It rained today while I was at work. But it was another one of those cases where it rained downtown but hardly at all out here in the suburbs. It was plenty dry enough when I got home. It appeared while I was at work that the rain gods were about to provide a rest day but when I got home it seemed that the rain gods had once again declined to declare a rest. It had been 93 before the rain but the rain cooled things off a bit, down to 84. I have ridden lots of times with temperatures higher than 84.
I read a Wikipedia entry on dew point. The entry can perhaps be summarized by this paragraph:
"Humans tend to react with discomfort to high dew points. Those accustomed to continental climates often begin to feel uncomfortable when the dew point reaches between 15 and 20 °C (59 to 68 °F). Most inhabitants of these areas will consider dew points above 21 °C (70 °F) to be oppressive."
The dew point was 68 before the rain. The rain lowered the temperature but greatly enhanced the humidity. The dew point when I got home was 73. Oppressive. The dew point gods provided a rest day.
A bit ago I told the story of Emily's three home run game. I found a picture of her in the batters box at the field where that game was played. This was one of the pictures in the picture frames at work which I scanned recently.
Nice stance, excellent form, good level stroke, good hitter. Your overall best hitter bats third. Our lineup that year, as it often did, started Knutson, Sventek, Miller. Good hitter.
Another interesting bit about the picture is the appearance on the bench of my cooler. I brought that water cooler to every practice and every game. It was one of the important rites of passage about being on our team that you had to learn to drink from that cooler. New players would first watch the experienced returning players take a drink and then try it themselves.
3 comments:
A rest day makes sense, because tomorrow is likely to be one of the best days in the history of good days.
Wireless has a good stance. She must have had a good hitting coach.
Is there a different batting helmet for lefties?
If I remember correctly, that cooler required a minimum of three trays of ice cubes. But I could be wrong about that. And drinking out of it was definitely an acquired skill, if you didn't want to have water all down your front.
Remember those nice pink shirts? Too bad no one liked them as much as you thought they would. But they did go nicely with the helmets...
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. \An excellent photo to go with that story. And an addendum to it with the water cooler subplot. What interesting stories this blogging thing has dredged up.
Good call on the dew point. John finds it very uncomfortable when the dew point gets into the 60's. He watches that number more closely than the temperature.
It is raining here this morning. It looks like two rest days in a row, at this point. Bowing to the will of the bicycling gods.
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