DR RON HILL
Born on September 25th 1938 in Accrington, Lancashire, England.
Gained his BSc in 1960 and his Ph.D in 1964 in Textile Chemistry at Manchester University.
Began designing running gear in 1968 by introducing synthetic fibres as cotton absorbs too much perspiration.
Innovated the 'wrap-over split' running short and the use of mesh in running vests.
Designed the first Union Jack running shorts and developed the best selling running pant in the world The Trackster©
Awarded the MBE in 1971 for 'Services to athletics.'
Pioneered the 'glycogen loading' diet for marathons.
Has run everyday since December 20th 1964 - over 50 years. A WORLD RECORD STREAK.
26.2 of these years ran twice a day (once on Sundays) without missing a run.
Competed in 2320 races over 800m as of 25th Nov 2010.
Training log started September 2nd 1956 - over 155000 miles recorded so far.
Gained his BSc in 1960 and his Ph.D in 1964 in Textile Chemistry at Manchester University.
Began designing running gear in 1968 by introducing synthetic fibres as cotton absorbs too much perspiration.
Innovated the 'wrap-over split' running short and the use of mesh in running vests.
Designed the first Union Jack running shorts and developed the best selling running pant in the world The Trackster©
Awarded the MBE in 1971 for 'Services to athletics.'
Pioneered the 'glycogen loading' diet for marathons.
Has run everyday since December 20th 1964 - over 50 years. A WORLD RECORD STREAK.
26.2 of these years ran twice a day (once on Sundays) without missing a run.
Competed in 2320 races over 800m as of 25th Nov 2010.
Training log started September 2nd 1956 - over 155000 miles recorded so far.
On your marks: the 100 stops on Ron Hill's international odyssey by the age of 70.
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Holland
Zimbabwe Guatemala Slovenia Switzerland Bermuda Egypt Moldova France Taiwan Liechtenstein Singapore Belgium Hong Kong Gambia Macau Spain Norway Ascension Island Curacao Ireland Bahrain Falkland Islands Aruba West Germany |
South Korea
Czech Republic Romania Brazil Cyprus Croatia Lebanon Finland Trinidad & Tobago Estonia Russia Japan Barbados Dubai Monaco Tunisia Malta Jordan Cambodia Morocco Thailand Iceland Pakistan Jamaica Austria |
China
Andorra Hungary Sweden Oman Malaysia Italy Saudi Arabia Israel Peru USA Gibraltar Algeria Bosnia South Africa Costa Rica Chile Sri Lanka Mexico Portugal Lithuania Ecuador Greece Bulgaria Australia |
Namibia
Canada Denmark Ukraine Montenegro Puerto Rico Luxembourg Colombia Argentina New Zealand Cameroon Cayman Islands Uruguay Slovakia Benin Cuba Serbia Turkey Kenya Mauritius Panama Poland East Germany Latvia Faroe Islands |
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Marathon Record
First marathon, 1961, Liverpool City, 1st, 2:24:22.
European Games, 1962, Belgrade, d.n.f.
Tokyo Olympics, 1964, 19th, 2:25:43.4.
European Games, 1966, Budapest, 12th, 2:26:04.8.
European Games, 1969, Athens, 1st, 2:16:47.8.
Commonwealth, 1970, Edinburgh, 1st, 2:09:28, WORLD RECORD.
European Games, 1971, Helsinki, 3rd, 2:14:34.8.
Munich Olympics, 1972, 6th, 2:16:31.
Commonwealth, 1974, New Zealand, 18th, 2:30:24.2.
Best time, 1970, Edinburgh, 2:09:28, WORLD RECORD and the first man to run under 2 hours 10 minutes on a full distance course.
Best time (as Master/Veteran), 1979, New Orleans, 2:15:46.
Boston, 1970, 1st., 2:10:30, course Record by over 3 minutes. The first Briton to win this race and still one of only two Britons to achieve this.
Final Marathon. The 100th running of Boston in 1996.
Completed 115 Marathons, 112 under 2:50, 103 under 2:45 and 29 under 2:20.
European Games, 1962, Belgrade, d.n.f.
Tokyo Olympics, 1964, 19th, 2:25:43.4.
European Games, 1966, Budapest, 12th, 2:26:04.8.
European Games, 1969, Athens, 1st, 2:16:47.8.
Commonwealth, 1970, Edinburgh, 1st, 2:09:28, WORLD RECORD.
European Games, 1971, Helsinki, 3rd, 2:14:34.8.
Munich Olympics, 1972, 6th, 2:16:31.
Commonwealth, 1974, New Zealand, 18th, 2:30:24.2.
Best time, 1970, Edinburgh, 2:09:28, WORLD RECORD and the first man to run under 2 hours 10 minutes on a full distance course.
Best time (as Master/Veteran), 1979, New Orleans, 2:15:46.
