User:Paw2612/Dan Lawson
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Dan Lawson Daniel Lawson (born 13 February 1973[1]) is a British ultra runner and charity worker. He holds the record for longest distance run during a 24-hour Ultramarathon in India[2], and the course record for the Grand Union Canal Race.
In 2009, with very little training[3], and without having previously raced in a marathon[4][5], he entered his first ultramarathon, the London to Brighton run, and came second.[6]
In 2014, he came first in the Niligiri Ultra, 100 km, India [7]; the Bangalore Ultra 24 hour, 226 km [8] (in which he also created a new Ultra distance record on Indian soil[2]); and the Gloucester 24 hour track race, UK, 242.88 km.[9]
In 2015, he came first and set new course records in the Grand Union Canal Race; the Roseland August trail Black RAT (32 miles)[10]; the Ridgeway Challenge Ultra trail, 85 miles[11]; and the Run the Rann 161 km ultra trail, India[12]. He also came second in the Spartathlon, with the fastest time for a British runner in the race’s history[13]; and came 24th in the 2015 IAU 24 Hour World Championship, Turin, receiving a gold team medal as part of Team GB & NI.[14]
He also holds the record for distance run on a treadmill in 7 days, having run 521 miles.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ http://statistik.d-u-v.org/getresultperson.php?runner=87672
- ^ a b http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Englishman-Runs-226-km-Wins-Ultra/2014/11/10/article2516533.ece
- ^ http://runningmonkey.co.uk/2015/05/dan-lawson-interview/
- ^ https://runbrighton.wordpress.com/awesome-lawson/
- ^ http://runnersforlifenewsletter.com/ultra-running-has-taught-me-that-we-can-achieve-anything-dan-lawson/
- ^ http://statistik.d-u-v.org/getresultevent.php?event=3078
- ^ http://nilgirisultra.com/results/
- ^ http://www.bangaloreultra.com/hall-of-fame/
- ^ http://ultrarunningworld.co.uk/gloucester-24-hour-track-race-2014-results/
- ^ http://results.sportident.co.uk/home/event.html?eventid=b6d44bc2-f365-426b-a1ed-5d6986297ed7
- ^ http://www.tra-uk.org/files/downloads/Ridgeway2015/2015_TRC_AwardsResults_1v1.pdf
- ^ http://www.runtherann.com/pages/results-2015
- ^ http://britishspartathlonteam.org/hall-of-fame/
- ^ http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2015-news-page/april-2015/13-04-15-24h-report/
- ^ http://southernrunningguide.com/news/hove-man-sets-treadmill-record
Category:Ultramarathon runners Category:British ultramarathon runners Category:Living people