What is Ed Whitlock?
{{Infobox athlete | name = Ed Whitlock | birth_name =Edward Whitlock | image = Ed Whitlock, September 2012.PNG | imagesize = 200px | caption = At the Milton Half-Marathon 2012 | nationality = Canadian | sport = [[Track and Field]] | years_active = 1948–2017 | event = [[800 metres|800&nbsp;m]], [[1500 metres|1500&nbsp;m]], [[3000 metres|3000&nbsp;m]], [[5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]], [[10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]], [[Half marathon]], [[Marathon]] | club = [[Ranelagh Harriers]] | collegeteam = | universityteam = [[University of London]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|3|6}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|03|13|1931|03|7}} |death_place = [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]], [[Ontario]], Canada | monuments = | occupation = [[Engineer]], [[Running|Runner]] | spouse = Brenda | coach = None | website = |height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|112|lb|kg|abbr=on}} }} '''Ed Whitlock''' (March 6, 1931 &ndash; March 13, 2017) was an English-born Canadian [[Long-distance track event|long-distance]] [[Road running|runner]]. He is the first person over 70 years old to run a [[marathon]] in less than three hours with a time of 2:59:10 in 2003. ==Early life== Whitlock was born in a suburb of [[London]], [[England]], and later moved to Canada. He wanted to study for an engineering career. He graduated from [[Royal School of Mines]], [[Imperial College]], England. ==Running career== Whitlock, who ran as a teenager and took up the sport again in his forties, first became the oldest person to run a marathon in less than 3 hours in [[2000 in sports|2000]], at the age of 69, with a time of 2:52:47. He later extended this record, running a time of 2:58:40 at the age of 74. At 73, he set a [[Masters Athletics World Records|world record]] in the marathon for men 70 to 74, running a 2:54:48, when he was 73, and his fastest time after turning 70. According to an article in ''[[The New York Times]]'', if age-graded, this time would be equivalent to a