Official Competitor Information

October 2009

SECTION SUBJECT PAGE

1. About RacingThePlanet Events ………………………………. 2

2. Competitor Tent Assignments …………………………………. 3 – 7

3. Official Competitor Bios ………………………………………… 8 – 35

4. Staff & Volunteer List ……………………………………………. 36 – 37

RacingThePlanet is a unique category of rough country footraces that take place over seven days and some 250 kilometers in remote and culturally rich locations around the world. Competitors must carry all their own equipment and food, are only provided with water and a place in a tent each day but are supported by professional medical and operations teams. RacingThePlanet is international; the events typically involve competitors from over 20 different countries who are able to mingle around the campfires and in their geographically mixed tents. Currently the events consist of the 4 Deserts, a series which encompasses the Gobi Desert in China, the Atacama Desert of Chile, the Sahara Desert of Egypt and Antarctica, and a fifth event, which roves to a new location each year. In 2010, this location will be Western Australia.

RacingThePlanet also operates an online store which is now Asia’s largest. The online store features the world’s best outdoor clothing, gear and nutrition sourced from around the world and tested in the most grueling sporting events in the world -- RacingThePlanet and the 4 Deserts. The store is located in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom and ships to more than 40 countries worldwide. The store can be found at www.racingtheplanet.com/store.

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SAHARA RACE 2009 COMPETITOR TENT ASSIGNMENTS

Bib Full Name Tent Gender Nationality Team No 1 ADAIR, Tom 1 ‐ ABA Male Canada Team CanShare 2 AHN, Sangmi 1 ‐ ABA Female Korea (South) 4 BAEK, Seungyeol 1 ‐ ABA Male Korea (South) 21 CHMIEL Jr, George 1 ‐ ABA Male United States 24 DANIS, Mehmet H. 1 ‐ ABA Male Canada 44 HACKETT, Ron J. 1 ‐ ABA Male Canada Team CanShare 77 MOKHTARI, Ash 1 ‐ ABA Male Canada 126 YOO, Ji Sung 1 ‐ ABA Male Korea (South) Team CanShare 127 ZAGAL, Christian D. 1 ‐ ABA Male Denmark

5 BAER, Alexander 2 ‐ ALEXANDER THE GREAT Male Netherlands Desert Gentlemen 6 BAER, Philip 2 ‐ ALEXANDER THE GREAT Male Netherlands Desert Gentlemen 8 BARCLAY, Tom 2 ‐ ALEXANDER THE GREAT Male United Kingdom Desert Gentlemen 75 MINAR, Stephen 2 ‐ ALEXANDER THE GREAT Male United States 96 SATO, Yoshihiro 2 ‐ ALEXANDER THE GREAT Male Japan 108 TAKAHASHI, Hiroki 2 ‐ ALEXANDER THE GREAT Male Japan 113 TRAFF, Jason D. 2 ‐ ALEXANDER THE GREAT Male United States 119 VOGEL, Brian N. 2 ‐ ALEXANDER THE GREAT Male United States

7 BARBER, Duncan 3‐ BERENICE Male United Kingdom 14 BOWEN, Edward C.F. 3‐ BERENICE Male United Kingdom 18 BROWN, Anthony R. 3‐ BERENICE Male United Kingdom 33 EATHORNE, Ross G. 3‐ BERENICE Male New Zealand 48 HEARNS, Gary 3‐ BERENICE Male Ireland 50 HOFFMAN, Lex 3‐ BERENICE Male United States LOWE, Christopher 71 3‐ BERENICE Male United Kingdom J.A. 99 SEXTON, Peter 3‐ BERENICE Male United Kingdom

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SAHARA RACE 2009 COMPETITOR TENT ASSIGNMENTS

Bib Full Name Tent Gender Nationality Team No 10 BOCQUET, Peter 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male Australia 19 CAMPBELL, Mick 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male Scotland 27 DE HAART, Erik J. 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male Australia 35 ELSON, James L. 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male United Kingdom 39 FUMICH, Frank 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male United States Team Trifecta 53 HULL, Michael A. 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male Australia Team Trifecta 101 SHUART, Ken M. 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male United States 123 WEHBI, Alain S. 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male France 124 WILSON, Peter L. 4 ‐ CLEOPATRA Male Australia Team Trifecta

11 BONALLACK, Daniel J. 5 ‐ DARIUS Male New Zealand 12 BONALLACK, John 5 ‐ DARIUS Male New Zealand 17 BREMNER, Marc R. 5 ‐ DARIUS Male Canada Trailwinders 58 JUNG, In Seung 5 ‐ DARIUS Male Korea (South) 83 OH , Sang Seung 5 ‐ DARIUS Male Korea (South) 92 RINTOUL, Lara M. 5 ‐ DARIUS Female Canada Trailwinders 95 SANDMAN, Jennifer 5 ‐ DARIUS Female United States 105 SOLMAN, Jason R. 5 ‐ DARIUS Male Canada Trailwinders

13 BOND, Annabelle S. 6 ‐ KHAFRA Female United Kingdom Team Good Sport 29 DIXON, Simon 6 ‐ KHAFRA Male Australia 49 HOEY, Patrick 6 ‐ KHAFRA Male Ireland 57 JONES, Brian S. 6 ‐ KHAFRA Male Canada LIU, Yumeng 70 6 ‐ KHAFRA Male China (Raymond) 84 OXLEY, Keir 6 ‐ KHAFRA Male Australia 104 SMALLER, Sissel 6 ‐ KHAFRA Female Norway Team Good Sport 109 TANG, Lucy 6 ‐ KHAFRA Female United Kingdom Team Good Sport

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SAHARA RACE 2009 COMPETITOR TENT ASSIGNMENTS

Bib Full Name Tent Gender Nationality Team No 20 CARMICHAEL, Luke B. 7 ‐ KHUFU Male United Kingdom CHASE UK 31 DOPAK, Sharon 7 ‐ KHUFU Female United States 32 DOTSON, Christina 7 ‐ KHUFU Female Bermuda 54 IWASE, Kenichi 7 ‐ KHUFU Male Japan 59 KABASAWA, Hidechika 7 ‐ KHUFU Male Japan 64 LAM, Teresa (Pui Yan) 7 ‐ KHUFU Female Hong Kong 93 ROWLINSON, Paul A. 7 ‐ KHUFU Male United Kingdom CHASE UK 122 WEBSTER, Mark J. 7 ‐ KHUFU Male United Kingdom CHASE UK 125 WOOD, William 7 ‐ KHUFU Male Bermuda

23 COWDREY, Mark 8 ‐ MENES Male United Kingdom No Line in the Sand 25 DAVIES, Chris 8 ‐ MENES Male United Kingdom 61 KANO, Takehiko 8 ‐ MENES Male Japan No Line in the Sand 76 MOHRING, David J. 8 ‐ MENES Male England 85 PALMIERI, Kristine F. 8 ‐ MENES Female United States 86 PANG, Jeremy W.H. 8 ‐ MENES Male United Kingdom No Line in the Sand 94 RYALL, Lee S. 8 ‐ MENES Male United Kingdom 98 SEFATI, Sam 8 ‐ MENES Male United Kingdom No Line in the Sand 115 VADUKUL, Dee 8 ‐ MENES Female England No Line in the Sand

