March 13, 2017(2017-03-13) (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)
Engineer, Runner
Years active
1948–2017
Height
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight
112 lb (51 kg)
Spouse
Brenda
Sport
Sport
Track and Field
Event(s)
800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, Half marathon, Marathon
University team
University of London
Club
Ranelagh Harriers
Ed Whitlock (March 6, 1931 – March 13, 2017) was an English-born Canadian long-distance runner, and the first person over 70 years old to run a marathon in less than three hours, with a time of 2:59:10 in 2003.
Whitlock, who ran as a teenager and took up the sport again in his forties, first became the oldest person to run a marathon in less than three hours in 2000, at the age of 69, with a time of 2:52:47. He later extended this record, running a time of 2:58:40 at the age of 74. At 73, he set a world record in the marathon for men 70 to 74, running a 2:54:48, his fastest time after turning 70. According to an article in The New York Times, if age-graded, this time would be equivalent to a 20-year-old running 2:03:57 and which would have been the fastest marathon ever run in 2010.[1] For an explanation of age-graded tables, see masters athletics. At the time of his death, Whitlock was known to be the only person over 70 to run a marathon in less than three hours,[2] although Gene Dykes has subsequently done so several times, as has Jo Schoonbroodt.[3][4] At age 85, he became the oldest person to run a marathon in less than four hours at 3 hours, 56 minutes 34 seconds at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October 2016.
^"Bruce Grierson, The Incredible Flying Nonagenarian". The New York Times. 28 November 2010.
^"SA_Mara". Arrs.run. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
^Frances, Anne (22 September 2019). "Gene Dykes bows out of Scotiabank Toronto record attempt". Running Magazine. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^Ingle, Sean (12 May 2022). "Age no barrier: how Jo Schoonbroodt smashed the 70+ marathon record". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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