Weather, Maria Sharapova, and the Australian Open
Posted by FLATOUT JIM in Tennis, weather
Cape Spear Lighthouse. The most easternly point in North America. This pic came from The Weather Network. You know, the ambitious weather site. I haven’t seen the lighthouse from this angle before, but a cool shot none the less.
If you don’t like reading about the weather my only advice is GO AWAY, because without it, I would be stuck today with a massive case of writers block. The weather around here is consistently inconsistent.
Take today. We are finally getting some relief from the -9 deg C and sub 20 wind chill. Yes, break out the grass skirt, its up to a balmy -5 deg C at 8:00 am, on its way to -2. On Saturday it was warm enough that I broke out the workhorse, my mountain bike for an outdoor 90 minute ride. The roads were mostly dry, but I still had to bundle up with triple layers, and my fingers lost feeling after an hour, and I had to take an hour or so after my ride to clean off the salty muddy mess, and re-lub the chain. But even at just under 2 deg C, it was still way way better than a 90 minute trainer session in my basement.
Luckily, I don’t live in Melbourne Australia where the temps are expected to hit 29 deg C today during the Australian Open.. I guess Maria Sharapova doesn’t like the heat either as she took an early exit from the competition.
OR DOES SHE! Maybe she would rather lounge on a beach in that heat, and let someone else have a turn at winning.
Well, Hey Maria, if you happen to read this, and really don’t like the heat, then feel free to come pay us a visit here. You’ll never complain about it being too hot this time of the year.
By the way, speaking of Maria, try googling her for images, and count how many pretty pictures come up before one of her playing tennis. Amazing. I am still a big fan though. I hope she goes deep into the next major which I think is the French.
