When I retire I'm just going to do this all the time.
On day 9, beginning on the Icefields parkway we pushed ourselves and rode 290 km, which was my biggest day of riding in my life. I could have gone further that day, I was still feeling pretty good when we got to our hotel after 14 hours in the saddle. Certainly it put the idea of racing on my mind.
I attempted Edmonton to Vancouver in August 2023. I made it to Nelson and scratched due to excessive wildfire smoke. That was my first attempt at any kind of a bicycle tour or any kind of activity that one might classify as an ultra. I went into that ride quite naive but I've learned enough since then that I'm ready to get myself into some real trouble.
Have you done the BC Epic?
I've just had a wake up call, my dog was diagnosed with cancer. Clock is always ticking.
He decided at the age of 22 to quit his job and ride his bike around the world.
...and then basically never really stopped (I think he may have been forced to retire recently but the chap's 84 now so we can cut him some slack).
There's a good documentary about him called "The Man Who Wanted to See It All".