ACCRINGTON marathon runner Ron Hill celebrated covering 150,000 miles in style - by completing the last half-mile at the home of his boyhood heroes.

The 69-year-old Stanley fan clocked up his landmark mileage at the Fraser Eagle Stadium on Saturday before his beloved Reds entertained Shrewsbury Town in a League Two encounter.

For the milestone, which is the equivalent of running six times around the world, Ron said he wanted to come back to his roots in Accrington, where he grew up and completed the first run on his training log - eight miles from the old Accrington Grammar School, over the hills and into Oswaldtwistle.

And since September 3 1956, when he was 18, he has run at least one mile every day, logging every single stride, and he has competed in more than 2200 races at distances of 800m upwards.

He has also just recently returned from Argentina, where he finished his 98th marathon as he bids to run 100 marathons in 100 different countries.

Mr Hill's distinguished running career includes a total of four world records in 10-mile, 15-mile and 25km marathons in the late 1960s, as well as representing the UK in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

He was the first British runner to break the 2 hour 10 minute barrier, and won the Commonwealth and European Championship titles.

And he was awarded an MBE in 1971 for services to athletics.

Just nine months short of his 70th birthday, Hill is feeling as fit as ever.

He said: "My weight now is 9st 1lb, which is what it was when I was 20 years old."

And the plan is to keep on running his minimum 30 miles per week, and turn out for Clayton Harriers as much as possible.