Here Comes the 10th Annual Le Tour de Couch Potato

It’s true – the (delayed) 2020 Le Tour de Couch Potato is three months away.

This year’s tour will start on August 29th and go until September 20th. We hope you can join us as we pedal across the world.

In 2020 we will be celebrating ten years of pedaling – our first year had 5 finishers and now we’re over 100. We will once again limit our entries this year to 200 riders. There are only a couple of us who compile/compose the results and Swimming Spud signs my paychecks so I can’t be doing this at work. Good thing I don’t work on Fridays so today doesn’t count Kevin!

Registration Opens Aug 1

Registration will open on August 1st and close at midnight August 29th. Be sure you are registered by the first day of the tour this year – NO LATE ENTRIES (you know who you are!). We’ll use an online registration and mile reporting again this year since we had success with it the past.

Emails…., Remember you’ll need your own email address – you can’t share with a spouse or other family member. You also need to use the SAME email address for all mile reporting. More to come as we get closer to pedal time. If you know of others who are interested in joining the Couch Potato this year, please forward this website along. If you are not interested in joining us this year, just let us know and we’ll remove you from further updates.

Looking forward to another successful year.
Happy Pedaling, Madam Tuber

Let’s get ready to PEDAL

OH – so excited…it’s almost time.

Only 5 days left to register for the 2019 Le Tour de Couch Potato and we’re already up to 160 participants: lots of returning potatoes and several newbies as well. We’ll be taking off on our ride Saturday at midnight. This will be the last email that goes out to everyone – going forward, just those registered and those who specifically asked to be included in updates will be on the distribution. Remember, registration will close as the ride begins…midnight Friday into Saturday this weekend.

Gasp! A DUD SPUD?

Because I was asked (really??? – remember I get to be snarky!!!)…Yes, it is true that if you don’t finish you are a DUD SPUD…there is no partial credit or participation trophy. What you can anticipate is a beautiful refrigerator magnet for all those who finish 100 or more miles. The image is hand drawn by my brother-in-law exclusively for our ride. A preview is coming soon!

Logging your daily mileage

The next piece of info you need…the link to log your miles. You’ll use the link provided to enter your daily miles – but not before Saturday (we delete the early ones). You’ll need to enter the same email address you registered with in order to get the credit applied correctly. If the email is wrong, the miles will get logged, just not to your name. Be sure to check the daily update email and confirm your mileage is correct…if your miles aren’t included, just reach and we’ll track down what might have happened.

Are you IN or OUT?

Finally for today, I have attached a list of those currently registered with a continuation of the “Naming of the New Potatoes” included. We’re not quite done with names but getting closer. Shout out to my sissies who have been helping this year – it’s a family affair!

Happy Pedaling, Madam Tuber