AR Leg 10: I've never jumped so many bushes in my life...

This leg (or at least one of the challenges) was a doozy for my teammate and I. We started off next to last, but did pretty good getting up to the soccer field. We had to first head and pick up one of the exercise balls and carry it with us to the soccer field. Once we got to the soccer field we had to take one turn around the track (which is 1/3 of a mile) with the exercise ball between us, facing each other. We had to keep our hands behind our back and if we dropped it we had to return to the beginning and start all over. This task was difficult for us as we are not the same height. So while the ball was even with my teammate's chest, it was high up on my neck under my chin. Any time the ball would start to slip she would push it up with her knee and then I'd get it up further with my chin. Needless to say my chin was a little bruised by the end of the task. It took us forever to do it, but we successfully completed the lap and never dropped the ball. Of course later I had a couple people ask me why we didn't go sideways. Uh...I don't know...didn't cross my mind in the heat of the moment? I was just trying to not to drop the stupid thing.

After we made it to the finish line of that task one teammate had to put whiffle balls into a hoola hoop. The further away the hoop the less you had to get in. Most were taken when we got there and the only one open was the one furthest away, but we only had to get two balls in. Allison was the one to putt them. It took her several tries, but she finally got them in.

Once we had completed that portion we had a choice...do we go look for a clue sticking out of some bushes or did we go all they way back to the gym for a physical challenge. We opted to look for a clue in some bushes as it was closer. We found it and luckily all we had to do was drop our exercise ball off where we got it and head to the pitstop. As we were close to the gym we saw another team. It was a sprint to turn the balls back in. We went inside and they went around the outside. Turns out their way was a tad quicker. They turned their ball in about 2 seconds before us. We turned ours in then headed out the door and saw the pitstop and the rest of the group. That team was ahead of us...but we couldn't let them beat us. After all this is the Amazing Race and I am tired of being in the back. We jumped the bushes (maybe we should have done hurdles in our past lives) and sprinted pass them to the finish. Of course...I think we are still 11th or something like that so I guess it wouldn't have mattered.  Oh well...better luck on Thursday in the RAIN!!