ran a spectacular 3:25:43 (3:25:40 net) to smash the world 80-84 record of 3:39:18 set by Australia’s Robert Horman at Brisbane in 1998.” So how did you do on our prediction poll? Pretty good. About 43 percent of you said he’d run 3:25. Ed is pretty good, too. (Age-graded as 2:08:15.) Congrats on mind-boggling us again, Ed.
Ed, pictured in 2004, has another reason to smile after latest marathon WR.
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Congratulations and admiration for Ed. I took great pleasure in witnessing his run in Rotterdam. He radiated grace and joy in running. Long may he run.
From the Netherlands,
Anne.
How is this even possible. Ed is awesome. I wonder if youg tikes who were running near him were like, “who is this guy and why is he passing me?”
Great..
Incredible result!
This endless energy at this age is admirable.
And always smiling!
Is he extra-terrestrial ?
Hallo Ed,
Glückwunsch zu dieser außergewöhnlichen Leistung.
Ich glaube Du bist eine absolute Ausnahme in den letzten 100 Jahren.
Zwei Dinge braucht man dazu eine einmalige Gesundheit und Spaß in so einem fortgeschrittenen Alter hart zu trainieren.
Weiterhin viel Gesundheit und Spaß an neuen Rekorden.
Congratulations to one of the most amazing runners on the planet. How come Ed looks younger at age 80 than I did at age 40!? Good genes and good living, I suppose!
To mr happy Ed. Keeps on running and smiling.May the sunshine follows you everywhere…
Awesome! 37 years and I”m going after that record!
Wirklich mal ein gelungener Blog mit vielen interessanten Beiträgen. Freue mich auf neuen Stoff und werde Euch natürlich in meinem FB-Account verlinken. Danke development sneeze
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