85 Years-Young Ed Whitlock: You Are Never Too Old To Run a Record (or 40!)
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
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🗓️ 24 August 2016
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Today we are talking to Ed Whitlock, who is 85 and still breaking running records.
Ed began his running career when he was 14. He continued running when he went to University, but took a break from running after he injured his achilles. Ed started running again when he was 40, breaking all sorts of running records up until today.
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| 0:00.0 | When I graduated, I came to Canada and I quit running and didn't start running again until I was 40. |
| 0:10.0 | And I've been running more or less continuously since I've been 40 up to 85. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to the Runners Connect Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:30.0 | So together, we can train us smarter, healthier and faster running community. |
| 0:35.8 | Now here's your host, Tina Muir. |
| 0:39.1 | Hello, this is Tina Muir. Thank you so much for joining me for the latest episode of the |
| 0:46.1 | Run to the Top Podcast brought to you by Runas Connect.net. |
| 0:49.8 | Today we'll be talking to Ed Whitlock who is an 85 year old runner who's been all over |
| 0:55.2 | the web in recent years for his recent record-breaking races, including a 254 marathon at |
| 1:01.2 | age 73 and a 150 47 half marathon which she ran this April. |
| 1:07.6 | That's 827 pace by the way. So much for too old to run. Ed is defying all the odds and proving that not only is the no such thing, |
| 1:16.0 | but we really don't have to make it as complicated as we do. |
| 1:19.0 | Running is simple, and that's one of the things we love about it. |
| 1:22.0 | So one thing you'll learn from him today is that he just thinks it's just about just run and listen to your body, you know, when you have pains, you listen, you stop, you rest, you let it heal, and then you just when you feel like it's |
| 1:35.2 | ready when you try again and it feels better, then you just go for it. |
| 1:38.6 | And I really think this is going to be an eye opening episode for many people. But before we begin I just want to |
| 1:44.4 | remind you that this was recorded through a phone call, not the traditional Skype |
| 1:48.9 | setup that I use. Ed warned me before we began recording that his hearing was not as good as it used to be. |
| 1:55.0 | So can I just ask you to be patient and respectful in those moments when there was a little bit confusion between the two of us? |
| 2:02.0 | But there aren't many of those so you may |
| 2:04.4 | not even notice. So are you ready to meet the greatest Masters athlete in the world? Let's get to it after a |
| 2:10.7 | word from Jevra. If you're a regular listener by now you know who |
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