Claim: Masters M75 5000 metres world record progression had eight athletes, one of which was Ed Whitlock (first person over 70 years old to run a marathon in less than three hours).
Evidence: Ed Whitlock Stephen Charlton James Todd David Morrison Alfred Funk Ed Benham Luis Rivera Paul Spangler Ed Whitlock (March 6, 1931 – March 13, 2017) was an English-born Canadian long-distance runner, and 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.