15 BRACEY, Anita C. 9 ‐ MENKARE Female United Kingdom 26 DAVIS, Kenneth 9 ‐ MENKARE Male Canada 40 GADAMS, Mary K. 9 ‐ MENKARE Female United States 74 MEADES, Karen 9 ‐ MENKARE Female Canada 79 MORRISON, Alasdair G. 9 ‐ MENKARE Male Scotland 82 MURRAY, Jennifer A.L. 9 ‐ MENKARE Female United Kingdom 103 SMALE, David 9 ‐ MENKARE Male United Kingdom 107 STEMPLE, Michael 9 ‐ MENKARE Male United States 110 TERBLANCHE, Erica 9 ‐ MENKARE Female South Africa

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SAHARA RACE 2009 COMPETITOR TENT ASSIGNMENTS

Bib Full Name Tent Gender Nationality Team No 9 BARGHINI, Paolo 10 ‐ NEFER Male Italy 16 BRATTOLI, Raffaele 10 ‐ NEFER Male Italy 37 FRENZ, Tobias 10 ‐ NEFER Male Germany 51 HOLLIDAY, Susan 10 ‐ NEFER Female United Kingdom 55 JACOB, Johnson D. 10 ‐ NEFER Male Singapore Mixed Bag 63 KUME, Mika 10 ‐ NEFER Female Japan Mixed Bag 90 RESINSKI, Murray 10 ‐ NEFER Male United States 106 STAUFFER, Christian 10 ‐ NEFER Male Switzerland Mixed Bag

36 EVANS, Guy 11 ‐ NIKARA Male United Kingdom GALLAGHER, Thomas 41 11 ‐ NIKARA Male United States L. 42 GARCIA, Hernan 11 ‐ NIKARA Male Argentina 43 GRIGGS, Patrick 11 ‐ NIKARA Male United States 87 PETHIGAL, James J. 11 ‐ NIKARA Male United States 102 SINGH, Saurabh 11 ‐ NIKARA Male United States 116 VALENTE, Matthew C. 11 ‐ NIKARA Male United States 118 VANCE, Damon 11 ‐ NIKARA Male United States

34 EDMOND, Paul 12 ‐ PEPI Male United Kingdom 47 HARRISON, Paul 12 ‐ PEPI Male United Kingdom HOOGERWERF, 52 12 ‐ PEPI Male Netherlands Martijn 56 JOHANSSON, Kenneth 12 ‐ PEPI Male Sweden 60 KANG, Sudong 12 ‐ PEPI Male Korea (South) 62 KO, Young Kyu 12 ‐ PEPI Male Korea (South) 68 KIM, Tae Jung 12 ‐ PEPI Male Korea (South) 121 WATT, Robert A. 12 ‐ PEPI Male United Kingdom

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SAHARA RACE 2009 COMPETITOR TENT ASSIGNMENTS

Bib Full Name Tent Gender Nationality Team No 22 COLLINS, Christopher 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Male United Kingdom 28 DENNESS, Jack 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Male United Kingdom 30 DOCKWRAY, Karen D. 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Female United Kingdom 67 LEE, Jye Seung 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Male Korea (South) 69 LEE , Young Ho 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Male Korea (South) MARCOS SILVESTRE, 72 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Male Spain Luis 78 MOLTRASIO, Renzo 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Male Italy PIZZOCHERO, 88 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Male Italy Umberto 89 PRICE, Venetia K 13 ‐ PTOLEMY Female United Kingdom

38 FUJIOKA, Yutaka 14 ‐ RAMESSES Male Japan 73 McCOY, Tracey R. 14 ‐ RAMESSES Female United States 80 MOY, Dax P. 14 ‐ RAMESSES Male United Kingdom 81 MURAKAMI, Kumi 14 ‐ RAMESSES Female Japan 97 SCHIESTER, Christian 14 ‐ RAMESSES Male Austria 100 SHISHIDO, Seiji 14 ‐ RAMESSES Male Japan 112 TODAKA, Itsumi 14 ‐ RAMESSES Male Japan 120 WANG, Richard Y.L. 14 ‐ RAMESSES Male China

45 HANCOCK , Peter 15 ‐ SNEFERU Male England 46 HARRIS, Steve 15 ‐ SNEFERU Male United Kingdom 65 LARSEN, Mikkel B. 15 ‐ SNEFERU Male Denmark 66 LAWRENCE, Thaddeus 15 ‐ SNEFERU Male Singapore 91 RIEMER, Deborah 15 ‐ SNEFERU Female United States 111 TICE, Elizabeth 15 ‐ SNEFERU Female United States 114 VAD, Michael 15 ‐ SNEFERU Male Denmark 117 VAN DER WALT, Charl 15 ‐ SNEFERU Male South Africa

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SAHARA RACE 2009 OFFICIAL COMPETITOR BIOS

Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 1 ADAIR, Tom Canada 41 Team CanShare Canadian Tom Adair works for PEAK CanShare Educators in Ontario. Tom has completed three Ironman triathlons. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. He is competing as part of Team CanShare who are raising money for CanShare, a non‐ profit organization that provides opportunities for children to be healthier and more active. 2 AHN, Sangmi Korea 29 Sangmi Ahn is a financial journalist from (South) Seoul, South Korea. The Sahara Race 2009 is her first 4 Deserts event. 3 AKAKAKA, Japan 36 Takeshi Akasaka works for Kawada Takeshi Industries in Japan but he is also an actor in musicals. He has been running marathons for eight years and has completed the Sahara Marathon in Morocco (2008) and the Atacama Crossing 2009 as well as many triathlons and long distance races in Japan. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event. He hopes to complete the 4 Deserts series with The Last Desert (Antarctica) in 2010. 4 BAEK, Korea 23 Seungyeol Baek is a student from Pohang, Seungyeol (South) South Korea. The Sahara Race 2009 represents his first 4 Deserts experience. 5 BAER, Netherlands 27 Desert From the Netherlands Alexander Baer Alexander Gentlemen works as a nurse with the Chelsea and Westminster hospital in London. He is running the Sahara Race 2009, his first 4 Deserts event, as part of team Desert Gentlemen. 6 BAER, Philip Netherlands 29 Desert Pancreatic Philip Baer, who comes from the Gentlemen Cancer UK Netherlands, is vice president of aviation company NetJets Europe based in London. Part of team Desert Gentlemen, he is running the Sahara Race 2009, his first 4 Deserts event, to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer UK. 7 BARBER, United 32 Salah Briton Duncan Barber is an asset protection Duncan Kingdom Rahman consultant working for Hunt Oil in Yemen. Sports He is raising money and awareness for the Foundation Salah Rahman Sports Foundation through the Sahara Race 2009, his first 4 Deserts event.

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SAHARA RACE 2009 OFFICIAL COMPETITOR BIOS

Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 8 BARCLAY, Tom United 27 Desert Pancreatic Tom Barclay, from Wokingham, England, is Kingdom Gentlemen Cancer UK a physiotherapist with the British Army. A member of team Desert Gentlemen, he is running the Sahara Race 2009, his first 4 Deserts event, in support of Pancreatic Cancer UK. 9 BARGHINI, Italy 48 Paolo lives in Italy. He has completed Paolo Marathon des Sables, Libyan Challenge, the Gobi March 2008 and the Sahara Race 2008. The Sahara Race 2009 is his third 4 Deserts event. 10 BOCQUET, Australia 40 John Peter Bocquet is a director for Tandberg in Peter Maclean Singapore. He has completed six Ironman Foundation triathlons in various countries, as well as a number of marathons. In 2002 he raced the half‐marathon at the Great Wall of China. The Sahara Race 2009 will complete Peter's conquest of the 4 Deserts series. He is taking part to raise money and awareness for The John Maclean Foundation (JMF).

