If the classic team Kentucky was twinged to be a little more unlikeable, we'd get team Virginia's Steve & Linda. For their opening leg of "The Amazing Race 14," the self-described hicks had more lows than highs for a manageable 9th place finish.
The ongoing theme for this pair in leg one was wife Linda's almost immediate physical inability once in Switzerland to keep up with husband Steve. Unfortunately, Steve decided to berate Linda the first night in saying that she simply couldn't keep up and nothing could be done about it.
Of course even if Steve is right then berating Linda over it would still be pointless. The prerace conditioning should have been worked on in the weeks and months before the race. Once the race itself hits, any physical disadvantage would simply have to be worked around by using other skills.
That's what Steve and Linda ultimately did as Steve used carpentry skills to simply refashion his cheese rack into a toboggan style device, tying the cheese wheels to side of the rack and simply sliding it down the hill. While the pair got lost on the way to the Pit Stop, they still had enough of a time cushion to stay on TAR14.
Plainly, the chances for this married couple to actually win "The Amazing Race 14" would not seem too great after one leg. We'll have to see more of that work around ingenuity from TAR 14.1 for Steve and Linda to continue much further.
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