title: Ray Zahab
text: # Ray Zahab
  
  Raymond Zahab, MSC (born in 1969) is a Canadian long-distance runner and public speaker. He has run in long-distance running adventures in several countries, including the South Pole, Siberia, and the Atacama Desert in Chile. He crossed the Sahara with Charlie Engle, (USA) and Kevin Lin (Taiwan).
  
  Zahab starred in the 2007 documentary film "Running the Sahara" narrated and produced by Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winner James Moll, which follows three men as they run across the Sahara Desert, a journey of 111 days and more than 4,300 miles of challenging terrain.
  
  Zahab is also the author of the autobiography Running for My Life: On the Extreme Road with Adventure Runner Ray Zahab (ISBN 978-1-897178-44-7), and co-author with Steve Pitt of Running to Extremes: Ray Zahab's Amazing Ultra marathon Journey
  
  (ISBN 978-0143179672). and co author with Eric Walters of Just Deserts.
  
  ## Results
  
      Gobi March Team 2006 — 1st
      Sahara Race 2005 — 1st
      Libyan Challenge 2006 — 1st
      BadWater Ultra — DNF
      Marathon des Sables 2005 — 24th
      Trans333 2004 — 3rd
      Jungle Marathon Solo 2004 — 8th
      Jungle Marathon Team 2004 — 1st
      Marathon des Sables 2004 — 47th
      Yukon Arctic Ultra 2004 — 1st
  
  ## Honours
  
  In 2015, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross.
  
  