Comments for musings of an aquatic ape

Comment on nothing great is easy by Carl Reynolds

Carl Reynolds — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:29:30 +0000

Thanks David. Hope to see you in a pool near here soon.

Comment on nothing great is easy by David Davies

David Davies — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:51 +0000

Dear Mr Ape
Nothing great is ever going to be easy or everyone would do it. You suffer from being a valued member of an exceptional community for whom channel swimming is not so exceptional; for most of the members of that community the question is not “whether or not” but “how quick”? This is to lose the perspective of the common man (represented by moi). After reading your message I took it upon myself to conduct some simple qualitative market research to demonstrate the point. I stopped 10 people at random walking along Guildford High Street earlier this week and asked them if they had ever thought in their wildest dreams about swimming the channel (note, not actually swum the channel, just thought about it in wildest dreamsville mode). The answers were as follows:
no
no
no
no
go away
no
no
no
no
no
I make the point, proven here with statistically validated outcomes, just thinking about doing the channel swim is exceptional.
You’ve got time to rest your muscles, rekindle your enthusiasm and go again if thats what you ultimately decide to do. The truely exceptional is to face your fears (whatever they may be) and overcome them. Your apprehension (if indeed apprehension is what I read in your message) reflects the gravitas with which you are approaching the challenge and thats a good thing. Enjoy your time in the foothills but don’t stop looking up. And if you do, after reflection, decide its not for you then rejoice in the fact that you can hold your head up high on Guildford High Street for having dreamed.
DD

Comment on nothing great is easy by Ian

Ian — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:42:15 +0000

Wise words Sir

Comment on aches and pains by Carl Reynolds

Carl Reynolds — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:31:21 +0000

Like the blog at http://lab.zoho.co.uk btw

Comment on aches and pains by Carl Reynolds

Carl Reynolds — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:27 +0000

OK. I’ll edit. Apologies.

Comment on aches and pains by akismet-0b77cba162b1ffbbaf64b39751af6f5f

akismet-0b77cba162b1ffbbaf64b39751af6f5f — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:34 +0000

Sorry Carl but I think you are mistaken. Tom Reed took this picture and posted it on Facebook. It is me swimming at Tansor in the Nene River during our winter “Dawn to Dusk” relay. It is my second favourite photo and he supplied the original hi-res to me to use on my bio page on my website: http://phodgeszoho.co.uk/more-informatio/

I also have a larger version of printed and framed at home so I know it quite well. If you don’t believe me then check Tom’s original gallery, shared a link to your timeline.

Comment on aches and pains by Carl Reynolds

Carl Reynolds — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:06:05 +0000

Aside from CWSC, I don’t think I’ve seen you down Tooting way. It’s one of my stock pictures from a while ago. Suspend your disbelief!
I won’t be at Dover this weekend – hurting too much, but will be back on 18th May. Hope your training’s going well.

Comment on aches and pains by Philip Hodges

Philip Hodges — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:02:20 +0000

Dude, that picture looks a little bit like me…

Comment on I heard Dover, calling me by minkejill

minkejill — Sat, 04 May 2013 17:56:10 +0000

it’s warmer than here! And I am slightly jealous as I didn’t see anything at all in Dover harbour last year as water always too murky :o(

Comment on I heard Dover, calling me by Carl Reynolds

Carl Reynolds — Sat, 04 May 2013 17:24:09 +0000

I could see people swimming beside me too. And the odd rock or weed below. Let’s hope it stays sunny and gets warmer in the water. 9C was a little fresh.