Table of Contents
A Note on Multi-days and Mega-distance 11
Introduction: The Pirate 13
Map: Trans-Canada Highway, East to West 18
Part 1 Newfoundland
Chapter 1 Finding Al 23
Chapter 2 Arthur John 29
Chapter 3 On the Run 39
Chapter 4 June, Turkey and Lord Byron 43
Part 2 Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
Chapter 5 The Big Move 55
Chapter 6 First Run 59
Chapter 7 Niagara 63
Part 3 Quebec
Chapter 8 Hell's Gate 73
Chapter 9 Celebration of Life 87
Part 4 Ontario
Chapter 10 Fight with a Greek God 99
Chapter 11 Claudia 105
Chapter 12 Scotland 113
Chapter 13 A Boy and a Bike 121
Part 5 Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Chapter 14 The Bengali Tiger and Al's First Multi-Day 129
Chapter 15 The Misfits: A Peep into Other Aliens 137
Chapter 16 Impossibility 183
Part 6 Alberta
Chapter 17 Mile "o" 191
Chapter 18 The Meteor 199
Chapter 19 Trans-Am 205
Part 7 British Columbia
Chapter 20 A Slippery Slope 215
Chapter 21 One Last Talk 229
Acknowledgements 237
Appendix I Al Howie Bests 239
Appendix II Selective Running Chronology 241
Appendix III Journal 247