Earl Fee (born March 22, 1929) is a Canadian track and field athlete.

Biography

After being an above average high school and collegiate runner, Fee spent a career working as a nuclear engineer for the

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL, Énergie atomique du Canada limitée, EACL) is a Canadian Crown corporation and the largest nuclear science and technology laboratory in Canada. AECL developed the CANDU reactor technology starting in th ...

, otherwise known as

CANDU The CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) is a Canadian pressurized heavy-water reactor design used to generate electric power. The acronym refers to its deuterium oxide (heavy water) neutron moderator, moderator and its use of (originally, natural ...

. After a 33-year hiatus from competitive athletics, he joined his sons Curtis and Tyler in a running program. At age 56, he ran his first race in

masters athletics Masters Athletics managed by World Masters Athletics is a class of the sport of athletics (sport), athletics for athletes of 35 years of age and over organized by World Masters Athletics. The events include track and field, road running and cross ...

. Since then in 2020 he has set 60 age group world records including the still current records in the M80 and M85 200 metre hurdles, the M85, and M90

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

, and the M65, M70, M75, M80, M85, and M90

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

.He has in 2020 a total of 17 indoor and outdoor WMA age group records including an indoor M75 mile and a M75 80 world record. In 2005 and 2019 the World Masters Athletics recognized him as the world master male athlete of the year. Fee is also the oldest athlete in the world to ever run the 400m under his age, based on his world record of 89.15 seconds at age 90 in 2020. He has taken his literary skills and coaching knowledge to write ''The Complete Guide to Running: How to Be a Champion from 9 To 90'', which was published in 2005 and again in 2007 due to popularity. In 2011 his large anti-aging book ''100 Years Young the Natural Way -- Body Mind Spirit Training'' was released. In 2012, he released: a coloured book of poetry "The Wonder of it All", in 2019 his autobiography book " Earl Fee Is Running", and in 2020 another poetry book "Living with Spirit".

References

1929 births Living people World record holders in masters athletics Canadian male middle-distance runners Canadian male hurdlers Canadian masters athletes 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub