The fourth elimination was last week. This week the teams continued their joruney through SIberia, heading from Krasnoyarsk to Novosibirsk. They traveled via the Trans-Siberian Railway (which is from Russia to China) and got off the middle of nowhere… a journey of approximately 400 miles. Christie and Jodi were still on a high from winning the previous leg. Kisha and Jen were sure of their speed and their ability to beat any team in a footrace. The other teams departed from the Pit Stop, but for the first time ever, their departures weren’t shown. On the train, some of the teams like Mike & Micheal realized how strong Luke & Margie are as they U-Turned power players Amanda & Kris. On another front, Tammy and Victor were aware that alliances and allegiances had to go out the window at some point or other.
They then had to take a taxi to Pundt Tehnicheskogo Osmotra for their next clue. Upon arriving, the teams faced a Detour. The Detour was a choice between Russian Bride or Russian Snowplow. Russian Bride saw the teams driving themselves to an apartment building, where a bride was waiting for them, and driving her across town to a church, where her waiting groom was. Russian Snowplow saw the teams driving themselves to a parking lot near a stadium and each member plowing the full length of a marked area — in both directions. Mel and Mike, Kisha and Jen, and Christie and Jodi all chose and completed Russian Bride. Margie and Luke, Tammy and Victor, Jaime and Cara, and Mark and Michael all chose and completed Russian Snowplow. While trying to make their way to their Detour, Margie and Luke and Jaime and Cara stopped at a gas station to ask for directions from someone who didn’t know where to go. Tammy and Victor, on the other hand, asked a cab driver if he knew where to go, and since they now had an advantage, they made the choice to ditch Jaime and Cara and Margie and Luke. This angered both teams, who thought they were all allies. It finally dawned on them that Tammy and Victor (especially Victor) liked using other teams for their own needs and then tossing them aside when they didn’t need them anymore. They were no longer sure if they wanted to keep working with them, thinking they were sneaky. On another front, all of the other teams needed help in getting to their separate destinations and had to ask for directions several times. Christie and Jodi got help from a local who took them to the completely wrong church. Other teams had trouble in the form of members who were unable to drive stick-shift cars, such as Jen.
After completing the detour, teams had to drive themselves to the Bibliotekah, where they were tasked with the Roadblock. This Roadblock, saw one member of each team stripping down to their skivvies and after taking a ten-minute warmup period, they had to run 1.4 miles from the Bibliotekah to a ballet theater, where their team mate was waiting. The ballet theater was the Pit Stop for this leg of the race. Luke, Tammy, Cara, Mike, Mark, Jen, and Christie all took the task for their teams.
Margie & Luke finished first with Tammy & Victor second. Jamie & Cara finished at their highest position which was third. The last leg’s top two finishers had to settle for 6th and 7th. Kisha and Jen finished 6th leaving last leg’s winners to finish 7th. But… they were not eliminated. This was the first of three non-elimination legs. The bad news for them is that suometime during the next leg, they have to complete a Speed Bump. It is a special task that only they have to complete and they must complete it before they can continue racing.
The teams finished in the following order:
#1. Margie and Luke (Prize: Five Night Trip for Two from Travelocity to St. Lucia)
#2. Tammy and Victor
#3. Jaime and Cara
#4. Mel and Mike
#5. Mark and Michael
#6. Kisha and Jen
#7. Christie and Jodi (Must complete Speed Bump at some point during next leg)
- During Luke’s underwear run, soundalike music to Bill Conti’s “Gonna Fly Now” (AKA “Theme from Rocky“) is played, comparing his run to the training montage depicting Rocky Balboa running through the neighborhoods of Philadelphia.
Margie: Luke is, uh, running a little marathon in his underwear. It is freezing and icy. We probably would have had to forfeit the race if I had been chosen to do this one. Russia’s not ready for that.
Mark: Two Russian marathon runners, they were surprised this little guy could really fly like that. Come on, guys, let’s go. They had a pretty good time like keeping up with me.
Christie: We do best when we’re in last. We crawl– we climb up. We start fighting.
Jen: People were whistlin’ at me and I didn’t find it embarrassing– not one little bit. I looked hot in my underwear. I can’t lie. Do I not look hot in my underwear?
So I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did. Season 14 is really rocking.
If you have any questions, comments or anything, then please do post them in the comments sections.
Thanks and Goodbye,
Sahil