Boston, 1970, 1st., 2:10:30, course Record by over 3 minutes. The first Briton to win this race and still one of only two Britons to achieve this.
Final Marathon. The 100th running of Boston in 1996.
Completed 115 Marathons, 112 under 2:50, 103 under 2:45 and 29 under 2:20.
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No. Location Date Time Position
1 Liverpool City AUG 12 1961 02:24:22 1st 2 Polytechnic, London JUN 16 196202:21:591st European, Belgrade, Yugoslavia SEP 16 1962DNF 3 Polytechnic, London JUN 15 196302:18:06 2nd 4 Beverley, Yorkshire MAR 30 196402:19:371st 5 Polytechnic, London JUN 13 196402:14:122nd 6 Olympics, Tokyo, Japan OCT 21 196402:25:3419th 7 Beverley, Yorkshire APR 19 196502:26:331st 8 Polytechnic, London JUN 11 196602:20:553rd 9 European, Budapest, Hungary SEP 4 196602:26:0412th 10 Beverley, Yorkshire MAR 27 196702:27:213rd 11 Enschede, Holland AUG 26 196702:23:432nd 12 Cwmbran, Wales JULY 27 196802:17:114th 13 Maxol, Manchester JULY 20 196902:13:421st 14 European, Athens, Greece SEP 21 196902:16:481st 15 Fukuoka, Japan DEC 7 196902:11:542nd 16 Boston, USA APR 20 197002:10:301st 17 Commonwealth, Edinburgh, Scotland JULY 23 197002:09:281st 18 Fukuoka, Japan DEC 6 197002:15:279th 19 Maxol, Manchester JUN 13 197102:12:391st 20 European, Helsinki, Finland AUG 15 197102:14:343rd 21 Maxol, Manchester JUN 4 197202:12:512nd 22 Olympics, Munich, Germany SEP 10 197202:16:306th 23 Athens, Greece APR 6 197302:21:295th 24 Szeged, Hungary JULY 21 197302:23:021st 25 Enschede, Holland SEP 1 197302:18:061st 26 Harlow, Essex OCT 27 197302:13:222nd 27 Commonwealth, Christchurch, New Zealand JAN 1 197402:30:2418th 28 Polytechnic, Windsor JUN 15 197402:21:366th 29 Szeged, Hungary JULY 20 197402:19:281st 30 Kosice, Czechoslovakia OCT 6 197402:28:3028th 31 Baltimore, MD, USA NOV 30 197402:17:231st 32 Boston, USAAPR 21 197502:13:285th 33 Ankara, Turkey MAY 19 197502:21:361st 34 Debno, Poland JUN 15 197502:12:341st 35 Montreal, Canada AUG 2 197502:26:013rd 36 Enschede, Holland AUG 30 197502:15:591st 37 Baltimore, MD, USA DEC 7 197502:17:062nd 38 Rotherham, Yorkshire MAY 8 197602:16:594th 39 Polytechnic, Windsor SEP 11 197602:18:443rd 40 Berchem, Belgium SEP 17 197602:23:384th 41 New York, USA OCT 24 197602:19:4310th 42 Baltimore, MD, USA DEC 5 197602:20:233rd 43 Rhodes Marathon, Zimbabwe MAR 20 197702:24:071st 44 Amsterdam, Holland MAY 21 197702:26:0714th 45 Polytechnic, Windsor JUN 11 197702:16:372nd 46 Enschede, Holland AUG 27 197702:21:219th 47 New York, USA OCT 23 197702:20:0118th 48 Baltimore, MD, USA DEC 4 197702:24:504th 49 Huntsville, AL, USA DEC 17 197702:17:402nd 50 Bermuda JAN 29 197802:26:131st 51 Trails End, OR, USA FEB 25 197802:22:443rd 52 Sandbach, Cheshire MAY 7 197802:20:0224th 53 New York, USA OCT 22 197802:20:2419th 54 Baltimore, MD, USA DEC 3 197802:22:382nd 55 Huntsville, AL, USA DEC 16 197802:19:364th 56 New Orleans, LA, USA JAN 18 197902:15:463rd 57 St. Louis, MO, USA JAN 25 197902:29:454th 58 Montreal, Canada AUG 26 197902:25:5019th 59 New York, USA OCT 21 197902:23:2045th 60 Baltimore, MD, USA DEC 2 197902:23:375th |
No. Location Date Time Position
