Ray Zahab

Ray Zahab is a Canadian long-distance runner, public speaker and author, born in 1969, who has run adventure ultramarathons in several countries including the South Pole, Siberia and the Atacama Desert in Chile. He crossed the Sahara on foot with Charlie Engle of the United States and Kevin Lin of Taiwan, a journey of 111 days and more than 4,300 miles that was recorded in the 2007 documentary Running the Sahara, narrated and produced by Matt Damon. His results include wins at the 2006 Gobi March team event, the 2005 Sahara Race, the 2006 Libyan Challenge and the 2004 Yukon Arctic Ultra. He has written an autobiography and two further books, and in 2015 he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross.