Raymond Zahab, MSC (born in 1969)[1] 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.

[2][3] He crossed the Sahara with Charlie Engle, (USA) and Kevin Lin (Taiwan).

[4][5] 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.

[6] 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),[7] and co-author with Steve Pitt of Running to Extremes: Ray Zahab's Amazing Ultra marathon Journey (ISBN 978-0143179672).