In what Running Magazine described as an "age-defying spectacle at Toronto's Varsity Stadium," a group of four Canadian runners in their 80s set a new age-group world record in the men's 4x800m relay at the Ontario Masters Championships on Saturday.
The four runners--80-year-old Ray Wardle, 83-year-old Bill Thompson, 82-year-old (and multiple world record holder) Ed Witlock, and 84-year-old Earl Fee (who holds 56 age-group world records)--set a time of 14:24, beating the previous record of 16:01, which was set by Australians in 2010.
It was Witlock's quick feet that sealed the deal, to which Fee, who had been predicted to run the fastest in the group, joked, "I can't keep up with Ed. He's two years younger than me."
Watch a video of Witlock handing the baton to Fee, which the commenter describes as one of the "the greatest exchanges in track history," below.
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Original source: Running Magazine