: He's a scary lad.

No, seriously, we've written to Vesta and said who we are, and that we'd love to have a chat with JC about his step into coaching.

Nothing back.

: Unzip that water, mate. That's rare and to be enjoyed.

: Rich people aren't the problem. They've been with us throughout history, and now as then a lot of them worked hard and got very lucky to get their pile.

True, some didn't, but we're more at risk from competing ideologies than we are competing Ferraris.

: Do you not feel that we've chanced our arm enough on the pod? 😂

: It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye ...

: Well, yes - that and that producing a biweekly podcast takes a lot of time and effort and we both have family / work / life commitments.

Oh, and we didn't have James Cracknell's phone number to ask if he fancied a chat ...

: Alphabetically. Fred is next.

: They're acts of stamina, not intelligence. Get a good supervisor. If it's something you need for professional reasons, keep going. If it's something you're doing because of ego or insecurity or self-perception, quit, get a dog, make some new friends.

: We should. Wolfmen and Wolfwomen face massive discrimination in society, partly due to their habit of periodically ripping throats out and feasting on human flesh. But on the plus side, they tend to stay in their own categories in sport, so they're net positive contributors.

: We've retired. @mattpinsent.bsky.social came on for a chat, and like Alexander, we wept, for we realised we had no more worlds to conquer.

That and we both have books to finish. So, there's now a gap in the rowing pod market for evidence-led discussions with added fuckwittery.

: Hullo, @sleepstohrr.bsky.social. We're here too.