Hill ran the Mexico 10 barefoot. Pretty bold move on a tartan track which must have been a bit of an unknown at the time.
Hill ran the Mexico 10 barefoot. Pretty bold move on a tartan track which must have been a bit of an unknown at the time.
RIP great runner! I liked to read one of his books very much. A very inspiring runner.
Very sad news. A legend. His achievements will live on and continue to inspire. RIP.
2:09.28 over 50 years ago. The man was a beast. Still number 11 on the UK all-time list
Ackley wrote:
Ccrunner1962 wrote:
A sad loss indeed for the running community. However, I think you are forgetting about Martinez (Mex) 4th, Sviridov (URS) 5th, and Clarke (AUS) 6th in the 10000 in 1968 Olympics.
I had read that he was first among runners that had not "trained" at altitude.
Martinez & Nicolai Sviridov (the Urals) were both altitude adjusted. Family man Ron Clarke just couldn't. Why didn't Spain, France, Switzerland do better in Mexico City? They all had access to altitude. Ron Hill led Olympic 10,000 at some point so his wife could seen him on TV = true.
Why no one talking about 1964 Tokyo:
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/ron-hill-14345210Or 1962 European champs for that matter.
Ron Hill was a generational marathoner and held a daily running streak for two and a half generations. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Anyone know where I can pick up his books? Nothing to be found on Amazon or elsewhere.
I just listened to a 2011 interview re-run on marathon talk podcast and this stands out: "Tempo runs? Never mind bloody tempo runs, get yourself in a 10 mile race, that'll give you your tempo"
Also the stuff about it being against the rules to drink until mile 10 and then only every 5 miles after.
Hard as nails.
Thanks for that. Bloody brilliant.
mahmood wrote:
Ackley wrote:
I had read that he was first among runners that had not "trained" at altitude.
Martinez & Nicolai Sviridov (the Urals) were both altitude adjusted. Family man Ron Clarke just couldn't. Why didn't Spain, France, Switzerland do better in Mexico City? They all had access to altitude. Ron Hill led Olympic 10,000 at some point so his wife could seen him on TV = true.
Why no one talking about 1964 Tokyo:
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/ron-hill-14345210Or 1962 European champs for that matter.
Ron Clarke spent four weeks at Font Remu before going to Mexico City but said eight of those days were at lower altitude because he was racing somewhere. He also spent a little time in Mexico City in 1967 where he got a feel for what running there felt like. Ron Hill was the first finisher in the 10,000 whose first taste of altitude running came at the Games.
As to France, Spain, and Switzerland, who knows why they didn't do better? Why didn't the US do better? We had access to altitude.
HRE wrote:
mahmood wrote:
Martinez & Nicolai Sviridov (the Urals) were both altitude adjusted. Family man Ron Clarke just couldn't. Why didn't Spain, France, Switzerland do better in Mexico City? They all had access to altitude. Ron Hill led Olympic 10,000 at some point so his wife could seen him on TV = true.
Why no one talking about 1964 Tokyo:
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/ron-hill-14345210Or 1962 European champs for that matter.
Ron Clarke spent four weeks at Font Remu before going to Mexico City but said eight of those days were at lower altitude because he was racing somewhere. He also spent a little time in Mexico City in 1967 where he got a feel for what running there felt like. Ron Hill was the first finisher in the 10,000 whose first taste of altitude running came at the Games.
As to France, Spain, and Switzerland, who knows why they didn't do better? Why didn't the US do better? We had access to altitude.
The USA won medals in non sprint events too. They did OK.
Ackley wrote:
[quote]Ccrunner1962 wrote:
I had read that he was first among runners that had not "trained" at altitude.
Memory hazy, but was not a reason he ran badly in Munich that he did altitude train, and because of schedule changes due to the hostage thing, he had to change the routine in some way, and felt terrible because of it? We certainly expected a medal that day.
sdf wrote:
Ackley wrote:
[quote]Ccrunner1962 wrote:
I had read that he was first among runners that had not "trained" at altitude.
Memory hazy, but was not a reason he ran badly in Munich that he did altitude train, and because of schedule changes due to the hostage thing, he had to change the routine in some way, and felt terrible because of it? We certainly expected a medal that day.
I believe his strict pre-race carb deprivation then carb loading regimen ("the Diet" as Ron called it) was disturbed.
runderun wrote:
2:09.28 over 50 years ago. The man was a beast. Still number 11 on the UK all-time list
First sub 2:10 on a certified course.
qcassidyy wrote:
Anyone know where I can pick up his books? Nothing to be found on Amazon or elsewhere.
Have you tried Albiris or ABE books? I think I have the names right and I know one of those sites had his books years back. If you do find them you'll probably see a big price tag.
Sub Max wrote:
Please enjoy!
RIP the great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDaRVnxs0q4
Fantastic video. Thank you!