With four days remaining in this edition of Le Tour, we now have exactly 100 official couch potatoes, adding 8 new ones today. We also hit a 20,000 mile(stone) today with 20,556.55 total miles pedaled so far. Makes my legs tired just typing it.
Crossing the magic 100 mile line today, we have Spuds McKenzie with 111.50 miles. Trying to chase her down is Tater Vega with 109.50 miles. LowTato is also finished with 102.00 miles. Coming around the bend just behind her is Cajun Gator Tater with 101.49 miles.
Grape Tater finishes his year 101.20 miles and a letter to Cannondale – “You have been a literal pain in my @$$! You may resume collecting dust until next year. Sincerely, Grape Tater”.
Yours truly, Madam Tuber, had a similar theme as Grape Tater. I was determined to finish today but my morning ride was cut short because my butt gave out. Back down to the bike I went at lunch to finish with a sore butt and 101.10 miles.
Also finishing up today is Jedi Spud with 100.60 miles and Space Yam with 100.43 miles. Congratulations to our most recent finishers – magnets all around.
61 potatoes are still on the road, searching for that 100 mile mark. Some are a lot closer than others so 4 days shouldn’t be a struggle. Others are going to have to really push it – we have faith in you. Then there are the 15 DUD SPUDS in training, not yet off the couch – 25 miles a day and the magnet is yours!
Potato Happenings
Kartoffel Kaiser reports in at “Almost there!” – at 94.10 miles she should finish up tomorrow. Rain or Shine Tater is just under 15 miles away with 85.30 miles and he did a morning spin class today. He’ll finish soon as well.
Mystery Spud (already finished with 130.60 miles – and counting) enjoyed a deer and her fawn. A second sighting as the fawn was nursing. Very cool to see. Last of the Potatoes didn’t get to see a deer but something that runs much faster. She passed a house with 8 Corvettes in the garage/driveway.
Christmas Potato is happy to be back on her flat, South Carolina roads after a trip to Vermont and it’s associated hills.
Administrivia
As we approach the end of this year’s tour, please remember that pedaling is done on midnight ET, July 23rd. We do have all day Sunday to pedal. ALL miles must be entered by 5:00 PM ET on July 24th. We have our final blog post Monday evening with the Tour wrap up coming out on Wednesday, July 26th. Fair warning – I write all this stuff (not ChatGPT) so don’t get too excited. 🙂
With all of this pedaling, our potatoes have totaled 20,556.55 miles. Only 9,443.45 miles left to meet that “extra challenge” I threw out there. With only 4 pedaling days remaining, we may have to try again next year.
Results so far are here: Reported Miles
Report miles here: Mileage Entry
Happy Pedaling,
Madam Tuber
Le Tour de Couch Potato® 