Dan Lawson

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 course record for the Grand Union Canal Race and in 2016, he won the European 24 Hour Championships, and in 2020 set one of the fastest known times for Land's End to John o' Groats (LEJOG).^[3]

Dan Lawson
Born	Daniel Lawson
Nationality	British
Occupation	Ultra runner
Website	www.danlawson.life

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.^[4] In 2014, Lawson placed first in the Nilgiris Ultra, 100 km, India,^[5] the Bangalore Ultra 24 hour, 226 km ^[6] which created a new Ultra distance record on Indian soil.^[7] 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]

Lawson won the IAU 24 Hour European Championships in 2016 with a distance of 261.843 kilometres (162.702 mi).^[14]

He holds the record for longest distance run during a 24-hour Ultramarathon in India,^[7] and the record for distance run on a treadmill in 7 days, having run 521 miles.^[15]

In August 2020, Lawson completed the distance from Land's End to John o' Groats in 9 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes and 2 seconds, setting the fastest time with robust supporting evidence^{[disputed ]},^[16][3] only 19 hours longer than the official world record set by Andrew Rivett in 2001.^[17]

References

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2. . runningmonkey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
3. Britton, Robbie (20 August 2020). "How deep could you dig?". Fast Running. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
4. "Dan's bid to run Brighton marathon eight times". The Argus. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
5. "RESULTS | NILGIRIS ULTRA. Nov 12, 2016 Edition V". nilgirisultra.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
6. "Hall of Fame :: Performax Bangalore Ultra". bangaloreultra.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
7. . newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
8. "Gloucester 24 Hour Track Race 2014 Results - Ultrarunning World". ultrarunningworld.co.uk. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
9. "inov-8 Roseland August Trail - Results - SiTiming from SPORTident". results.sportident.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
10. MainAccount (8 October 2015). "Ridgeway Challenge 86 Miles 2015 Results and Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
11. "Results 2015". runtherann.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
12. "Hall of Fame | British Spartathlon Team". britishspartathlonteam.org. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
13. . britishathletics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
14. IAAF: Lawson and Jannson Take IAU European 24 Hour Titles in Albi.
15. CB. "Hove Man Sets Treadmill Record". southernrunningguide.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
16. "Dan lawson on Instagram: "#Repost @davemacfarlane • • • • • Dan Lawson - Land's End to John O'Groats on foot. 9 Days 21 hours 14 minutes 2 seconds @rerun.clothing…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
17. "Fastest journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats on foot (male)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 16 August 2020.