Education
Graduate education:
University of Waterloo 2007: Doctor of Philosophy, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Ecophenomenology and experiential recreation
Liberty University 1998: Master of Arts, Counseling sport psychology
Undergraduate education:
Liberty University 1996: Sport Management.
Career
Zealand currently resides in Forest, Virginia, but is originally from Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. Zealand has been running most of his life. From an early age he began putting in long miles and having great success at all levels.
He moved to the United States of America in 1992 to pursue his dream of running at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level at Liberty University.
There he met Doctor David Horton and began his career as an ultramarathoner in 1999. 50 km – 3:20:00 (Road), 1999 GNC 50k National Championships 50M – 6:06:45 (Trail), 1999 John F Kennedy 50 Mile 100M – 15:02:00 (Trail), 2004 Vermont 100 Mademoiselle (Miss)