Dan Lawson (born 13 February 1973[1]) is a British ultra runner and charity worker from Brighton.
[2] 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).
[7] The same year, he also placed first at the Gloucester 24 hour track race in the UK, covering a distance of 242.88 km.
[13] Lawson won the IAU 24 Hour European Championships in 2016 with a distance of 261.843 kilometres (162.702 mi).
[15] In August 2020, Lawson completed the journey from Land's End to John o' Groats in 9 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes and 2 seconds, setting the fastest known time in the 'GPS era',[16][3] a time bettered only by the Guinness world record set by Andrew Rivett in 2001.