Simon Donato

Simon Vincent Donato is a Canadian geologist, ultra-endurance athlete and entrepreneur, born in 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, who became an ultra-marathoner at university and founded the Canadian Adventure Racing Association. He founded Adventure Science in 2008, produced and co-starred in the television show Boundless, which ran for three seasons from 2013, and co-founded Stoked Oats. His race results include a 43rd place at his first ultra, the 2010 Copper Canyon 50 miler, second in the men category at the 2010 Canadian Death Race, a course record at the Iron-Legs 50 miler in 2012, second in the 250 km Sahara Race and first in the Fire and Ice Ultra in Iceland in 2012. He earned a PhD in geology at McMaster University in 2008.