I don't know why they weren't clear about specifically what Mike's hip injury was... does he have a fracture like Laura?
I was so happy for Ron for finishing, and I'm not even terribly fond of the guy. I am surprised no one here commented on how Mike was shown walking with his dad not too far from the finish and then suddenly he was AT the finish line in tears with the cameras rolling. Where the heck WAS the mom, anyway? Yay for Max for puking on national TV!
What was with Tara "not unpacking yet" in New York and then doing her marathon training on the beach in CA??
The producers need to learn how to add and use a calender.
I noticed that they said they have been on the ranch for 19 weeks as of last night. Last week they were on day 152, approx 21.7 weeks, and they called it week 17. Then after going home for an additional 30 days they were only on week 19? That would have been 182 days and that is 26 weeks. That is a LOT of discrepancy.
I am surprised no one here commented on how Mike was shown walking with his dad not too far from the finish and then suddenly he was AT the finish line in tears with the cameras rolling. ?
I think it was so sad that Mike was injured and couldn't run the marathon. I hope he didn't injure himself more by walking 26 miles.
I do have to say I was really impressed with Ron. Usually I despise the man but this is the first time he really pushed himself to complete a challenge.
I noticed Mike's juxtaposition near the end of the marathon, too. One other freaky editing bit...unless Mike, Ron and Max were all wearing the same sweatshirt, pants and cap, they showed the same shot of the guy walking away from the camera 3 times, implying each time it was a different person. The first time was when Mike, Ron and Max started out walking the dogs together. The last shot of that was supposedly Max walking away from the camera. Later on, while Mike is training, they showed it again, only it was supposed to be Mike walking away. Then when they split the screen into four to show all 4 contestants training, you can clearly see Mike on the bottom right and the "walking away" figure on the bottom left, which is now supposed to be Ron???
Anyway....thought it would be fun to figure the percentages at this point:
Tara has lost 46%
Mike has lost just under 45% - he has to lose about 5 pounds just to catch up with Tara's current %
Helen has lost about 43% - she has to lose about 8 pounds just to catch up to Tara
Ron has lost 36%
I don't think Helen has it in her (or maybe I should say "on her") to surpass Tara, especially since I don't think Tara's going to stall. Mike is the big question mark right now, especially given the two things that could affect his workout--his injury and his divided focus with Max. He still has weight to lose but he's really going to have put "pedal to the metal." That being said, since I like both Tara and Mike, I want Mike to be in the final 3 but....if he isn't able to beat Tara, he may still be the 2nd biggest loser and that could make him the at-home winner if he isn't a finalist. I doubt anybody at home could reach his %. None of the last people who had the benefit of the long, intense ranch workouts for so long (Filipe, Laura, Kristen, Sione) even came close, not even close to Helen. Nicole did great at home but how much more could she have lost? The really bigger folks (Daniel, Carla, Dane, David) would had to have a lost a lot to get their percentage that high.
Ya know, I saw that TOO! I just got caught up in everything else to go back and check it out on TiVo.
Also, when Tara was writing her training plan on the calendar - it was June 2009. Sneaky Ba$tards, I was trying to find out when exactly the marathon was. According to their calendar - it will be coming up on Friday June 26th
Also, when Tara was writing her training plan on the calendar - it was June 2009. Sneaky Ba$tards, I was trying to find out when exactly the marathon was. According to their calendar - it will be coming up on Friday June 26th
Ya know, I saw that TOO! I just got caught up in everything else to go back and check it out on TiVo.
Also, when Tara was writing her training plan on the calendar - it was June 2009. Sneaky Ba$tards, I was trying to find out when exactly the marathon was. According to their calendar - it will be coming up on Friday June 26th
?? I'm confused... June 2009 has not even happened yet.
Tara was running on the beach in Long Island, NY whrere she's from, not California. Long Island is on the Atlantic.
Oh I know where the oceans are, LOL, it just looked rather sunny and warm there, plus I thought they showed the map right before they cut to Tara on the beach and it said Malibu, CA - but maybe that was for the ranch. In any case I pity the people training in the Michigan winter weather!
Has anyone else noticed that a lot of the players live close to each other. Brown, pink, and silver team all live around or in the Detroit area. The blue and black teams are from Mesa, Arizona. Tara is from Long Island and the red team's from Brooklyn.
Has anyone else noticed that a lot of the players live close to each other. Brown, pink, and silver team all live around or in the Detroit area. The blue and black teams are from Mesa, Arizona. Tara is from Long Island and the red team's from Brooklyn.
Where the heck WAS the mom, anyway? Yay for Max for puking on national TV! 
? I'm confused... June 2009 has not even happened yet.
