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Dan Lawson

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Dan Lawson is a British ultrarunner and charity worker from Brighton, born in 1973, who also does charity work in India for OSCAR India and Skillshare International. He entered his first ultramarathon, the London to Brighton run, in 2009 and placed second. He holds the course record for the Grand Union Canal Race, set in 2015, placed second at the Spartathlon that year, and won the IAU 24 Hour European Championships in 2016 with 261.843 kilometres. In August 2020 he ran from Land's End to John o' Groats in 9 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes and 2 seconds, the fastest known time of the GPS era.

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1973 1
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is a British ultra runner and charity worker from Brighton
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    Dan Lawson (born 13 February 1973)
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    is a British ultra runner and charity worker from Brighton
  • Categories: Category:British men long-distance runners
  • Plays: Ultramarathon, Lead
    In 2009, Lawson entered his first ultramarathon, the London to Brighton run, and placed second.
  • Competed In: Spartathlon, Career
    Lawson placed second in the Spartathlon
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