North Vancouver's Bianca Hayes entered the 48-hour final, 1,000 kilometers away from the goal when it crashed.
Bianca Hayes clipped her as her bike tried to set from the goal It was about 1,000 km away. A world record for her cycling from Vancouver to Halifax in 15 days.
The accident occurred during the last 48 hours of push on June 26th, with only 10 minutes of micronap here and there.
The North Vancouver ride was to raise funding and awareness of ovarian cancer. This claimed in April 2018 that her sister Katrina was 32 years old and her nephew, then 3 years old, had no mother. However, instead of pulling to the capital of Nova Scotia on June 28, she was on her way home in her motorhome after being released from the hospital.
"That could have been worse," Hayes said from somewhere in northern Ontario, along the expanse of the sky between Moonbeam and Nipigon. "I may have broken another one or two inches or I'm not talking to you right now.
" It was devastating that I couldn't finish the ride. It was a big deal. But if the other family didn't have to suffer from the same broken heart that my family experienced, then every difficult moment was worth it. "
For Hayes, this was her second attempt at a world record. Her firsttook 19 days in 2020. This is the fastest time a woman has ever been to cycle across the country, but it is beyond the 15 days that the Guinness World Records set as a world record. Woman.
The fastest man biking on a road of about 6,000 kilometers to cross Canada did it in 9.4 days. cycle.
Hayes was approaching the railroad crossing at a strange angle. At a similar intersection, she crashed two years ago and slammed her head in her helmet against the ground.
"You are not allowed to bike anywhere. You have to ride the entire course, so you had to jump out and cross the road to cross at 90 degrees," she says. increase. she said.
There was a curve on the highway behind her.
"I did a shoulder check when I approached the track, jumped out onto the shoulder and checked again and everything was clear. I started crossing and I was something behind me
"When I turned my eyes, I saw a sideways motorcycle flying toward me."
Let the driver brake Then the bike slipped and I took the bike out from below and tore one of my shoes.
"Of all that could happen, it was very lucky," she said. "It's very shocking and a very dramatic way to end the whole ride, but I'm very lucky how it was done."
After all, Hayes is her Ankle sprains, concussion, road rush, and unfinished quests.
"Not all cyclists are so lucky when it comes to car accidents, so it really hurts to miss a world record, so I'm still positive and trying to remember it.
She is 11% of the way to her goal of raising $ 1 million for ovarian cancer(biancahayes.com {87) You can donate with }. ), She left Vancouver on June 13th. The money she collects is divided intoOvarian CancerCanadaandB.C. Cancer Foundation
The incidence of ovarian cancer is similar to that of breast and prostate cancer, but the latter two are more advertised and more studied. We are enjoying the funds and the survival rate of patients is high.
Fifty years ago, survival rates for all three were about the same, but today it is the fifth most common cancer in women, killing five Canadian women a day. increase. According to Ovarian Cancer Canada, 3,100 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year.
Hayes fundraising, for example, provides the same level of screening and treatment options as breast cancer and significantly improves life expectancy for people diagnosed with ovarian cancer. It is an initiative of.
"What surprised me when Katrina got sick was that she was actually only treated for a year and was able to fight the illness. There is no survival time. Survival rates are so low that no one really talks about it or supports the cause. People talk about it with family and friends and why this is so important to funding. It's only natural to make them aware. "
She was accompanied by two physiotherapists and an RV coconut creative documentary crew. She said she felt like she had fought all the elements, including one day in Manitoba where the Winnipeg Marathon was so hot that it was canceled in the middle of the race.
Haze is her first prairie sandstorm, a mosquito that hits your face in hundreds of seconds when it stops advancing, a headwind that seems to blow her backwards, and 20 One day I encountered pain just to ride for hours (most days, the shortest was 13 hours).
I don't know if she will try again. It took her two years to recover from her last one and start her next plan.
"I've been worried about not doing the last year of the time they gave me for the last two years, and that's all the point of doing it this time.
"I don't know. It will probably continue to bother me. If I don't say it again, I feel like eating that word."
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