User:Paw2612/Dan Lawson

Dan Lawson Daniel Lawson (born 13 February 1973 ) is a British ultra runner and charity worker. He holds the record for longest distance run during a 24-hour Ultramarathon in India, and the course record for the Grand Union Canal Race.

In 2009, with very little training, and without having previously raced in a marathon , he entered his first ultramarathon, the London to Brighton run, and came second.

In 2014, he came first in the Niligiri Ultra, 100 km, India ; the Bangalore Ultra 24 hour, 226 km (in which he also created a new Ultra distance record on Indian soil ); and the Gloucester 24 hour track race, UK, 242.88 km.

In 2015, he came first and set new course records in the Grand Union Canal Race; the Roseland August trail Black RAT (32 miles) ; the Ridgeway Challenge Ultra trail, 85 miles ; and the Run the Rann 161 km ultra trail, India. He also came second in the Spartathlon, with the fastest time for a British runner in the race’s history ; and came 24th in the 2015 IAU 24 Hour World Championship, Turin, receiving a gold team medal as part of Team GB & NI.

He also holds the record for distance run on a treadmill in 7 days, having run 521 miles.