FEATURE
The UlTIM The ride begins in Halifax Photo: Provided
It actually begins with the story of me in November of 2012 out for a Saturday morning bike ride feeling a little rough due to my beverage consumption the night before. I was thinking over some of the goals, which I wanted to accomplish over the next couple of years of my life, which included going on a real long bike ride and playing a competitive season of Ultimate.
I played the ‘what if’ game with myself: I asked what if I were to bike across Canada. My game switched to a ‘who would’ I visit. I began to realize that many of my connections across this vast land were in one way or another integrated into the ultimate community. My ‘what if’ game came back to me and I wondered what if I could somehow combine biking from one side of the country to the other and playing ultimate all the while.
There I stand on the far side of the stadium, watching two teams warm up for the final game that they have put months if not longer of preparation into. I guess I am on the brink of a final moment of my own, one that I had also been working towards for months. The music coming over the loud speakers comes to a stop and the announcer calls me in, I climb onto my bicycle to make one last Ultimate appearance as the Canadian Ultimate Ride.
My final days on the road were a real grind as I tried to bike off the fatigue of the Nelson tournament without giving myself a day off. That combined with the desert like conditions of mountainous Southern BC, made for a tough final leg of the journey.
The eve before my final day on the road I had the pleasure of receiving an email from David my companion on the very first day of my trip. In his writings he linked me back to his account of my first day of cycling where he accompanied me for the first 25 Km. In turn I began to read my own blogs from the beginning and my tales from the Maritimes as I started to make my way Westward.
I was glad that I got to look back and reflect on some of my finer and not so finer moments and the experiences I shared with so many along the way. It also reminded me that although I will disappoint many superlative hungry individuals out there; there is no ‘best moment’ or ‘favourite this’ or ‘worst that’. Along the way every moment, community, and person represented their own unique story and choosing one over the other for better or for worse would be a mistake.
Tim Ambery’s full story:
http://canadianultimateride.wordpress.com/
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Before and after the post-ride shave!
Photo: Provided Ultimate Canada Magazine -
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