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Whitlock refuses to let knees slow him down. The 82-year-old has had to take some time off this spring but hopes to be back running marathons by the fall.
Inflammation in his knees has sidelined Whitlock this spring, though. So rather than running the Waterloo Marathon, he served as the race’s ambassador.
“They’re OK at the moment,” he said of his knees. “I probably could have done the half marathon (in Waterloo), but I knew I wouldn’t be able to take it easy.”
Whitlock plans on returning to action in June, easing back in with a 10-km race in New York state and the Cambridge Classic Mile closer to home. Whitlock isn’t promising any more records for the moment, though.
“I'm still a long way from fully fit,” he says, though he could probably still outdistance most people half his age. “It takes a while.”
“Hopefully I’ll be able to run well and run a marathon by the fall.”
Ed Whitlock update
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the man is just amazing
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Thanks for the update ....I love that guy!
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Re: Ed Whitlock update
I think I've missed something. Didn't he retire from running after the Scotiabank race last fall?
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2013 Races:
Victoria Day - Watford-Alvinston Race 8K - 58.52min (first road race in 2 years but heat killed me at 5k mark, was just happy to finished the race in under an hour!)
June 2nd - Lots for Tots Stinky Toes 5k (first race for the city) - Témiscaming, QC - 31.38min (chip), 31.52 (gun); first 5k in 3 years!
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Re: Ed Whitlock update
I saw Ed in Milton yesterday driving down Main street, surprised such a celeb in his old car.
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I want to be like him when I grow up.
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"I just hope that people look at it and say, 'Hey if this yahoo can do it, then I can do it too.' That'd be cool if people thought that. It's just a matter of putting the miles in and working. It's not so much how much talent you have. I hope." - Brian Sell.
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Robbie-T wrote:I want to be like him when I grow up.
Me too!
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5km wrote:Robbie-T wrote:I want to be like him when I grow up.
Me too!
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Thanks for the updates. It is good to see he still has the fire in his eyes. Simply incredible.
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Re: Ed Whitlock update
He is impressive. I hope I can still run when I am his age.
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Re: Ed Whitlock update
kat00_ca wrote:I think I've missed something. Didn't he retire from running after the Scotiabank race last fall?
Fauja Singh has packed it in, though I think he ran one more race after ScotiaBank.
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