David Albert Cannon (born 7 August 1950) is an English retired male
long-distance runner, who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the men's
marathon. He won the 1981 edition of the
Paris Marathon
The Paris Marathon (french: Marathon de Paris) is an annual marathon hosted by the city of Paris, France. It is the marathon with the second-most finishers in the world, behind the New York City Marathon.
The marathon begins along the Champs ...
ex-æquo with USA's
Ron Tabb.
Earlier in his running career, Cannon had been a successful
fell runner
Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. The name arises from the origins of the English sport o ...
, his many victories including several wins in the
Ben Nevis Race
The Ben Nevis Race is a mountain race that takes place annually, from the foot of Ben Nevis (the highest mountain in the British Isles) to the top, then back again. The course is 14km long and includes around 1,340metres of ascent. Up to six hu ...
. He was the
British Fell Running Champion in 1972. Later, he guided
Kenny Stuart
Kenny Stuart (born 25 February 1957 in Penrith) is a former fell and road runner from Threlkeld in the Lake District.
Early in his career, when there was still a split between professional and amateur fell racing, Stuart competed in professiona ...
in the latter's transition from the fells to road running.
[Steve Chilton, ''It's a Hill, Get Over It'' (Dingwall, 2013), 219-22.]
Marathons
References
External links
ARRSaucklandmarathongbrathletics
1950 births
Living people
English male marathon runners
Paris Marathon male winners
British fell runners
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