Ron Hill, MBE, BSc, PhD , is the founder of Ronhill and Hilly Clothing Company, makers of performance apparel, and the second man ever to break two hours and ten minutes in the marathon . Hill set world records at four other distances, but never laid claim to the marathon world record. He has run three Olympic Marathons , 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. During the 1970s, he also won gold medals at the European Championships and Commonwealth Games.