CLUB MEMBERS RUN WITH LEGENDARY RON

Club members, Mags and Lana Turnbull, Teresa and Jim Salvage along with Jim Alexander recently attended the Run with Ron[Hill] evening organised by Run & Become in Edinburgh. The evening began with around 50 athletic’s enthusiasts going for a group run with the legendary Ron Hill MBE.

 The now 73 year old has run every single day since 1964. Following the run the group then spent the remainder of the evening listening to Ron tell his stories of his exploits at Olympic Games and World Championship events. Mags described him as ”a real inspiration”.

Ronald “Ron” Hill, MBE, BSc, PhD (born 25 September 1938), is a noted runner and founder of Ron Hill and Hilly Clothing Company. Hill was born in Accrington, Lancashire, England. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, but never laid claim to the marathon world record.^{[nb 1]} He has run two Olympic Marathons (Tokyo 1964 and Munich 1972), and has a personal marathon record of 2:09:28. In 1970, Hill won the 74th Boston Marathon in a course record 2:10:30. He also won gold medals for the marathon at the European Championships in 1969 and the Commonwealth Games in 1970.