So you jump in the water like ooohh it's cold! Whoo!
Danni, obviously with some swimming experience. She's got good technique, she's moving fast.
Joe and I kind of have this competitive streak with
each other through everything we do. And he is plowing past me like I'm just like
crap, if he keeps this pace up I have no chance.
Joe's the first one to the five-pound gold coin. I went into this with a mindset
like I'm gonna be Danni today. She beat me in the 5K, hands down, no question.
So I'm like all right I'm hoping that Danni wears herself out trying to keep
up with me because I'm a lot longer and once I get going I'm pretty fast.
Eight for the Red team, that's five for blue.
Every single weigh-in that we have had has been a matter of 1 to 2 pounds.
So folks 2 pounds means a whole lot in this game.
Eleven, twelve, thirteen for the red team. Guys remember what is at stake.
You want phone calls to home or a 2-pound advantage on the scale.
The Red team is completely coming up. Joe powered through it, and I see Francie and Lisa keeping up
with me too, so I'm starting to get really nervous. I thought I had a great
speed going but they're obviously keeping up or going faster.
Red team's moving fast. Red team is halfway there. 20 coins for the Red team.
We're swimming as fast as we can and we're keeping up with Danni, which is a total
shock to us, so this is neck-and-neck. It's anyone's game at this point.
Danni is at five, she is halfway there. Everyone fighting through it. It's exhausting.
Me and water we don't get along. I'm not an awesome swimmer. I'm tired.
My arms are hurting, my legs are hurting. So there were points and times where I held
on, took a little break. I felt like it was better to take a little break instead of wear yourself out.
Remember what you are fighting for. A phone call home or two pounds on the scale this week.
I know that Alex got a little winded and they were actually holding tight at the
fountain once they dropped a coin off. Come on Alex. If we were remotely going to come close to
beating out Danni in this challenge...you know what, we got to speed it up.
Every lap is harder and more tiring. 24 for Red. That's Danni's sixth coin. More than halfway there.
Gina makes it seventeen for the Blue team, takes a breath.
There's no way we can catch up at this point. The weigh-in's my focus. I'm not gonna do
anything in a challenge if I know for sure I can't win it. And I really
felt confident we couldn't win this challenge.
Danni's got a lead on Joe. With three to go, she's almost done. Red team's at 28, Blue team at 22.
Right now in the moment, I'm definitely working on pure adrenaline.
That's eight for Danni. Can she keep up up this pace, though?
I love the water but because I haven't you know kept up with
a lot of my physical abilities I haven't swam in a long time. So I'm
starting to get a little nervous. Can I keep up this pace? Danni back with her last coin.
Please just drop it, please give us a fighting chance. Red team with a chance to catch up and moving fast.
Lisa and Danni swimming side-by-side, neck-and-neck. Who's gonna get there first?
I am powering as hard as I can right now just to get that last coin,
and give every bit of energy left that I have. Lisa determined to push through it.
Danni really pulling out the stops, she's not gonna let Lisa beat her.
That's it Danni wins! Congratulations! I'm so excited to break the White team curse.
I need a piece of wood to knock on because you never know what could happen but
hopefully I will come back next week. Wow Danny, you killed it, you were great out there.
It was a lot harder than I remember. Eight years ago I used to be a
swimmer and so I wasn't sure if I could keep up, but for the first time it was
just me. I really wanted to do this for myself, so it was a great challenge.
White team has kept up their winning streak at challenges. Congratulations!
You have won ten one-year memberships to Planet Fitness for people you love back at home
to share with them the idea of getting healthy on a budget.
You also have won a very important decision to make. You have the chance to
call home or a two-pound advantage on the scale. What's it gonna be?
Please Danny. Please pick the phone call home. Your mom misses you.
Do not take the pound advantage, call home!
It's a hard decision because I've missed my family so much,
I would love to call them, but being on my own right now
I can't risk going home. So the two-pound advantage is what I need and that's what
my decision is gonna be. I'm on my own. I have no one to save me I have no one to
pull me out of it. So two pounds added to just one person is huge.
All right. Well decision made for the White team. You will have a two-pound
advantage on the scale this week. Good luck to all of you. I'll see you at the weigh-in.