RIP Ron Hill

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Old Croc May 2021 4:54pm, 23 May 2021 33,342 posts	0 Old Croc God bless. Just ran in two RH shirts (fetch ones)
Stevce May 2021 4:55pm, 23 May 2021 82 posts	0 Stevce Met him once, what a gentleman, what a legend, RIP Ron Hill
Corrah May 2021 5:11pm, 23 May 2021 6,824 posts	0 Corrah Sad news indeed. Will be sure to wear some Ron Hill kit for my next run.
Dooogs May 2021 6:53pm, 23 May 2021 6,651 posts	0 Dooogs I had no idea he was Dr Ron Hill until I read his obituary. RIP - sounds like a life well lived.
Surrey Phil May 2021 7:38pm, 23 May 2021 6,414 posts	0 Surrey Phil A wonderful inspirational person and such a fit runner until late in life. So much so, that I was even shocked to hear that he had passed away.
Muttley May 2021 8:20pm, 23 May 2021 1,130 posts	0 Muttley I suspect there are few runners in the country who don't have at least one piece of Ronhill kit. My tracksters have been doing double duty as lockdown loungewear on top of foul weather running, and they refuse to wear out. Some of my pairs must be pushing 20 years old now.
UltraDunc May 2021 8:28pm, 23 May 2021 12,720 posts	0 UltraDunc I’m very sorry to hear of Ron’s passing. I met him a couple of times and one was warming up on the field at freckleton before the half. And coincidentally I ran windermere today wearing a fetch vest and race T shirt bearing his name, which I’m sure will live on for a long time yet.
Derby Tup May 2021 8:40pm, 23 May 2021 50,259 posts	0 Derby Tup Ron had a PhD in textile chemistry. I had a colleague when I’d not been involved with the industry long who worked with him way back, in Scotland iirc I met Ron once at Rivington Pike fell about 15 years ago. There was a queue of runners waiting to say hello after the run, me included
alehouse May 2021 2:17pm, 24 May 2021 4 posts	0 alehouse athleticsweekly.com theguardian.com
honestmackem May 2021 2:41pm, 24 May 2021 985 posts	0 honestmackem Such sad news, RIP 🙏🏻