75 Year-Old Ed Whitlock Runs Marathon in an Amazing 3 Hours 8 Minutes

Only a fraction of a percentage of people will ever run a marathon, and a fraction of a percentage of those people will run that marathon in less than three hours.

At 70 years of age, Ed Whitlock became the only man on earth known to have run a marathon in under three hours. Five years later, at age 75, he’s still much faster than 99% of runners half his age. Today, at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Ed Whitlock ran 26.2 miles in 3:08.

Kudos to you Mr. Whitlock!

Via CTV. Photo via Loquacious’ Flickr Photostream

Posted by Mark Iocchelli on September 24, 2006
Filed Under: News and Opinion
Tags: Ed-Whitlock • News and Opinion • Toronto-Waterfront-Marathon

7 Responses to “75 Year-Old Ed Whitlock Runs Marathon in an Amazing 3 Hours 8 Minutes”

Melisa (Irish Blue) on September 25th, 2006 6:29 am

I’m Speechless…
beverly on September 25th, 2006 7:41 pm

Completely awesome!
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rob on March 18th, 2009 9:44 pm

WOW!!! What kind of shoes does he wear?
Mark Morgan on August 31st, 2009 6:40 pm

In my dreams I delude myself that I am chasing Ed Whitlock, but he runs a full marathon only a little slower than I run a half-marathon. Still, I’m only 69, so I have a few years to get up to his pace!! (Still dreaming!)