11 BONALLACK, New 38 Daniel Bonallack is a New York‐based New Daniel J. Zealand Zealander, working in banking. He’s got a strong track record in endurance events, having tackled the Jungle Marathon, Sahara Marathon and Himalayan Marathon, amongst others. The Sahara Race 2009 is Daniel’s first 4 Deserts event.

12 BONALLACK, New 64 John Bonallack from Wellington, New John Zealand Zealand, might call himself a “recreational jogger”, but the publishing company owner has completed several high profile endurance events, including the Marathon des Sables, Arctic Circle Race and Jungle Marathon. The Sahara Race 2009, however, is his first 4 Deserts event. Appropriately, John’s business is called Marathon Books (NZ) Limited.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 13 BOND, United 39 Team Good The Eve Completing the Seven Summits is a truly Annabelle S. Kingdom Sport Appeal remarkable achievement, but getting up and down them all within a year takes a special kind of determination. London’s Annabelle Bond clearly has it by the bucket load as she’s got the record for the fastest female completion of this gruelling challenge. Self‐employed Annabelle also walked to the North Pole in 2006 and she’s run the Hong Kong Oxfam Trailwalker four times. She was part of Team Good Sport in RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 and is returning as a team for the Sahara Race 2009, her second RacingThePlanet event. She is again raising money for the Eve Appeal. 14 BOWEN, United 30 Briton Edward Bowen works as a company Edward C.F. Kingdom director for EPI in Surrey, England. Edward has completed the Atacama Crossing 2006. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event. 15 BRACEY, Anita United 43 Whizz Kidz Anita Bracey is a psychiatric nurse at the C. Kingdom Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust in the United Kingdom. She has completed the London Marathon (1998) having trained for just three months. The Sahara Race 2009 is her first 4 Deserts event during which she is raising money and awareness for Whizz Kidz. 16 BRATTOLI, Italy 54 Raffaele Brattoli lives in the Italian Raffaele municipality of Peshiera Borromea and works for a major leather company in Milan. A veteran of the Gobi March 2008 and the Atacama Crossing 2009, Raffaele has also competed in a number of other endurance events, including the Marathon des Sables. The Sahara Race 2009 is Raffaele's third 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 17 BREMNER, Canada 49 Trailwinders Variety Marc Bremner is self‐employed in Canada. Marc R. Children's He has been running competitively for Charity about eight years and has completed many half and full marathons and one ultramarathon. The races he has completed include the Portland Marathon (2008), 5 Peaks Trail Running Series, Iron Knee 25km Trail Race (2008), Diez Vista 50km Trail Race and Vancouver International Marathon (2007, 2006 and 2005). As training for the Sahara Race 2009 he completed the Phoenix Marathon, the Chuckanut 50km Trail Race, Boston Marathon, North Face Challenge and Stormy 50 Mile Trail Race. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event and he is raising money and awareness for the Variety Children's Charity. 18 BROWN, United 33 Down Anthony Brown is a boxing coach and Anthony R. Kingdom Syndrome personal fitness instructor in the United Society Kingdom. He has completed two Tough Guy competitions, the Marathon des Sables (2005) and the Atacama Crossing 2007. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event. He is raising money and awareness for the Down Syndrome Society.

19 CAMPBELL, Scotland 42 Sydney Mick Campbell is a Scot now living in Mick Children's Sydney, Australia, where he works as a CIO Hospital for Ramsay Health Care. The Sahara Race Foundation 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event and he’ll be raising money for the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation through his participation. 20 CARMICHAEL, United 31 CHASE UK CHASE Luke Carmichael is an account director for Luke B. Kingdom Hospice MindShare in the United Kingdom. He is a Care for 10km runner but has completed the Children London Marathon and the Silverstone Half‐ Marathon. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. He is running as part of the team CHASE UK in support of CHASE Hospice Care for Children.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 21 CHMIEL Jr, United 27 The MAGIC George Chmiel Jr, who graduated from George States Foundation Boston College in 2003, is currently a vice president in Merrill Lynch's structured investments division. He has two years of running experience and has completed marathons in eight different states. George is raising money and awareness for the Magic Foundation through the Sahara Race 2009, which is his first 4 Deserts event. 22 COLLINS, United 58 Christopher Collins works as an air Christopher Kingdom conditioning engineer for Elyo Suez in the United Kingdom. He took part in the Sahara Race 2007 and 2008 and La Trans Aq in France (2008 and 2009). The Sahara Race 2009 is Chris' third time at a 4 Deserts event. 23 COWDREY, United 24 No Line in Yorkshire Briton Mark Cowdrey works as a finance Mark Kingdom the Sand Cancer and settlements analyst for PrePay Research Solutions Limited in Surrey, the United Kingdom. Mark is competing in the team No Line in the Sand who are raising money and awareness for Yorkshire Cancer Research. The Sahara Race 2009 is Mark's first 4 Deserts event. 24 DANIS, Canada 34 CanShare Captain Mehmet Danis is a Turkish Mehmet H. Canadian born in Istanbul. He is a Canadian Forces dental officer stationed in Toronto. After placing sixth overall in his first RacingThePlanet race, the Gobi March 2008, he went on to win the Atacama Crossing 2009. Presently and for the past year, he has been training under the guidance of Ray Zahab. The Sahara Race 2009 is his third 4 Deserts event. He is raising money and awareness for CanShare through the event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 25 DAVIES, Chris United 21 Chris Davies from the United Kingdom Kingdom works as a crewman on large private yachts that take him all around the world to some of the world's most exotic ports. He loves the water and is a keen diver (free and scuba) as well as all watersports, especially wakeboarding and jet‐skiing. Chris began running at school and did many cross‐ country events, eventually taking part in The Great Russian Race and the Gobi March 2009. The Sahara Race 2009 is Chris' second 4 Deserts event. 26 DAVIS, Canada 58 Terry Fox Ken Davis is the director of human Kenneth J. resources for Praxair Canada. He has completed the Gobi March 2007 and took part in the Atacama Crossing 2006 and 2009. The Sahara Race 2009 is his fourth time at a 4 Deserts event. He is raising money and awareness for Terry Fox. 27 DE HAART, Erik Australia 51 Sydney Australia’s Erik de Haart is a familiar face J. Children's around RacingThePlanet events, having Hospital worked as a volunteer in the Atacama Crossing 2008, the Gobi March 2008 and RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009. The self‐ employed accountant from Kensington, Australia is raising money for the Sydney Children’s Hospital as a competitor in the Sahara Race 2009 . 28 DENNESS, Jack United 73 Cerebral The first ever 70‐year‐old to complete the Kingdom Palsy Badwater Ultramarathon – a race he’s finished no less than 12 times ‐ Jack Denness is an endurance running legend. Inducted into the AdventureCorps Hall of Fame in 2006, the school caretaker from Rochester, England, has also run the London Marathon a dozen times, in addition to tackling numerous other city marathons and long distance events. Although claiming he now has to walk during events, Jack will undoubtedly be as competitive as ever in the Sahara Race 2009, his second 4 Deserts event. He’ll also raise money during the event for the Cerebral Palsy charity.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 29 DIXON, Simon Australia 35 Australian Simon Dixon works for Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong as a treasurer. The Sahara Race 2009 is Simon's first 4 Deserts event. 30 DOCKWRAY, United 25 Cerebral Briton Karen Dockwray is a charity Karen D. Kingdom Palsy Care fundraiser for Cerebral Palsy Care as well as a dance instructor. Karen completed the Flora London Marathon (2007) and took part in the 24 Hour Three Peaks Challenge. Karen is raising money and awareness for the charity she works for at the Sahara Race 2009, her first 4 Deserts event. 31 DOPAK, Sharon United 29 Sharon Dopak is a registered nurse at Rush States University Hospital in the United States. The Sahara Race 2009 is her first 4 Deserts event. 32 DOTSON, Bermuda 27 Christina Dotson is a student in Bermuda. Christina She has over 10 years experience of varied distance running, from college track to local races in Bermuda including the May 24 half marathon. The Sahara Race 2009 is her first 4 Deserts event. 33 EATHORNE, New 40 New Zealand born Ross Eathorne is a Ross G. Zealand holistic lifestyle coach and personal trainer based in Hong Kong. Ross represented New Zealand in more than ten World Championships as a gymnast and won the Mr. World Fitness (2000) competition. His other interests include rugby, outrigging and golf and he has completed a half Ironman (1994). The Sahara Race 2009 is Ross' first 4 Deserts event. 34 EDMOND, Paul United 30 Lupus UK Paul Edmond works for Plan International in Kingdom the United Kingdom. Paul will be taking part in support of Lupus UK, a charity which raises awareness of an incurable immune system disease. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event.

