Damian Hall

Damian Hall, born in 1975, is a British ultrarunner, author and activist who grew up in the Cotswolds and did not start running as an adult until 2011, aged 36. He completed his first marathon in 2012 dressed as a toilet and represented Great Britain at the 2016 IAU Trail World Championships in Gerês, Portugal. He has held the Fastest Known Times for several British long-distance trails, including the South West Coast Path, the Cape Wrath Trail with Beth Pascall, the Paddy Buckley Round and the Pennine Way. He won the 2019 Ultra Tour Monte Rosa and the 2023 Spine Race, was 4th at the 2023 Tor des Géants and 5th at the 2018 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. He is vegan, a climate activist and a founding member of The Green Runners, and has written books including In It For The Long Run and We Can't Run Away From This.