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For twenty-three days, we pedaled away,While the boys over in France took their rest day. They climbed through the mountains, all polished and lean;We sweated in basements beside a machine. We pedaled through heat and Canadian smoke,Through storms, fallen trees and the occasional oak. We dodged several deer and raccoons by the score,While a snortingContinue reading “Le Tour de Couch Potato 2026: The Final Tater Tally”

We had an additional nine potatoes finish up so far today, bringing our total so far to 134 over the century mark. We’re at 22,813.2 miles pedaled with 23 still on the road. How many DUD SPUDS are we going to have this year? 57 aren’t off the couch and they would need to pedalContinue reading “Day 23: Last Pedal Day”

Nine more taters earned magnets today. We now have 125 official potatoes and almost 22,000 miles pedaled.. That brings our total official potatoes to , bringing our total across the finish line to 116 and our total mileage to 20,877.2. Thirty two are out on the road – off the couch, while we still haveContinue reading “Day 22: 2026’s Penultimate”

Fifteen potatoes crossed the finish line today. That brings our total official potatoes to , bringing our total across the finish line to 116 and our total mileage to 20,877.2. We have 42 still pedaling toward the century mark. We’re down to 57 who have yet to make it off the couch (DUD SPUDS comingContinue reading “Day 21: Here Comes the Final Weekend”

Six additional potatoes made it official today, bringing our total across the finish line to 100. All this pedaling also brought our total mileage to over 19,700 miles. There are only 56 still pedaling toward the century mark, and still 59 who have yet to make it off the couch (DUD SPUDS coming up!). OurContinue reading “Day 20: 100 Potatoes Over the Line”

Lots of pedaling going on mid-week. Nine potatoes crossed the finish today to earn their magnets. While we’re not likely to hit the 30K mileage mark, 25K is not out of the realm of possibility – as of now we’re at 19,005.2 miles. We’re up to 94 official couch potatoes – will we surpass 100Continue reading “Day 19:Final Wednesday of the 2026 Tour”

Six spuds earned their magnets today. They helped to bring our mileage up to 18,297 miles. As of now we have 85 official taters, 70 on the road, and 60 who represent our DUD SPUDS. Today’s finishers are: Chili Cheese Fries earned a magnet with 102.5 miles while Grape Tater was on her wheel withContinue reading “Day 18:Five Pedal Days After Today”

We have 7 potatoes who finished up today. We also have over 17,500 miles pedaled over the last couple of weeks. There are now 155 potatoes are off the couch and for the DUD SPUDS – get OFF the couch. Today’s finishers are: Spudding Genius finished up today with 134.0 miles. Tuberville is also overContinue reading “Day 17:Final Week of Pedaling”

Six more potatoes are across the century mark. As a bunch, we’re at over 16,400 miles. . There are still 154 potatoes are off the couch and then there’s the DUD SPUDS – 61 still on the couch. Crossing that finish line today are: CunningYam is done with 121.0 miles. Uetz Chips has another magnetContinue reading “Day 16:Our Potatoes are Out Doing Good”

Once again we have 11 taters making it official today. All that pedaling brought us to 15,512.8 miles. I bet there are a lot of tired butts out there. With these 11, we are at 66 official potatoes. There are 154 potatoes are off the couch (we added one) and then there’s the DUD SPUDSContinue reading “Day 15:Look at those Potatoes Cross the Finish”