Flin Flon Son!

So I'm sitting here in my garage waiting for people to show up to my garage sale. Its getting late and most of the good stuff is gone but I said I would be open till 9pm. I'm in Flin Flon Manitoba, 900km's north of Winnipeg for those not to well versed on this small town. A population of 5000 people and decreasing! population of cyclists: 1

For the last 4 years I dreamed of coming back to Flin Flon and training in the summer, I thought it would of been the best place to train. Well I was wrong! more on that later...

I always wish I started cycling when I was younger and I still think about that from time to time but the fact of the matter is you can't just up and get all spandex clad because your mom thinks you should be a cyclist. For one thing when your 15, dirt bikes ruled... If my friends all got skinny wheeled road bikes and lycra I probably would of followed them.

I realize now to get involved in sports there has to be involvement around you. Sure I played hockey in the Flon cause its a hockey town, badminton and basketball too. I was terrible at the latter and I'm sure if there was a cycling program at school I would of been interested.

I've never spent summertime in Flin Flon with my bike till now. Its funny how you can imagine the feeling your going to get doing something even before you do it. Don't get me wrong I was really excited to start riding here and the first couple of days were great. But now after being here for a week I'm getting seriously bored riding here! Theres nobody else to ride with, and the roads are terrible. Thanks to the 6 months of winter we get here, the freezing and thawing each spring really takes it toll on asphalt. Theres not much to see either and its always windy!

The good about riding here, lots of eyes on me! I'm like the village idiot or something, somewhat of a rarity here.

So with all complaining aside, I'm glad I had the chance to experience it when I did at age 27. I'm sure if I started at age 15 I would of been bored with it in no time, and who knows that experience could of soured my cycling career forever!