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By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF | Thursday, August 18, 2016 | 44 Z Friday‘s sweltering conditions may have cut 2@ into Ed Whitlock‘s blistering speed, but they 10 collection. z> Milton‘s running wonder was about a minute | $ slower than he would have hoped for the 10â€" | < km during the Canadian Masters‘Championâ€" ;. < ships at York University. z> "It was kind of tough... very hot and humid O and there was a fairly strong breeze," said the < 85â€"yearâ€"old. __ Still, Whitlock was more than fast enough g to topple another world record in the 85â€"89 0 division â€" beating the old benchmark by nearly two minutes with a performance of 51:07.53. "Considering the conditions, it was acceptâ€" 2 able" : Recently named as an inaugural inductee to the newly established Milton Sports Hall of Fame, Whitlock had a more favourable outâ€" look about Saturday‘s world record run. Taking advantage of a slight break in this dehalton summer‘s relentless heat, he raced to a new standard in the 1,500m at Toronto‘s Pan Am Stadium â€" clocking in at 6:38.23. That was approximately 13 seconds quicker | than the old record. * couldn‘t interrupt his ageâ€"class world record | "I was quite happy with the 1,500m. It was about what | expected to do, so it was pretty satisfactory." Also setting ageâ€"class world records in the mile and 5,000m recently, Whitlock hasn‘t completely ruled out the possibility of runâ€" ning a marathon this fall. But that‘s looking somewhat doubtful, given that he‘s having ongoing neck pain these days and feels he hasn‘t gotten in enough longâ€"distance prep work to date. "Time‘s quickly slipping away. | may not be able to get in the requisite training." Whitlock is the holder of dozens of ageâ€"class world records. These include races ranging from the 1,500m to the marathon, in which he remains the only person 70 or over to complete one in under three hours. Steve LeBlanc can be reached at sleblanc@milâ€" toncanadianchampion.com or on Twitter @ MiltonOnSports. Whitlock chases down two more ageâ€"class world records Decisively beats old benchmarks in 10k and 1,500m us Ed Whitlock (seen here setting a new ageâ€"class world record in the mile in Cambridge this spring) is enjoying an impressive year on the long distance running scene. lan Stewart / Special to the Champion when you spend _ . $25 or more on, fresh produce valid_ Mon â€" Thurs only d i lt REGISTER 8y AUSUST 19 FOR A CHANCE T IN A ROUND TRIP F1 When you register for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure by August 19, you will be entered for a chance to win one round trip flight for two people t iny regularly scheduled WestJet destination REGISTER TODAY AT CIBCRUNFORTHECURE.COM AND JOIN US ONn OCTOBER 2 Canadian . f Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation ie 4 C CiKC for the€xire $*®