35 ELSON, James United 26 CLIC James Elson is in sales for Clear Channel in L. Kingdom Sargent the United Kingdom. He has completed many marathons, ultramarathons and triathlons. The Sahara Race 2009 will see him completing the 4 Deserts series. James will again be raising money for CLIC

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. Sargent.

36 EVANS, Guy M. United 31 Guy Evans is an estate agent for Foxton's in Kingdom the United Kingdom. He has completed the Gobi March 2007. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event. 37 FRENZ, Tobias Germany 40 German Tobias Frenz works in Malaysia as the CEO of Munich Re Retakaful. Tobias has completed many Ironman triathlons including the Ironman Austria (2005), Ironman Langkawi/Malaysia (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) and is a three time Ironman Hawaii qualifier. He also has several marathons and ultramarathons under his belt. The Sahara Race 2009 is Tobias' first 4 Deserts event. 38 FUJIOKA, Japan 32 Yutaka Fujioka works in sales in Japan. He Yutaka has completed some marathons and ultramarathons and also likes swimming, Kendo, Kyudo, lacrosse and volleyball. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event and his first foreign race.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 39 FUMICH, Frank United 41 Team Endurance Frank Fumich from Virginia, the United States Trifecta Trust States, owns an airline catering company which operates out of four east coast cities and caters about 800 flights a day in the United States. He has completed a number of triathlons including Hawaii Ironman, numerous marathons and ultramarathons including Badwater, Leadville, Marathon des Sables, UTMB, Gobi March 2007, Atacama Crossing 2008 and The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2008. He has completed the last two 4 Deserts events as part of Team Trifecta with team mates who he met at the Gobi March 2007. He also completed RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 and has climbed three of the seven Summits. The Sahara Race 2009 will see Frank complete the 4 Deserts series with Team Trifecta. He will be running in support of the charity Endurance Trust.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 40 GADAMS, United 44 Kashgar Mary Gadams is the founder and CEO of Mary K. States People's RacingThePlanet Limited. She is a former Hospital investment banker and global strategist having worked at Wachovia in the US and in the chairman's office of The Samsung Group in Seoul, Korea, respectively. She has completed dozens of marathons including the Boston Marathon three times and has a 3:18 personal best in the marathon. She has completed the Marathon des Sables multiple times with a personal best of 26:30. In addition, Mary has completed numerous ultramarathons several of which include the Western States Endurance Run (100 miles), the Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race (India), the London to Brighton Race (55 miles), the Hong Kong Oxfam Trailwalker (100kms), the Texas Trail Run (50 miles), the JFK 50‐Miler and the Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset. In the past few years Mary has made it to the summit of Mt. Toubkal in Morocco (the highest peak in North Africa), Mt. Kinabalu in Malaysia (the highest peak in southeast Asia), Mt. Fuji, twice (the highest peak in Japan), Mt. Fansipan in Vietnam (the highest mountain in IndoChina) and Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (the highest peak in Africa). The Sahara Race 2009 is her second time competing in a 4 Deserts event. Mary is raising money and awareness for the Kashgar People's Hospital in China. 41 GALLAGHER, United 45 Malta American Thomas Gallagher is an Thomas L. States House entrepreneur, writer and marketing professional for The Dilenschneider Group in Connecticut. He has already completed the Atacama Crossing 2007 and the Gobi March 2008. The Sahara Race 2009 is Tom's third 4 Deserts event. He is raising money and awareness for the Malta House charity.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 42 GARCIA, Argentina 38 Ronald Argentinean Hernan Garcia is a naval Hernan McDonald architect who has sailed extensively around House the world. Hernan currently works with Boat Builders in the United States and assists them with international business development. He has more than twenty‐ five marathons under his belt, has completed a 10‐day hike in the continental ice shelf in Patagonia and has lots of experience with sailing and other nautical activities. The Sahara Race 2009 is Hernan's first 4 Deserts event, and he is raising money and awareness for the Ronald McDonald House. 43 GRIGGS, United 42 Self‐employed American Patrick Griggs Patrick States resides in Austin, Texas. He has completed the Atacama Crossing 2004 and the Gobi March 2005. The Sahara Race 2009 is Patrick's third 4 Deserts event. 44 HACKETT, Ron Canada 53 Team CanShare Musician Ron Hackett hails from Kingston, J. CanShare Ontario. He’s a veteran of eight marathons and also has numerous triathlons to his name. Ron is blind and will be guided during the Sahara Race 2009 by his fellow Team CanShare members, Tom Adair and Jesse Yoo. 45 HANCOCK, United 50 Briton Peter Hancock works as a company Peter Kingdom director of Midas Cladding Services Limited in Cleveland, England. The Sahara Race 2009 is Peter's first 4 Deserts event. 46 HARRIS, Steve United 49 Transvers Steve Harris is a police officer for the Kingdom Myelitis Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom. Research He has completed many adventure races and long distance walks including Cheviot 2000, 11 Peaks Welsh 3000, Lakeland Slateman 3 Peaks, Snowdonia 7 Peaks, Offa's Dyke (170 miles), Cornwall Coastal, Half Pennine Way and Cleveland Way. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. Steve is raising money and awareness for Transvers Myelitis Research.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 47 HARRISON, United 30 Paul Harrison is a self‐employed site Paul Kingdom engineer from the United Kingdom. He has completed the London Marathon and the Great North Run. The Sahara Race 2009 is Paul's first 4 Deserts event. 48 HEARNS, Gary Ireland 31 Irish Gary Hearns is a buyer for Carphone Warehouse in London. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 49 HOEY, Patrick Ireland 35 Irish Patrick Hoey is a hotel manager at the Bridge Hotel in Arklow, Ireland. The Sahara Race 2009 is Patrick's first 4 Deserts event. 50 HOFFMAN, Lex United 33 Veterinarian Lex Hoffman is from Arizona in States the United States. He has completed the Gobi March 2007 and is also a double finisher in the Cochise County Classic – a single day, 252 mile bike race. Lex is employed by the Ina Road Animal Hospital in Tucson. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event. 51 HOLLIDAY, United 51 Briton Susan Holliday is a finance officer for Susan Kingdom Southbroom Junior School in Wiltshire, the United Kingdom. The Sahara Race 2009 is Susan's first 4 Deserts event. 52 HOOGERWERF, Netherlands 33 Martijn Hoogerwerf hails from the Martijn Netherlands but resides in Hong Kong. He has run the Rotterdam and New York Marathons, completed the GR11 ‐ an 800km hike across the Pyrenees and climbed Mt. Kenya. Martijn recently completed his first Olympic distance triathlon, and the Course du Canigou 35km mountain marathon. The Sahara Race 2009 is Martijn's first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 53 HULL, Michael Australia 41 Team JDRF Deserts have a habit of creating strong A. Trifecta bonds between competitors and it’s those friendships, forged by shared hardship and joy, which keep Australian Michael Hull coming back for more. Indeed, the Sydney born communications specialist likens the group of friends he made on his three previous RacingThePlanet outings, in the Gobi March 2007, Atacama Crossing 2008 and The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2008, to family. Now he’s looking forward to a reunion with his Team Trifecta desert brothers in Egypt to complete the 4 Deserts series. Veteran of numerous marathons, endurance races and triathlons – he’s done the Australian Ironman seven times ‐ Michael never intended to run the whole 4 Deserts series. He entered the Gobi March 2007 as a 40th birthday present to himself but, after forming lifelong friendships with his Gobi March tent mates, they had to complete them all. In the Sahara Race 2009 Michael is supporting the JDRF charity.

