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• ReRun Clothing: https://rerunclothing.org/
• https://www.instagram.com/rerun.clothing
• Dan ran a half marathon at 12
• Dan Lawson is now a GB ultramarathon runner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lawson
• Dan didn't run a marathon until his late 30s - ran it on his own in the South Downs with no training - as the result of an argument with a friend
• If you want to run a good time in a marathon you have to train, but if you just want to do it then anyone can do it.
• Charlotte has run a 5.30 marathon. "It was worse than giving birth!"
• Charlotte - "I like the idea of being a runner"
• Charlotte wanted to be a Top of the Pops dancer. She went to the Brit school at 14 - https://www.brit.croydon.sch.uk/
• Degree at London Contemporary Dance School - https://www.lcds.ac.uk/lcds-homepage
• "I did all my professional training... and then I got pregnant."
• A degree in dance - 90 mins ballet, 90 mins contemporary dance, pilates every day
• Choreography, dance theory, dance history, dance notation, preparing routines
• Martha Graham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Graham
• Twyla Tharp - the Creative Habit: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Habit-Learn-Use-Life/dp/0743235274
• C: My love of dance was not creating it, but perfecting somebody else's vision
• C: dancers are fitter than ultrarunners. Dan agrees. "Dancers are very strong"
• D: Ultrarunning is easy: you've just got to want to do it. It is more about blocking out the noise in your head than being physically fit.
• D: I've always had a vice in my life. Running is a vice.
• What are you running away from?
• Ultrarunning is a form of self-harm
• I run to calm my mind - it's like a drug. You need to run longer and longer
• Running is a moreish addiction.
• C: Running also brings you joy, Dan
• D: Running brings me immense joy. I also meditate. Running is like a fast-track to that point of stillness.
• Runs without headphones so that his mind quietens down
• The flow state in both running and dancing
• British Athletics 24 hour team - https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/12-british-athletes-selected-for-24-hour-world-championships/
• 24 hour running round a running track
• UltraGobi 400
• Charlotte is part of the GB 24 hour support crew
• Role of crew: don't sleep, don't have empathy/emotion, have to be harsh at them and say "just keep running"
• Ultrarunning is actually a team game - you can't run far, fast without someone looking after you. The crew is vital
• Setting off to attempt to break the record for running Land's End to John O'Groats. (Spoiler: he did it! https://www.instagram.com/p/CD7v54nHJiH/?utm_source=ig_embed) - 9 Days 21 hours 14 minutes 2 seconds
• Previous attempt Dan just ran out of steam
• The record for cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats is held by Andy Wilkinson, who completed the journey in 41 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds on a Windcheetah recumbent tricycle. 
• Charlotte danced in Bollywood movies
• With 2 small children we decided that life could be more exciting and decided to move to India
  Patnem, Goa
• A lady asked Charlotte what she did for a living. She lied and said "a dancer" because she had always wanted to be a dancer. The lady happened to be an agent for Bollywood movies and offered her an audition. 2 weeks later she was tapdancing to "diamonds are a girls' best friend" on a piano in a 7-star hotel!
• Dan used to be sponsored by running companies. Got tired of plugging stuff on Instagram to sell stuff nobody needs. It was kind of an ego thing.
• We wanted to promote something we believe in.
• In India everything is out in the open, all to see. I went on a run one day and I was crying about the mounds and mounds of rubbish.
• What are we doing to the world?
• In the UK we hide away our rubbish, ship it off to other places
• The easiest way to make changes is to make a change in your own community
• Let's try to work with the running community to keep as much textiles out of landfill as possible. 
• 400 million shoes a year - Adidas
• Every trainer ever made is still here
• 70% of their donations are race t-shirts
• Trees not tees - https://www.treesnottees.com/
• Work with race organisers to offer an option to either have a race t-shirt or plant a tree
• Race t-shirts are completely plastic - equivalent of 9 plastic bottles
• ReRun is trying to eradicate waste in the running community by prolonging its life. 
• People don't go to charity shops to look for running gear.
• What is the most sustainable sports gear? 1. The stuff in your wardrobe. 2. Pre-loved gear.
• My ReRun t-shirt - made out of 2 shirts - https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3ODuRBUYA/
• Gin's Running Stitch: https://www.ginsrunningstitch.co.uk/
• Upcycling is great, but we shouldn't need to be doing it. There is too much clothing out there. 
• Worldwide we produce 150 billion clothing items a year. 
• Dan runs always in secondhand or old gear. Doesn't really affect his performance.
• Tie-dying clothes with beetroot and onion to wear on his LEJoG challenge
• The more work we do, the more I realise how horrible plastic Polyester is. It is toxic. 
• Making blankets out of running gear - https://toomanytshirts.co.uk/
• Would like to see a change in culture whereby we boast of our old, cared, repaired gear on social media
• The biggest thing we can do is to ask "do I really need this?" before buying something. Good for the planet, saves money, so you can work less, and therefore spend more time with your family or out in nature.