61 Huntsville, AL, USA DEC 15 197902:24:1417th 62 Orange Bowl, FL, USA JAN 12 198002:27:2812th 63 Baltimore, MD, USA DEC 7 198002:27:567th 64 Orange Bowl, FL, USA JAN 17 198102:22:5515th 65 Coast of China, HK MAR 29 198102:34:351st 66 Bahrain FEB 19 198202:35:302nd 67 London MAY 9 198202:20:5739th 68 Orange Bowl, FL, USA JAN 22 198302:27:1415th 69 Bahrain FEB 11 198302:25:251st 70 London APR 17 198302:23:57159th 71 Rio de Janiero, Brazil JULY 2 198302:31:5021st 72 Stockport, Cheshire APR 8 198402:41:5023rd 73 Rotterdam, Holland APR 14 198402:37:1571st 74 London MAY 13 198402:29:04213th 75 Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire JUN 17198402:49:3366th 76 Antwerp, Belgium JUN 23 198402:43:3745th 77 Wirral, Cheshire JULY 15 198402:43:2310th 78 Antrim, N.Ireland AUG 18 198402:44:088th 79 Torbay, Devon SEP 23 198402:48:3924th 80 Seoul, Korea SEP 30 198402:37:2530th 81 Chesterfield, Derbyshire OCT 21 198402:40:557th 82 Eurasia, Turkey NOV 4 198402:31:118th 83 Benidorm, Spain NOV 18 198402:35:404th 84 Baltimore, MD, USA DEC 2 198402:36:0517th 85 Apeldoorn, Holland FEB 2 198502:40:3032nd 86 Limassol, Cyprus FEB 17 198502:33:422nd 87 Bahrain FEB 22 198502:37:402nd 88 Lyon, France MAR 24 198502:37:1250th 89 Wolverhampton, West Midlands MAR 31 198502:48:22125th 90 Trinidad, West Indies APR 7 198502:47:3113th 91 Stockport, Cheshire APR 14 198502:48:5131st 92 London APR 21 198502:29:27246th 93 Munich, Germany APR 28 198502:47:36150th 94 Frankfurt, Germany MAY 19 198502:35:47302nd 95 Piccadilly, Manchester JUN 30 198502:36:3638th 96 Guernsey, Channel Islands AUG 26 198502:44:328th 97 Edinburgh, Scotland SEP 1 198502:48:1461st 98 Ipswich, Suffolk SEP 8 198502:35:531st 99 Glasgow, Scotland SEP 22 198502:38:36138th 100 Athens, Greece OCT 13 198502:43:5625th 101 Bedford, Bedfordshire OCT 27 198502:41:2414th 102 Benidorm, Spain NOV 17 198502:42:209th 103 Baltimore, MD, USA DEC 1 198502:29:3611th 104 Barbados, West Indies DEC 8 198502:41:375th 105 Malta FEB 16 198602:43:096th 106 Shamrock, VA, USA MAR 15 198602:40:3516th 107 London APR 20 198602:41:43694th 108 NJ Waterfront USA MAY 4 198602:46:5955th 109 Edinburgh, Scotland JUN 1 198602:49:4587th 110 Malta FEB 15 198702:47:1110th 111 London APR 17 198802:51:471042nd 112 London APR 23 198902:42:39667th 113 Boston, USA APR 16 199002:45:22314th 114 London APR 21 199102:51:121280th 115 Boston, USA APR 15 199603:12:464174th |
Track Career
Represented Great Britain at 5,000m and 10,000m
British Record Holder at six miles in 1963, with 27.49.8 (AAA Champion) Personal Best for 6 miles - 27.26.0, 1964. Personal Best for 10,000m - 28.39.2, 1969. Olympics, Tokyo, Japan, 1964, 10,000m, 18th. Commonwealth Games, Kingston, Jamaica, 1966, 6 miles, 5th. Olympic Games, Mexico City, 1968, 10,000m, 7th. AAA 10 mile track champion, 1965/66/67/68/69. Held World Records at: 10 miles, 47:02, Leicester, April 1968 (Ron Clarke was the former record holder). 46:44, Leicester, November 1968. 15 miles, 72:48.2, Bolton, July 1965. 25 kilometres, 75:22.6, Bolton, July 1965. The 15 miles and 25k were the last of Emil Zatopek's world records. Held British Record's at: 20 kilometres, 58:39.0, Leicester, November, 1968. 1 hour, 12 miles 1268 yds (20,472m), Leicester, November 1968. |
Cross Country Career
East Lancashire Champion, 8 times, 1962 - 69 inclusive
Lancashire Champion, 6 times, 1963 - 68 inclusive Inter Counties Champion, 1968 Northern Counties Champion, 4times, 1964/65 and 1967/68 English Champion, Twice, 1966 and 1968. World (International) Championships, Second twice in 1964 and 1968, Member of the victorious England team 6 times, 1962/64/65/66/67/68 and captain of the England team 1965-68. Road Career
20 miles (32.186k).
UK Northern Counties (Pembroke, Liverpool) 20 mile champion 1962-1970 inclusive. 1962, 1:42.23 (course record). 1963, 1;45.36. 1964, 1:40.55 (world record). 1965, 1:45.21. 1966, 1:43.21. 1967, 1:45.38. 1968, 1:36.28 (world record). 1969, 1:44.52. 1970, 1:45.25. |
