Dan Lawson Explained

Dan Lawson
Birth Name:Daniel Lawson
Birth Date:13 February 1973
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. 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).[2]

Running career

In 2009,[3] Lawson entered his first ultramarathon, the London to Brighton run, and placed second.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. He also placed first in the Gloucester 24 hour track race, UK, 242.88 km.[7]

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);[8] the Ridgeway Challenge Ultra trail, 85 miles;[9] and the Run the Rann 161 km ultra trail, India.[10] Lawson placed second in the Spartathlon, making him the second fastest British runner in the race’s history.[11] He placed 24th in the 2015 IAU 24 Hour World Championship, Turin, receiving a gold team medal as part of Team GB & NI.[12]

Lawson won the IAU 24 Hour European Championships in 2016 with a distance of 261.843km (162.702miles).[13]

He holds the record for longest distance run during a 24-hour Ultramarathon in India,[14] 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,[16] only 19 hours longer than the official world record set by Andrew Rivett in 2001.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DUV Ultramarathon-Statistik. statistik.d-u-v.org. 2016-01-07.
  2. Web site: Britton. Robbie. 2020-08-20. How deep could you dig?. 2020-08-21. Fast Running. en-GB.
  3. Web site: RunningMonkey Dan Lawson Interview - RunningMonkey. runningmonkey.co.uk. 2016-01-07. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233025/http://runningmonkey.co.uk/2015/05/dan-lawson-interview/. dead.
  4. Web site: Dan's bid to run Brighton marathon eight times. The Argus. 9 March 2012 . 2016-01-08.
  5. Web site: RESULTS | NILGIRIS ULTRA. Nov 12, 2016 Edition V. nilgirisultra.com. 2016-01-07.
  6. Web site: Hall of Fame :: Performax Bangalore Ultra. bangaloreultra.com. 2016-01-07.
  7. Web site: Gloucester 24 Hour Track Race 2014 Results - Ultrarunning World. 16 June 2014 . ultrarunningworld.co.uk. 2016-01-07.
  8. Web site: inov-8 Roseland August Trail - Results - SiTiming from SPORTident. results.sportident.co.uk. 2016-01-07.
  9. Web site: Ridgeway Challenge 86 Miles 2015 Results and Awards . 8 October 2015. MainAccount. 2016-01-07.
  10. Web site: Results 2015. runtherann.com. 2016-01-07.
  11. Web site: Hall of Fame | British Spartathlon Team. 21 March 2015 . britishspartathlonteam.org. 2016-01-07.
  12. Web site: British Athletics Official WebsiteGB & NI triumphant in Turin. britishathletics.org.uk. 2016-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20150508032745/http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2015-news-page/april-2015/13-04-15-24h-report/. 2015-05-08. dead.
  13. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/lawson-jannson-win-iau-european-24-hour-title IAAF: Lawson and Jannson Take IAU European 24 Hour Titles in Albi.
  14. Web site: Englishman Runs 226 km, Wins Ultra - The New Indian Express. https://web.archive.org/web/20141215052858/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Englishman-Runs-226-km-Wins-Ultra/2014/11/10/article2516533.ece. dead. 15 December 2014. newindianexpress.com. 2016-01-07.
  15. Web site: Hove Man Sets Treadmill Record. CB. southernrunningguide.com. 2016-01-07.
  16. Web site: 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…". https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CD7v54nHJiH . 2021-12-26 . registration. 2020-08-16. Instagram. en.
  17. Web site: Fastest journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats on foot (male). 2020-08-16. Guinness World Records. en.

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