Ed Whitlock set a World age group half marathon record

Canadian Ed Whitlock set a world age group record in the 85-89 category for the half marathon on 24 April 2016, at the Waterloo, Milton Ontario. He covered the 21.1 km in 1 hour 50min 47sec, more than 9 minutes faster than the old record. He is still the only over 70 years old person on earth to run a sub 3 hours marathon as of today!

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