54 IWASE, Kenichi Japan 34 Japanese Kenichi Iwase lives and works in Tokyo as an IT consultant for NEC Corporation. The Sahara Race 2009 is Kenichi's first 4 Deserts event. 55 JACOB, Singapore 44 Mixed Bag Singaporean Johnson Jacob is a marine Johnson D. executive for American President Lines. He has completed the Gobi March 2008. The Sahara Race 2009 is Johnson's second 4 Deserts event, this time he will be competing in the team Mixed Bag.

56 JOHANSSON, Sweden 45 The long awaited return of Kenneth Tintin Kenneth Johansson from Sweden has arrived. Mountaineer and full‐time adventurer, Tintin is an ex Navy Seal and fireman to boot. He completed the Atacama Crossing 2008. The Sahara Race 2009 is Tintin's second 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 57 JONES, Brian S. Canada 39 Autism Brian Jones, from Fredericton, Canada, is an investment advisor and vice president with TD Waterhouse. New to the 4 Deserts series, Brian will be raising money during the Sahara Race 2009, his first 4 Deserts event, for an autism charity.

58 JUNG, In Seung Korea 55 In Seung Jung works for Posco in Pohang (South) City, South Korea. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 59 KABASAWA, Japan 35 Japanese Hidechika Kabasawa works as a Hidechika system engineer for Avasys Company Limited in Nagano‐ken. Hidechika enjoys marathon and adventure races, not only as a competitor but also as an organizer. With a great love for the outdoors, Hidechika's dream is to tackle The Last Desert (Antarctica). The Sahara Race 2009 is Hidechika's first 4 Deserts event. 60 KANG, Sudong Korea 33 Teacher Sudong Kang, from Goyang City, (South) South Korea, is a veteran of the Atacama Crossing 2006 and the Gobi March 2007. The Sahara Race 2009 is his third 4 Deserts event. 61 KANO, Japan 25 No Line in Yorkshire Japanese Takehiko Kano works as a process Takehiko the Sand Cancer engineer for VT Nuclear Services in Research Cheshire, England. He has completed the Gobi March 2008. Takehiko is raising money for Yorkshire Cancer Research, and is competing in team No Line in the Sand. The Sahara Race 2009 is Takehiko's second 4 Deserts event. 62 KO, Young Kyu Korea 47 Young Kyu Ko is a university professor from (South) Buan‐gun, South Korea. Although he’s completed many full and ultra distance marathons, the Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 63 KUME, Mika Japan 48 Mixed Bag Japanese Mika Kume resides in Singapore where she is a coordinator for Ernst & Young Solutions. Mika is competing in team Mixed Bag. The Sahara Race 2009 is Mika's first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 64 LAM, Teresa Hong Kong 27 Yorkshire Hong Kong based Teresa Pui Yan Lam is a (Pui Yan) Cancer consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Research She has completed the Gobi March 2008. At the Sahara Race 2009, her second 4 Deserts event, Teresa is raising money for the Yorkshire Cancer Research charity.

65 LARSEN, Denmark 34 Danish Mikkel Larsen is a regional CFO for Mikkel B. UBS in Hong Kong. The Sahara Race 2009 is Mikkel's second time at a 4 Deserts event. 66 LAWRENCE, Singapore 36 The Straits Thaddeus Lawrence is a former teacher Thaddeus Times from Singapore. He is currently a life coach School and speaker whose areas of expertise Pocket include character development and building Money an empowering mindset. The Sahara Race Fund 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event and he is raising money and awareness for the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund.

