The story
Why would anyone do this?
Fair question. The short answer: to find out if he could — and to build something bigger on the other side of it.
Ayman Nassar is an Egyptian runner based in Hamilton, Ontario — and, by profession, a senior internal auditor.
The Marathon des Sables Legendary is a six-day, self-supported footrace across the Moroccan Sahara, widely known as one of the toughest on Earth. In April 2026 he finished it — all 270 km — becoming the 4th Egyptian in the race's history to do so. He did the last two days on a badly swollen ankle, which is either commitment or poor decision-making, depending on who you ask. He would say it was both.
This page is the running side of Ayman: the race, the coverage it earned, and the bigger thing it was always pointing at — a race of his own, back home in Egypt.
