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Veteraani-Ypä jyrää Suomessa mutta löytyy niitä kovia muualtakin, 76-vuotias Ed Whitlock juoksi 75+ sarjan maratonin MEn 3.08:35 Torontossa eilen.

Yet he admits he often has to force himself out the door for his daily three-hour runs through Evergreen Cemetery near his Milton, Ont., home, a location he prefers because of its safer and quieter than city streets.“It’s a bit of a bore, a bit of a chore,” Whitlock says, with a laugh. “I don’t suffer from runners’ highs. They don’t exist for me.”
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But at age 75, Whitlock doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon.
“The one thing I’m good at is running,” says Whitlock. I don’t think I’ll stop until something stops me.”
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He admits he loves to compete, and that’s what keeps him running.“I train in order to be able to race well, I train to race,” says Whitlock. “I don’t train for my health or for my enjoyment. If I didn’t race, I’m not sure whether I would train.”

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