67 LEE, Jye Seung Korea 19 Jye Seung Lee is a student from Suwon City, (South) South Korea. At 19 years old Jye Seung is one of the youngest competitors in the Sahara Race 2009 which is his first 4 Deserts event. 68 KIM, Tae Jung Korea 45 Tae Jung Kim is from Seoul in South Korea. (South) The Sahara Race 2009 is the first time he has done any long distance race. 69 LEE, Young Ho Korea 46 Young Ho Lee from Goyang City in South (South) Korea is a pilot for Korean Air. He has completed Marathon des Sables (2003), Amazon Jungle Marathon (2004) and the Gobi March 2006. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event. 70 LIU, Yumeng China 30 Chinese Yumeng (Raymond) Liu is a (Raymond) financial professional for China International Capital Corporation in Beijing. He completed the Atacama Crossing 2009. The Sahara Race 2009 is Raymond's second 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 71 LOWE, United 29 Briton Christopher Lowe works as a Christopher Kingdom management consultant for BT Global J.A. Services in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is a member of Kandahar Ski Club and Wimbledon Windmilers running club. A keen sportsman, Christopher is generally happy to give everything a go and train himself to a good standard. He is a qualified PADI scuba diving instructor and has competed for teams in rugby, football, athletics, squash, tennis, rowing, cross‐ country, hockey, swimming and slalom skiing. Christopher enjoys running middle to long distance races, and competing in adventure races such as Drambuie Pursuit, Microsoft Challenge and Tough Guy. In addition, Christopher enjoys wakeboarding, sailing, windsurfing, skiing, snowboarding and climbing on a regular basis. The Sahara Race 2009 is Christopher's first 4 Deserts event. 72 MARCOS Spain 42 Luis Marcos Silvestre is a sports teacher for SILVESTRE, Luis Ministerio Educación Ciencia (the Ministry of Science Education) in Spain. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 73 McCOY, Tracey United 46 Tracey McCoy hails from Austin, Texas, R. States where she works as a general manager for Johnson Controls. The Sahara Race 2009 is her first 4 Deserts event. 74 MEADES, Canada 44 Accomplished Canadian athlete Karen Karen Meades works as a chartered accountant for the Ottawa Health Services Network Incorporation. She has completed Marathon des Sables (2008) as well as many ultramarathons, triathlons, an Ironman triathlon in Montreal (2005) and the swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco (2005). She also enjoys dragon boating, where her team came third in the National Capital Dragon Boat Regatta (2008). The Sahara Race 2009 is Karen's first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 75 MINAR, United 24 The Stephen Minar is an analyst in the Morgan Stephen T. States National Stanley rotational analyst program. He Foundation began his professional career at Morgan for Cancer Stanley in 2007 and is currently in his final Research rotation. Stephen loves to be active and is willing to try any sport imaginable. His athletic experience includes 4‐years of football and baseball, 1‐year of basketball, and 1‐year of indoor track during high school. He also participated in a variety of intramural sports in college and currently competes in flag football, soccer and softball leagues. The Sahara Race 2009 is Stephen’s first 4 Deserts event. He is raising money and awareness for the National Foundation for Cancer Research.

76 MOHRING, United 30 David Mohring from London, England, David J. Kingdom works as a marketing manager with BNP Paribas Real Estate. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first ever 4 Deserts event. 77 MOKHTARI, Canada 41 United Canadian Dr. Ash Mokhtari is a dentist Ash Way, Dilico based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where he and resides and works. He has completed the CanShare Gobi March 2008, the Atacama Crossing 2009 and RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009. The Sahara Race 2009 is Ash's fourth RacingThePlanet event. He is raising money and awareness for the United Way, Dilico and CanShare charities. 78 MOLTRASIO, Italy 60 Italian Renzo Moltrasio has completed Renzo more than fifty marathons and ultramarathons, including four 100km events in the Sahara Desert, 100 miles in Namibia, La Course des Templier, Jura Trail and Transalpine Run, as well as the Atacama Crossing 2007 and the Gobi March 2008. Renzo works as a manager at Hydrotechnik Italia. The Sahara Race 2009 is his third 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 79 MORRISON, Scotland 61 Alasdair Morrison is the former Taipan of Alasdair G. Jardine Matheson and Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley Asia. He has completed the 4 Deserts series and RacingThePlanet: Vietnam 2008. The Sahara Race 2009 is his sixth time at a RacingThePlanet event as a competitor. 80 MOY, Dax P. United 38 Make A Dax Moy is a former Royal Marine and was Kingdom Wish in the Special Forces in the United Kingdom. He is currently a personal trainer, lecturer, writer and author. He has completed the Guyane Raid Amazonie with Alain Gestain. The Sahara Race 2009 is Dax's first 4 Deserts event. 81 MURAKAMI, Japan 59 Kumi Murakami is a swimming instructor Kumi from Niiza‐shi in Japan. A regular Ironman participant, she has also completed the Sahara Marathon in Morocco. The Sahara Race 2009 is Kumi’s first 4 Deserts event and she plans on finishing with a “big smile”. 82 MURRAY, United 68 Scott Polar Record breaking pilot Jennifer Murray Jennifer A.L. Kingdom Research became the first woman to fly a helicopter Institute around the world, east to west, in 1997. She repeated that feat, solo, in 2000. The Hong Kong based Englishwoman secured another rotary flight first in 2006 when she circumnavigated the globe via both poles. She’s done a bit of marathon running too and will raise money for the Scott Polar Research Institute when she competes in the Sahara Race 2009. 83 OH, Sang Korea 47 Businessman Sang Oh, from Gangnam‐gu, Seung (South) South Korea, has completed several marathons and is now looking forward to the new challenge presented by the Sahara Race 2009. He hopes to make good friends during the race, something that’s pretty much guaranteed in the 4 Deserts series.

84 OXLEY, Keir Australia 47 Australian Keir Oxley works as an investment planner in California for Double Bay Management & Planning. The Sahara Race 2009 is Keir's first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 85 PALMIERI, United 18 American Kristine Palmieri is a student at Kristine F. States New York University. She loves to play tennis and also to backpack to far‐flung places. The Sahara Race 2009 is Kristine's first 4 Deserts event. 86 PANG, Jeremy United 24 No Line in Yorkshire Jeremy Pang resides in England where he W.H. Kingdom the Sand Cancer works as a project manager for Samsung Research Electronics Limited in Middlesex. He is competing in team No Line in the Sand and raising money for Yorkshire Cancer Research. The Sahara Race 2009 is Jeremy's first 4 Deserts event. 87 PETHIGAL, United 43 James Pethigal is a network engineer in James J. States Seattle, Washington. He has completed the Atacama Crossing and the Gobi March twice and RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009. The Sahara Race 2009 is his eighth time at a RacingThePlanet event.

88 PIZZOCHERO, Italy 56 Italian Umberto Pizzochero works in the Umberto furniture industry and resides in Milan. Umberto is no stranger to multi‐day events, he has completed several marathons and ultramarathons, including the Marathon des Sables, the Atacama Crossing 2007 and the Gobi March 2008. The Sahara Race 2009 is Umberto's third 4 Deserts event.

