irelands fittest family

Muahahaha · 03-11-2019 08:00PM

That family from Wexford were really impressive going up the sand dune. I had thought it was possible in about 4 minutes and they smashed it out in 3.15

The Princess Bride · 03-11-2019 08:05PM

Feel sorry for this Dublin family, the mother just doesn't seem as fit as she needs to be for this competition

pjohnson · 03-11-2019 08:06PM

Jesus the Mandiangu mother shouldnt have entered. Leaving her at finish line at the start was bizarre. They cant expect to carry the 4th person.

Muahahaha · 03-11-2019 08:10PM

Yeah she hasnt the fitness for something this intense, I thought she was going to collapse there towards the end. She will cost them the eliminator as theres no place to hide

Andrew00 · 03-11-2019 08:10PM

Mairead Ronan is stunning

The Princess Bride · 03-11-2019 08:17PM

Damn, I was gonna enter this, but alas I can't swim.
Gutted

:rolleyes:

stargazer 68 · 03-11-2019 08:22PM

pjohnson wrote: »

Jesus the Mandiangu mother shouldnt have entered. Leaving her at finish line at the start was bizarre. They cant expect to carry the 4th person.

She is never getting up that ramp!!!

The Princess Bride · 03-11-2019 08:26PM

Wow, how did that happen?

Mam of 4 · 03-11-2019 08:27PM

Who would have thought they'd win the Eliminator ? !

Lionse · 03-11-2019 08:32PM

Gobsmacked the Mandiangu family made it. Delighted for them

honeybear · 03-11-2019 08:36PM

Amazing family spirit

Muahahaha · 03-11-2019 08:40PM

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Who would have thought they'd win the Eliminator ? !

I certainly had them written off, never thought the mother would be able to get up the ramp. The other family had a nightmare at the wall and opened the door for them. It was a good watch, bit of drama right till the end.

Mam of 4 · 03-11-2019 08:47PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

I certainly had them written off, never thought the mother would be able to get up the ramp. The other family had a nightmare at the wall and opened the door for them. It was a good watch, bit of drama right till the end.

Tbh , I had them written off too !
It's like HoneyBear said , their fighting spirit never let them down ,.so they definitely seized the opportunity when the wall was a disaster for the other family .

We never know what will happen on this show !

Muahahaha · 03-11-2019 08:54PM

It was definitely a topsy turvy eliminator, really enjoyable watching. I still want ref Joe back though

AndrewJRenko · 03-11-2019 10:14PM

The Princess Bride wrote: »

Damn, I was gonna enter this, but alas I can't swim.
Gutted

Running gag in our house about how we're definitely going to enter it next year.

Only problem is that Mammy Mandiagu would probably leave all of us behind in terms of fitness.

SeeMoreBut · 09-11-2019 09:25AM

I wonder will she pull a sickie on some event as the other 3 are good.

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2019 07:45PM

That sand dune time trial is unbelievably punishing! I can feel the leg and lung burn just watching them (from the couch with glass of wine in hand

)

The Princess Bride · 10-11-2019 07:48PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That sand dune time trial is unbelievably punishing! I can feel the leg and lung burn just watching them (from the couch with glass of wine in hand )

I know, am agreeing with you as I've my feet up in front of a blazing stove, eating a crunchie.
I might enter next year...

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2019 07:58PM

The Princess Bride wrote: »

I know, am agreeing with you as I've my feet up in front of a blazing stove, eating a crunchie.
I might enter next year...

Yeah, no - that ain't ever happening!

I've climbed sand dunes about 1/10 of that height in Donegal and nearly died of the effort - serious kudos to those Dads (wasn't surprised to see one of them on the oxygen after, only surprised more of them weren't

)

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2019 08:04PM

Ten Pin wrote: »

Why is Donncha wearing Anna's short trousers

That's the daftest pair of trackies I've ever seen

siblers · 10-11-2019 08:10PM

That Sligo family, how do you spell the sons name? Maurick? Morrick? Never heard it before

RuckingSwimmer · 10-11-2019 08:13PM

siblers wrote: »

That Sligo family, how do you spell the sons name? Maurick? Morrick? Never heard it before

Mouric

siblers · 10-11-2019 08:21PM

All the shots from the go pro cameras doesn't make for great TV

Mam of 4 · 10-11-2019 08:21PM

What a nail biter finish !
They both fought so hard in that .

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2019 09:14PM

Mam of 4 wrote: »

What a nail biter finish !
They both fought so hard in that .

Both of them were!

The difference in age/maturity really showed in that last one - the two youngfellas in blue raced ahead, the yellow family stuck together all the way, and it paid off in the end.

lertsnim · 10-11-2019 09:22PM

The mother being injured was an advantage to that family.

AndrewJRenko · 10-11-2019 10:26PM

Ten Pin wrote: »

Why is Donncha wearing Anna's short trousers

Are they odd legged? One leg longer than another?

siblers wrote: »

All the shots from the go pro cameras doesn't make for great TV

I loved some of the go pro stuff from the eliminator this week - great facial expressions.

The Princess Bride wrote: »

I might enter next year...

Just what I said last year.

And the previous year.

And the...

Trampas · 10-11-2019 10:47PM

A team shouldn’t be able to take advantage of when a person on their team drops out.

They do bull about distances on it. So take take everything with a handful of salt. No way the distance for plane event is right. Not even close. So sand dune I wouldn’t trust either and a good camera angle can boost it also

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2019 10:54PM

Trampas wrote: »

A team shouldn’t be able to take advantage of when a person on their team drops out.

They do bull about distances on it. So take take everything with a handful of salt. No way the distance for plane event is right. Not even close. So sand dune I wouldn’t trust either and a good camera angle can boost it also

I don't think the team "took advantage" of their mother being injured (she didn't "drop out"!) - she just happened to be the least strong/fit of them.

The other team get to pick who they don't run in the eliminator. Last series (or at least in a recent series) one team lost their strongest member by a mile, and the other team didn't run their weakest. I think it led to a wild imbalance of female/male in the eliminator, can't remember exactly. Or maybe it was the opposite - they decided to do the decent thing and also didn't run their strongest?? I've the memory of a goldfish for these things. Anyway, I do remember a huge debate about it, so it could in theory work seriously well for one team.

Anyway, it just so happened to suit the team that eventually won tonight!

And I really, truly, strongly believe that that sand dune was ten times worse than it looked on screen! (Can't offer an opinion on the plane)

RuckingSwimmer · 13-11-2019 02:09PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I don't think the team "took advantage" of their mother being injured (she didn't "drop out"!) - she just happened to be the least strong/fit of them.

The other team get to pick who they don't run in the eliminator. Last series (or at least in a recent series) one team lost their strongest member by a mile, and the other team didn't run their weakest. I think it led to a wild imbalance of female/male in the eliminator, can't remember exactly. Or maybe it was the opposite - they decided to do the decent thing and also didn't run their strongest?? I've the memory of a goldfish for these things. Anyway, I do remember a huge debate about it, so it could in theory work seriously well for one team.

Anyway, it just so happened to suit the team that eventually won tonight!

And I really, truly, strongly believe that that sand dune was ten times worse than it looked on screen! (Can't offer an opinion on the plane)

I've climbed that sand dune - it's definitely harder than it looks!!!

Pretty sure the team last year did the "decent thing", dropped their strongest member and ended up being eliminated

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