Meet the Ontario man trying to run the 900 km Bruce Trail unsupported and in record time [Video]

Cody Taylor is getting ready to do what he calls “the ugly shuffle.” Wearing a roughly 24-kilogram backpack carrying enough food and gear for 13 days, the runner leaves from Queenston, Ont., in Niagara on Friday. He’s seeking to break a record for the fastest unsupported run along the over-900-kilometre-long Bruce Trail. 

“It’s a matter of just keeping moving,” Taylor, who’s from Cornwall, Ont., told CBC Hamilton. “When you realize how much distance you covered, it’s pretty incredible.”

According to Fastest Known Time, a website on which athletes like Taylor publish GPS-tracked routes and times, the record he aims to beat sits at 14 days, five hours and 20 minutes. 

Taylor, who got into running extreme long distances a couple years ago, is hoping he can run the trail in 12 to 13 days. “I’m going to get up at 3 a.m., start by 3:30 a.m., and the only time I …