89 PRICE, Venetia United 31 Cancer Venetia Price is a nurse at the Royal K. Kingdom Research Infirmary in Edinburgh. She is a regular and Marie runner but the Sahara Race 2009 is her first Curie 4 Deserts event. Venetia is raising money and awareness for Cancer Research and Marie Curie. 90 RESINSKI, United 38 Murray Resinski is a systems manager for Murray States biopharmaceutical company Myriad, in Salt Lake City, United States. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 91 RIEMER, United 43 Deborah Riemer is a curriculum specialist at Deborah States Ashford University in the United States. The Sahara Race 2009 is her first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 92 RINTOUL, Lara Canada 41 Trailwinders Variety Lara Rintoul is web designer for Urban Edge M. Children's Web Design in Canada. She has completed Charity three marathons, a 50 km trail run and several other smaller races and trail runs. She is part of Team Trailwinders in the Sahara Race 2009, her first 4 Deserts event. All members of the team Trailwinders are all raising money and awareness for the Variety Children's Charity. 93 ROWLINSON, United 41 CHASE UK CHASE Paul Rowlinson is an investment director Paul A. Kingdom Hospice for MindShare in the United Kingdom. He Care for has run several marathons, and in the last Children year a number of ultramarathons, raising over £10,000 for CHASE Hospice Care for Children. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event and he is continuing to raise money and awareness for CHASE as part of the team CHASE UK. 94 RYALL, Lee S. United 30 Lee Ryall, from Daventry in the United Kingdom Kingdom, is a former member of the British Army who now works as a server administrator with video game developer Codemasters. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 95 SANDMAN, United 37 Planned Jennifer Sandman is a staff attorney from Jennifer States Parenthood Brooklyn, New York. A newcomer to 4 Federation Deserts events, Jennifer is running the of America Sahara Race 2009 to raise money for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. 96 SATO, Japan 29 Yoshihiro Sato works as an engineer for Yoshihiro Eletec Company Limited in Tokyo. Yoshihiro has completed the Marathon de Sables (2007), and enjoys ultra and trail running. The Sahara Race 2009 is Yoshihiro's first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 97 SCHIESTER, Austria 41 One of the world’s leading extreme Christian athletes, Austrian Christian Schiester won the 2004 Himalaya Stage Race in Nepal and the 2007 Antarctic 100km Ultra Race. Based in Mautern, where he works for Extreme Sport Management, Christian has also completed the Marathon des Sables, the Jungle Marathon, the Atacama Crossing 2009 and ran 500km across the Sinai Desert. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event. 98 SEFATI, Sam United 27 No Line in Yorkshire Briton Sam Sefati is an engineer for Foster Kingdom the Sand Cancer Wheeler in Surrey. Sam is competing in Research team No Line in the Sand to raise money and awareness for Yorkshire Cancer Research. The Sahara Race 2009 is Sam's first 4 Deserts event. 99 SEXTON, Peter Wales 40 Welshman Peter Sexton is a former physical training instructor for the British Army but is now working in security in the United Kingdom. He has completed the Marathon des Sables (2005) and the Atacama Crossing 2007. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event. 100 SHISHIDO, Seiji Japan 38 Seiji Shishido, from Kawasaki‐shi in Japan, is a fire fighter with the Kanagawa Prefectural Fire Department. He completed the Gobi March 2008 and has also run the Sahara Marathon in Morocco twice. The Sahara Race 2009 is his second 4 Deserts event.

101 SHUART, Ken United 48 Ken Shuart, from Galesville in the United M. States States, has worked in the computer software industry for the past 25 years and is currently a project manager for technology firm Client Profiles. A keen adventure racer, Ken has numerous triathlons and marathon finishes to his name. He has summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and completed the Race Across America in 2008. Ken is also a certified fitness trainer, competitive sailor and youth lacrosse coach. Through the Sahara Race 2009, his first 4 Deserts event, he is supporting efforts to educate kids about skin cancer.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 102 SINGH, United 30 American Saurabh Singh is a dermatology Saurabh States resident at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. The Sahara Race 2009 is Saurabh's first 4 Deserts event. 103 SMALE, David United 48 David Smale, from Wiltshire in the United Kingdom Kingdom, has completed three of the 4 Deserts (only The Last Desert in Antarctica to go). In the Atacama Crossing 2009 he received the Spirit Award for his enthusiasm and support to other competitors during the event. He has also completed the Marathon des Sables twice, and the Desert Cup in Jordan (2002). In between all of this, David has run the Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race, and had a go at the Berlin Marathon on three occasions. David considers himself to be more an orienteer than an ultrarunner. The Sahara Race 2009 is his fourth 4 Deserts event. 104 SMALLER, Norway 48 Team Good Cure London based Norwegian, Sissel Smaller, is Sissel S. Sport Blindness an intensive care nurse and mother with an appetite for adventure. A climber for the past ten years, Sissel scaled Everest in 2005 and has completed six of the Seven Summits. She’s aiming to finish this demanding challenge with Mt. Denali in 2010. After being the first woman home in the Atacama Crossing 2006, Sissel then competed as part of Team Good Sport in RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009. She is back with the same team in Egypt to take part in Sahara Race 2009, her third RacingThePlanet event. She is raising money and awareness for Cure Blindness.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 105 SOLMAN, Canada 38 Trailwinders Varity Jason Solman is a manager in student Jason R. Children's services at Simon Fraser University in Charity Canada. He has been running seriously for four years and has competed in a variety of marathons, trail races and ultramarathons including the Death Valley Trail Marathon, Vancouver International Marathon (2005, 2006 and 2007), Victoria Marathon (2006 and 2007), Portland International Marathon (2008), Seafair Marathon (2008), Diez Vista 50K Trail Ultramarathon (2008) and numerous half‐marathons and trail races. The Sahara Race 2009 is Jay's first 4 Deserts event. He is competing in the team Trailwinders who are raising money and awareness for the Varity Children's Charity.

106 STAUFFER, Switzerland 43 Mixed Bag Swiss Christian Stauffer is a financial Christian manager for Eurofin Asia based in Singapore. He has completed the Hong Kong Raleigh Marathon (2002), the ACE Adventure (2005), the Singapore Adventure Race (2005), the Action Asia Challenges in Macau, Taiwan and Singapore (2006), the Aventura (2007), the Gobi March 2008 and RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009. The Sahara Race 2009 is his third RacingThePlanet event. He is competing in the team Mixed Bag. 107 STEMPLE, United 38 Michael Stemple is the founder and CEO of Michael States Trend Ventures Inc. in the United States. He is also a veteran of the United States Army Medical Corp. He has completed the Atacama Crossing 2009, the Sahara Race 2009 is Mike's second 4 Deserts event.

108 TAKAHASHI, Japan 24 Japanese Hiroki Takahashi is a postgraduate Hiroki student at the Sophia University in Kanagawa‐ken. Hiroki has completed half and full marathons, but the Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 109 TANG, Lucy United 41 Team Good Campbell Originally from the United Kingdom, Lucy Kingdom Sport Works and Tang lives in Hong Kong where she works Sparks with her husband’s company, Tang Resources. She completed RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 as part of Team Good Sport and is back at the Sahara Race 2009 with the same team. This time she is raising money and awareness for Campbell Works and Sparks in her second RacingThePlanet event. 110 TERBLANCHE, South Africa 37 Whizz Kidz South African Erica Terblanche has a strong Erica track record in adventure and endurance racing. She competed in the 2006 Adventure Racing World Championship in New Zealand and won the Augrabies Extreme 250km Marathon (women's division) in 2004. Now based in London, Erica works as a strategy manager for Old Mutual. The Sahara Race 2009 is her first 4 Deserts event and she is raising money for the Whizz Kidz charity. 111 TICE, Elizabeth United 51 Elizabeth Tice is a provost with Ashford States University in San Diego, California. She holds a Doctorate in Human Science and is fluent in Spanish. Elizabeth likes to golf, ski, scuba dive, and mountain bike. She will run the Sahara Race 2009, her first 4 Deserts event, with her colleague Deborah Riemer.

112 TODAKA, Japan 61 Japanese Itumi Todaka works as a planning Itsumi manager for NTT ME Service Company Limited in Ibaraki‐ken, Japan. Itumi has completed Marathon des Sables (2007) and loves long distance running. He has run from the North to the South of Japan, and in 1997 he ran 178km in 3 days. From 1994 to 2004, Itsumi ran a grand total of 3,129 km in 59 days during his holidays. The Sahara Race 2009 is Itsumi's first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 113 TRAFF, Jason United 25 The East American Jason Traff is a principal at Traff D. States Texas Crisis Asset Management in Texas. Jason is Center raising money for the East Texas Women's Crisis Center. In college, Jason rowed for the Texas A&M crew team and even won a gold medal in the National Rowing Marathon Championships. In Hong Kong, Jason actively participated in the Fair Dinkum Dragon Boat Club and Muay Thai kickboxing and is also an avid hiker. The Sahara Race 2009 is Jason's first 4 Deserts event. 114 VAD, Michael Denmark 43 Danish Michael Vad, from Hellerup, Denmark, is a Cancer managing partner with executive search Association and leadership consultants Heidrick & Struggles. Michael is an experienced runner, with over 25 marathons and a number of ultra events to his name. However, the Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts outing. He is raising money and awareness for the Danish Cancer Association. 115 VADUKUL, Dee United 25 No Line in Yorkshire Dee Vadukul hails from England where she Kingdom the Sand Cancer works as a pharmacist for Lloyd's Pharmacy Trust in Middlesex. Dee is raising money for the Yorkshire Cancer Trust and is participating in team No Line in the Sand. The Sahara Race 2009 is Dee's first 4 Deserts event.

