Daniel Rowland

This race takes place in six stages over seven days and covers a distance of 250 km. Rowland finished in 9th place overall, winning his age group division of 20–29 years.

He was the youngest finisher in the Top 10.

Later that same year he completed his first two Ultra Marathons, The Bear Chase in Denver, Colorado in October where he took 28th position in the men's 20–29 division, and the Zombie Ultra Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska where he finished in 5th position overall.

He finished in 4th position in a time of 35:54:00.

Daniel Westcar Rowland (born 3 May 1984) is a Zimbabwean long-distance trail runner.

He competes in ultra marathons and multi-day stage races around the world.

Rowland was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 3 May 1984.

He attended Whitestone School and Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo (St Patrick's).

From 1999–2001 he won the Junior National Zimbabwe Triathlon.

He was elected to represent the Zimbabwe Junior Triathlon team in 2001, and in 2003 he was elected Captain of the National Team.

He was awarded his Zimbabwe National colours in 2002 at the age of 18.

In 2003 he was voted the best junior national triathlete at the National Triathlon Awards in Zimbabwe and he finished 5th in the All-Africa Games.

During his time at the University of Cape Town, Rowland participated in the university Swimming Club and Athletics Club.

He studied Business Science at the University of Cape Town, graduating with First Class Honours in 2007.

He completed several triathlons during this time, and in 2007 he finished in 7th place in the Western Province Triathlon Championships in South Africa.

He worked for Anglo American plc in the finance division from 2008–2012.

Rowland moved to Anchorage, Alaska in December 2009 and took up trail running in the mountains of the Alaska Range.

His competed in his first trail race, the Crow Pass Crossing, in July 2010, finishing in 19th position in the men's division.

In February 2011 Rowland competed in his first 100-mile race, the Susitna 100: Race Across Frozen Alaska in Susitna, Alaska.

Rowland moved to Santiago, Chile in April 2011 where he started to run more competitively.

In September 2011 he finished 5th in the Salomon K42 trail race.

A month later, in October 2011, he entered the Ultra Maraton de Los Andes in the 80 km division, but withdrew after 61 km due to a knee injury.

He became a full-time ultra runner in 2012.

He lives in Blonay, Switzerland.

Rowland started triathlon at an early age and won his first triathlon at the age of 11.

In January 2012 Rowland ran a 70 km race from Licanray to Villarica in the south of Chile.

He finished in 3rd place after defeating Argentinian athlete, Edgar Ezequiel Orozco, in a sprint finish.

This was his first podium finish.

In March 2012, Rowland competed in his first multi-day stage race, the RacingThePlanet 4 Deserts: Atacama Crossing.

At the end of September 2012, Rowland quit his job with AngloAmerican and took up trail running full-time.

He ran several more races towards the end of 2012, and in November he won his first trail race.

The Ruta del Condor is a popular 50 km route from Cajón del Maipo to Santiago, Chile, and Rowland won in a time of 4h54min.

Rowland returned to the 4Deserts: Atacama Crossing race in March 2013.

He won the first five stages of the race, and came fourth on the final stage, winning the event overall in a time of 26:17:51, nearly two hours faster than his first attempt.

Rowland's second major race of 2013 was the 250 km, multi-stage desert race, the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon in South Africa, which he won in a course-record time of 22:02:57.

Rowland was joined in this race by his father and brother, who completed their first multi-stage race.

His father, Jonathan Rowland, finished in 20th place in a time of 35:25:27, and his brother, Brian Rowland, finished 32nd in a time of 41:02:08.

Rowland's 2014 season started off with a podium finish when he took third place in his age group and in the overall race in the Columbia Trail Challenge in Olmué, Chile.

In May, he travelled to Cusco, Peru for the Beyond the Ultimate Jungle Ultra, a race from the Andes to the Amazon.

He won in a time of 27:01:20, winning the first four of five stages