Dan Lawson

Dan Lawson
Born Daniel Lawson
Nationality British
Occupation Ultra runner

Dan Lawson (born 13 February 1973[1]) is a British ultra runner and charity worker from Brighton. Lawson also does charity work in India for OSCAR India and Skillshare International.[2] He holds the record for longest distance run during a 24-hour Ultramarathon in India,[3] and the course record for the Grand Union Canal Race. Lawson holds the record for distance run on a treadmill in 7 days, having run 521 miles.[4]

Running career

In 2009,[2] Lawson entered his first ultramarathon, the London to Brighton run, and placed second.[1] He ran the Brighton Marathon 4 times back-to-back in 2011 and 8 times back-to-back in 2012 to raise money for Albion in the Community's Oscar programme in India.[5] In 2014, Lawson placed first in the Nilgiris Ultra, 100 km, India,[6] the Bangalore Ultra 24 hour, 226 km [7] which created a new Ultra distance record on Indian soil.[3]) He also placed first in the Gloucester 24 hour track race, UK, 242.88 km.[8]

In 2015, he placed first in the Grand Union Canal Race, beating the previous course record by over three hours. He also placed first and set new course records in the Roseland August trail Black RAT (32 miles);[9] the Ridgeway Challenge Ultra trail, 85 miles;[10] and the Run the Rann 161 km ultra trail, India.[11] Lawson placed second in the Spartathlon, making him the second fastest British runner in the race’s history.[12] He placed 24th in the 2015 IAU 24 Hour World Championship, Turin, receiving a gold team medal as part of Team GB & NI.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "DUV Ultramarathon-Statistik". statistik.d-u-v.org. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  2. 1 2 "RunningMonkey Dan Lawson Interview - RunningMonkey". runningmonkey.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  3. 1 2 "Englishman Runs 226 km, Wins Ultra - The New Indian Express". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  4. ↑ CB. "Hove Man Sets Treadmill Record". southernrunningguide.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Dan's bid to run Brighton marathon eight times". The Argus. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  6. ↑ "RESULTS | NILGIRIS ULTRA. Nov 12, 2016 Edition V". nilgirisultra.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  7. ↑ "Hall of Fame :: Performax Bangalore Ultra". bangaloreultra.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  8. ↑ "Gloucester 24 Hour Track Race 2014 Results - Ultrarunning World". ultrarunningworld.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  9. ↑ "inov-8 Roseland August Trail - Results - SiTiming from SPORTident". results.sportident.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  10. ↑ MainAccount (8 October 2015). "Ridgeway Challenge 86 Miles 2015 Results and Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  11. ↑ "Results 2015". runtherann.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  12. ↑ "Hall of Fame | British Spartathlon Team". britishspartathlonteam.org. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  13. ↑ "British Athletics Official WebsiteGB & NI triumphant in Turin". britishathletics.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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