Dean Steams Ahead, Stan Rests on His Rowing Oars

Dean’s Weekly Whippet Pace

This week, yours truly clocked up 295.8km and 10.8 hours, mostly sweating buckets on the trusty BikeErg. Even squeezed in a proper outdoor leg-stretcher – 59k round the lanes with 302m of Yorkshire’s finest lumps. Legs are starting to think they’re powered by Tetley’s, not data science. Not a bad week, even by Otley standards.

Stan’s Mysterious Methods

Stan (aka Uncle David round these parts) logged just one ride: an early morning outing, with a cheeky 3k row bolted on. Hours in the saddle? 1.2. Total distance cycled? Our Stan clearly believes in ‘quality not quantity’…or maybe he’s getting his miles in rowing, hoping it counts come April. The only climbing he did was out of bed.

Rolling 4-Week Form

Let’s crunch them numbers since everyone loves a leaderboard: - Dean: 223.5km, 8hrs 5min average, going up like sunrise over Pendle Hill. - Stan: 77km, 2hrs 53min average, though most of that’s probably chasing pigeons round Scarborough sea front.

Banter & Bottom Lines

Stan’s string vest will need more than sea air to keep up this pace. But fair play – if you can swap Lycra for a rowing machine and still claim you’re Teide-ready, that’s Yorkshire confidence for you.

Extra month for the ‘bikini bod’, Stan? Reckon you’re just letting me think I’m winning. Bring on April. Just don’t let the seagulls pinch your vest before then.