This 73-Year-Old Marathoner Could Thump You
Ed Whitlock, a 73-year-old Canadian marathoner who lives in a Toronto suburb, trains up to three hours a day, about 23 miles (reg. req.'d). He ran the Toronto Marathon last September in 2:54:49.
A study shed light on Whitlock's ability to run 6:40 miles for 26.2 miles at 73. Dr. Benjamin D. Levine, a cardiologist in Dallas, found that a group of people with an average age of 70 who had started exercising in midlife - as Whitlock did at age 41 - and kept it up had "hearts indistinguishable from healthy 30-year-olds."
"People underestimate what old people can accomplish," said Whitlock, who does all his training on a paved path in a cemetery. "Old people are the worst in that respect. They let themselves be inhibited by age."
A study shed light on Whitlock's ability to run 6:40 miles for 26.2 miles at 73. Dr. Benjamin D. Levine, a cardiologist in Dallas, found that a group of people with an average age of 70 who had started exercising in midlife - as Whitlock did at age 41 - and kept it up had "hearts indistinguishable from healthy 30-year-olds."
"People underestimate what old people can accomplish," said Whitlock, who does all his training on a paved path in a cemetery. "Old people are the worst in that respect. They let themselves be inhibited by age."
posted by JPD at Saturday, February 12, 2005
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