Celebrating Mediocrity: Lessons Learned Running in 2016
In the days following a big city marathon, the stories that will grab the most attention and dominate the headlines are those that are so extraordinary they’re almost absurd. These are the stories...
View ArticleEd Whitlock, legend, R.I.P.
Ed Whitlock did things that no one else had ever done and he did them in a way that reminded everyone how to live. Whitlock, 86, succumbed earlier today to prostate cancer, after having run his last...
View ArticleLong May You Run, Mr. Whitlock
“Well, Ed, how was your race?” “Oh, it was good, another world record.” That was at the Longboat Toronto Island 10K last September, the first of a few times I met this lovely man. That day, he broke...
View ArticleEd Whitlock interview, 2008
I was already impressed with Ed Whitlock before I met him in 2008. Then I found out about his training regimen. By Mark Sutcliffe, reprinted from his book Why I Run Whitlock doesn’t just defy aging...
View ArticleToronto Run Crew Pays Tribute to Ed Whitlock
JP’s Team is a collection of more than 2,000 runners across North America running to raise awareness and funds in support of services for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Led by 2014 Canadian...
View ArticleKathrine Switzer on Boston, Ed Whitlock, Lanni Marchant, empowerment and the...
Kathrine Switzer changed the world. In 1967, she became the first woman to successfully complete the Boston Marathon, a run that was nearly interrupted when race official Jock Semple tried to wrestle...
View ArticleEd Whitlock’s enduring gift to running and life.
“We worshiped Ed Whitlock as a god even though he had no interest in being a god,” Amby Burfoot, Runner’s World editor-at-large, told the New York Times. “He didn’t run to inspire us, to impress us. He...
View ArticleHow Not to Come Down After Race Day
Such a strange phenomenon, running a race and hearing the cheers and pushing yourself, and all of the excitement, all of the energy, all of the preparation is on display for one day. And then, it’s...
View ArticleRemembering Ed, a very subjective 2017 Year in Review
My favourite race this year, without a doubt, was racing the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon at Ed Whitlock’s pace of 3:56:34. It was so amazing to be part of something so special for so many...
View ArticleClive Whitlock remembers his dad on the eve of the Ed Whitlock Waterloo Half...
The St. John Ambulance Waterloo Marathon is April 29 in Waterloo, Ontario and it has events in the marathon and half marathon. This year, the half marathon has been christened the Ed Whitlock half...
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