116 VALENTE, United 29 American Matthew Valente is an Matthew C. States emergency medicine physician at the Saint Francis Hospital in Chicago. Matthew has also worked as a medical volunteer with the Himalayan Rescue Association in Nepal. A keen adventurer, he has summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Pisco, but the Sahara Race 2009 is Matthew's first 4 Deserts event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 117 VAN DER South Africa 36 Little South African Charl van der Walt is a WALT, Charl Lambs founding member and managing director of Christian SensePost ‐ a leading international Daycare information security services provider. Pretoria based Charl regularly presents courses and lectures for companies, conferences and universities the world over. He has been frequently published and has co‐authored four different books on information security and computer hacking. He completed the Gobi March 2008. While tackling the Sahara Race 2009, his second 4 Deserts event, he is raising funds for Little Lambs Christian Daycare. 118 VANCE, Damon United 30 American Damon Vance works as an oil States trader for Glencore Limited in Connecticut. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 119 VOGEL, Brian United 24 The American Brian Vogel is an English teacher N. States National at Nankai University in China. Brian is Foundation raising money and awareness for The for Cancer National Foundation for Cancer Research. Research The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 120 WANG, Hong Kong 45 Richard Wang from Hong Kong is a director Richard Y.L. with Natixis Asia Limited. He has completed the Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race and the Hong Kong Oxfam Trailwalker four times. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. 121 WATT, Robert United 40 Watchdog The United Kingdom’s Robert Watt works A. Kingdom Hong Kong as a trader with Capital Group in Hong Kong. He’s taken part in a number of half marathons, ultra events and triathlons and is a keen trail runner. The Sahara Race 2009 is his first 4 Deserts event. He is raising money and awareness for Watchdog Hong Kong through the event.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 122 WEBSTER, United 38 CHASE UK CHASE Mark Webster, from Bromley, England, is a Mark J. Kingdom Hospice partner in media agency Kameleon. He’s a Care for regular participant in triathlons and Children marathons. Mark is raising money for CHASE Hospice Care for Children with his team mates from the team CHASE UK when he runs the Sahara Race 2009, which is his first 4 Deserts event. 123 WEHBI, Alain France 40 Endurance French Alain Wehbi works as an ICT S. Trust consultant for the Euro‐Lebanese Centre for Industrial Modernization. He completed the Sahara Race in 2006 and 2007. Alain is raising money and awareness for the Endurance Trust. The Sahara Race 2009 is his third 4 Deserts event. 124 WILSON, Peter Australia 35 Team Sydney Australian Peter Wilson works as an L. Trifecta Children's operations manager for the Australian Hospital Jockey Club in Sydney. “I thought one Foundation would be enough!” Peter said after completing his first 4 Deserts event but having formed lifelong bonds through his participation in the events he is looking to complete the 4 Deserts series with his Team Trifecta team mates in the Sahara Race 2009. He has already completed the Gobi March 2007, the Atacama Crossing 2008 and The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2008. Pete is again raising money for the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation to which he has already contributed nearly A$350,000.

125 WOOD, United 42 Isis The United Kingdom’s William Wood is William Kingdom Foundation based in Bermuda. He completed the Marathon des Sables (2006) and has also competed in a host of local events over the past fifteen years. In the Sahara Race 2009, his first 4 Deserts event, he is raising money for the Isis Foundation, a charity that aids children in Uganda and Nepal.

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Bib Full Name Nationality Age Team Charity Bio No. 126 YOO, Ji Sung Korea 37 Team CanShare If someone ever writes a comprehensive (Jesse) (South) CanShare history of desert racing, they’ll have to dedicate quite a few pages to South Korea’s Ji Sung (Jesse) Yoo. The 38‐year‐old company owner from Seoul has a competitive pedigree that’s nothing short of remarkable. The Sahara Race 2009 is Jesse’s twelfth RacingThePlanet event and he is the only person ever to complete The Last Desert (Antarctica) more than once. He previously tackled the Sahara Race in 2005 and 2008. In the Sahara Race 2009 he is competing as part of Team CanShare. 127 ZAGAL, Denmark 37 The Dane Christian Zagal is a tax advisor for Christian D. Muscular SKAT. Christian has completed the Dystrophy Atacama Crossing 2009, as well as the Association Jungle Marathon (2007) and other of Denmark adventure races and marathons. The Sahara Race 2009 is Christian's second 4 Deserts event. He is raising money and awareness for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Denmark.

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Name Team Role Nationality FANSHAWWE, United Kingdom based in Hong Management Event Director Samantha Kong United States based in Hong GADAMS, Mary K. Management CEO & Founder Kong GARCIA PRIETO, Management Course Director Spain based in Italy Carlos United Kingdom based in Hong HUGHES, Anthony Management Camp Manager Kong Business Development United States based in Hong LAHAIE, Eric Management Manager Kong FLANAGAN, David Media Writer United Kingdom

HARRISON, David Media Videographer United Kingdom United Kingdom based in Hong HEALEY, Samantha L. Media Media Manager Kong MANGOLD, Zandy Media Photographer United States

HSU, M.D., Larry Medical Medical Doctor Taiwan based in United States

MOORE, M.D. Melita Medical Medical Doctor United States

PIERCE, R.N., Carla Medical Medical Doctor United States

VIGIL, M.D., Valerie Medical Medical Doctor United States WAITE, M.D., Brandee Medical Medical Director United States L. ARSENAULT, Kelly Volunteer Volunteer Canada

ASHTON, Kelly Volunteer Volunteer Australia

BARBER, Anna Volunteer Volunteer United Kingdom

BREMNER, Janet Volunteer Volunteer Canada

DI NICOLO, Ada Volunteer Volunteer Italy

FRIXE, Eberhard Volunteer Volunteer Germany

HEIMER, Charla Volunteer Volunteer United States

ISMAIL, Ahmed (Dolfen) Volunteer Volunteer Egypt

JANG, Yong Mi (Joey) Volunteer Volunteer Korea (South)

KONDO, Sandy Volunteer Volunteer Japan

LAMBAKIS, Richard Volunteer Volunteer United States

LOFGREN, Crister Volunteer Volunteer Sweden

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MALASARTE, Gamy Volunteer Volunteer United States France based in the United PIQUION, Helene Volunteer Volunteer Kingdom RICHARDS, Tina Volunteer Volunteer United Kingdom

STEMPLE, April Volunteer Volunteer United States

TORUN, Tan Volunteer Volunteer Canada

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