Ron Bentley was a British ultrarunner who held the world record for the longest distance run in 24 hours. Born in 1930 at Hurst Hill, Dudley, he joined the Tipton Harriers in 1951 and stayed with the club for life as a runner, volunteer, officer and president. After his first marathon in 1958 he moved to ultramarathons, helped the Tipton Harriers ultra team win the 1964 London to Brighton team title, won the 1970 Exeter to Plymouth 44 mile race in a course record and took the 1971 RRC Radox 100 Mile Track race at Uxbridge in 12 hours 37 minutes. He finished thirteenth as the Tipton team won the 1972 Comrades Marathon, and in November 1973 he set the 24 hour record at Walton-on-Thames. He died in 2019.
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was a British ultrarunner and holder of the world record for the longest distance run in 24 hours
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the team focused attention on preparing for Comrades, which they duly won, with Bentley finishing 13th
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