TAR - Margie/Luke in first, Christie/Jodi in last

All seven teams are at the pit stop, then are told by clue, they’ll be headed to Novosibirsk, Russia. All of the teams were to arrive by train, in which since the train left at 10:26PM, all of the teams were given the same train. On the train, one of the teams talk to Luke, about using the blind U-Turn.

Once the train departed, the first team to manage their way out is Kisha/Jen, however, they took the wrong way out, letting Mel/Mike, Margie/Luke, Tammy/Victor, and Cara/Jamie to take the front of the pack. So, teams had to make their way to Punkt Tekhnicheskogo Osmotra, where they get their next clue. It was Cara/Jaime, and Margie/Luke who arrive, they read the clue. It’s a detour: In Russian Bride, teams must take a bride to a local church to get married to a groom. Or teams could head to Stadium Spartak, and move a snowplow across an obstacle. Cara/Jaime and Margie/Luke meet up with Tammy/Victor, and those three teams agree to stay together and look for the stadium together. They all also chose the snowplow detour.

However, when the top three teams were out collecting information to the stadium, Tammy/Victor took off with their own information. Meanwhile, Mel/Mike arrive, and they choose the bride detour. Then, Mark/Michael arrive, and they choose the snowplow detour. Meanwhile, at the stadium, Tammy/Victor, Cara/Jaime, and Margie/Luke arrive, and they all begin the plowing. Tammy/Victor finish first, and they move along to the Biblioteka, or the library where they’ll get their next clue. So, Meanwhile, Kisha/Jen and Jodi/Christie are seen gathering the clue, and they both choose the bride detour. Mel/Mike finally find the bride, and they move along to the church.

Cara/Jaime and Margie/Luke finally finish the detour, and they move right along. Then, Mel/Mike arrive to the church, and the photographer takes a picture, allowing them to get their next clue. Kisha/Jen had a hard time driving the Lada cars, thus this put them further behind. Christie/Jodi drove to the wrong church, which may have put them far behind also. Finally, Margie/Luke, Cara/Jaime, and Tammy/Victor arrive to the Library, where the teams discover the roadblock where one person had to strip down and run a 1.4 mile marathon, in their underwear only. Luke, Cara, and Tammy chose to do the roadblock, and they move along. Cara was walking, which allowed Tammy to catch up to her.

Meanwhile, Mark/Michael excelled at the snowplow, and they received their clue, moving to fifth place. Then, Mel/Mike arrive at the Library, and Mike chose to do the roadblock. Finally, it was literally a footrace to the pit stop, which was the Opera and Ballet Theater. It was Luke seen first arriving, and he and Margie ran to Phil at the Pit Stop. That’s when Phil tells them they are team number one, winning a trip to St. Lucia. Tammy finished the marathon, only to hear that her and Victor received second place, as team two. Cara/Jaime were team number three.

Finally Mark/Michael, arrive, where Mark chose to do the roadblock. Then, we see Kisha/Jen and Christie/Jodi arrive to the church, at separate times, and receive their next clue after the photo was taken. Next, we see Mike run in, and he and Mel check in, and are team number four. Mark/Michael check in, and are team number five. Finally, Kisha/Jen and Christie/Jodi arrive to the library, and Jen and Christie chose to do the roadblock. It was Jen who arrived and her and Kisha checked in, to hear they are team number six. Christie finished, and Christie/Jodi hear they are the last team to arrive, however, are saved by a non-elimination leg, and are told they will encounter a speed bump.

This leg was very excellent. I’m enjoying TAR14 more than Survivor: Tocantins, this time. First off, that roadblock was probably the best roadblock I’ve ever seen. I would absolutely LOVE to run around Russian streets in the frigid cold in my boxers. If that’s a real marathon like that, I’m signing up to do that. I find it ironic to see the top two teams fall down to the bottom two. This leg wasn’t much luck, it was mostly just finding the right place as fast as possible. I still believe this race will have either Margie/Luke or Tammy/Victor as the winners, and as for third, I could see Cara/Jaime or Mel/Mike there with them. If you want to contact me, use mapleleaf_melee18@hotmail.com or comment me here.