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TAR CANADA 4 CONTESTANTS - Anne Morrone & Tanya Muzzatti (Best friends)

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Leafsfan:
ANNE AND TANYA PROUD TO SHOW THEIR KIDS HOW FAR THEY COULD GO ON 'THE AMAZING RACE CANADA'
After two challenging legs in Vietnam, Anne and Tanya’s time on “The Amazing Race Canada” came to an end but the two best friends say they are so proud of themselves for battling extreme heat, dizzying heights and eating bugs to get as far as they did.

In the previous leg in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, Tanya was tasked with herding an unruly flock of ducks into a pen in scorching temperatures – something that caught up with her later in the leg when she suffered heat stroke and had to call in the medics.

“I quickly learned that when they say to you ‘stay hydrated’ you need to stay hydrated … But I was just so focused and determined to get the ducks in the pen and get Anne and I going that I didn’t have a stitch of water. I tried to catch up as we were moving onto the next (challenge) but my body just got upset at me and started shutting down,” says Tanya.

Anne says it was a scary moment to watch her friend go down but knew she had to keep pushing on to keep them in the leg. She took on the Detour transporting coconuts on her own so Tanya had time to recover.

When they got to the Pit Stop they found out Stéphane and Antoine had taken a four-hour penalty, meaning Anne and Tanya were able to stay in the ‘Race’ and continue on to Ho Chi Minh City.

Once there, Anne had to reassemble a scooter before both she and Tanya had to sample some “Vietnamese delicacies.”


“I thought I was going to die,” says Anne with a laugh. “Tanya and I had this agreement going in that she was going to eat the bugs and I was going to jump and we got to that Detour and we both had to do it.”

“There was so much on the plate. It was hard to eat all those bugs and the bat … it was gross.”

But they knew they just had to do it.

“You get to that point, after what we went through the day before and all the other legs, how can you give up now?” says Tanya.

“They really upped it this year for us, right from jumping out of the tram (in Jasper),” says Anne.

They then headed to the Flip Flop Detour and were shocked to see Jillian and Emmett still at the challenge, considering they started the leg so far behind and encountered a slow bus and traffic along the way.

“I think at that point we felt we still had a chance,” says Tanya.

But the exes finished just ahead of the best friends, meaning Anne and Tanya were eliminated. Even so, Tanya said the experience brought them even closer together.

“This is pretty extreme, this is not everyday life and doing this with your friend and having this experience, it takes it to a whole new level I think … It was overall a very positive thing to be at this age and be at this stage and be mothers,” says Tanya.

“And to show our kids that you try and never know what will happen,” says Anne.

Anne adds that her six-year-old son was delighted to see his mom singing “Happy Birthday” to him while rappelling down the Calgary Tower.

“He loved it. It was a very special moment for me because I was very guilty being away for his birthday, I felt really badly about it … When we watched it together to see the smile on his face, he was just beaming.”

Source:http://theamazingracecanada.ctv.ca/news/anne-and-tanya-proud-to-show-kids-amazing-race-can

Leafsfan:
‘The Amazing Race Canada’ Team ‘died’ over eating those bugs
Luck just wasn’t on Anne Morrone and Tanya Muzzatti‘s side Tuesday night when The Amazing Race Canada headed to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The life-long best friends and single moms had an uphill battle from the start when they were the last to depart, and they never quite caught up despite giving it their all.

Through digestible creepy crawlies, some flair bar-tending and really missing their kids, Anne and Tanya proved that single moms are some of the strongest women around, through their time on The Race. Here they tell us what went wrong, what those bugs really tasted like, and why karaoke wasn’t a Road Block option, despite Anne’s opera background.

What went wrong?

Muzzatti: At the beginning of the leg we started as the last team and we started fairly late. Then we hit some traffic that set us back quite a bit of time. That hurt us for sure in the beginning, but then we did manage to catch up.

Morrone: I did the Road Block with the scooter in the first shot. But then the Detour, the two Detours (minus the bugs!) we didn’t waste that much time even though it was horrible. But when it came to the karaoke or the bartending, both of those options were pretty difficult. They looked easy, but once you got into them they were difficult.

Do you guys regret not doing karaoke? Anne, you sing opera!

Morrone: I know how difficult it is to sing in different languages, I sing in like six languages and I know what it’s like. I was also a little bit worried about Tanya because she doesn’t have that experience. Plus in the past when you look at the race, everyone who does a challenge where they’re a professional they don’t seem to do very well at it! We figured we’re both always in the kitchen, we’re both good at it, we can do this bar-tending thing together.

Tell us about the bugs.

Morrone: It was horrific, it was my absolute worst nightmare. Tanya and I had this big conversation before we left, and I would do all the heights and the jumping and she would do the bug-eating. When it came to it and we both had to do the bugs, we died.

Tanya you have no problems with that kind of stuff?

Muzzatti: I was prepared for it, I can’t say that I didn’t have any problems with it. I was especially caught off guard by what we got for dessert. Those things were moving. Visually all I could imagine at that point was them crawling around in my stomach. It was pretty tough for both of us.

Morrone: And the bat! Like the teeth and the wings… it was all there.

What was it like reuniting with kids?

Muzzatti: It was amazing. Obviously we would have loved to have gone to the end, but we really did miss our kids. It was a long way away, and it was wonderful to see them again.

Morrone: You run the race, it’s really tough and then you go back to your room and your kids aren’t there. Luckily Tanya and I love each other so it was all good, but we definitely really missed them.

What’s the key to such a long friendship? You’ve been besties for 30-plus years!

Morrone: The ups and downs that we’ve been through together and also the honesty that we have. Tanya and I don’t BS. We know each other so well, so just being really honest with each other has kept us going. I know I can get an honest opinion from her.

Muzzatti: And respect — to have respect for one another on things that are unique or can be annoying. Just respect that you’re each different and the support that we give each other is insurmountable.

What’s Jon Montgomery like when the cameras are off?

Morrone: He’s awesome! He is such a nice man. Totally awesome.

Muzzatti: He’s amazing.

Would you travel together again?

Muzzatti: Oh yeah, 100 per cent. We travelled beforehand, we travelled during the race and we’ll definitely continue doing that.

Morrone: We really love Europe, obviously we’d love to go there. Our parents were all born in Italy so we have a root there that we really love to go back and visit. But Tanya and I want to do something fun with the kids. We were hoping that we were going to take them on a safari after this in South Africa, but we’ll just have to figure out another way to do it.

Any advice for the other teams going forward?

Muzzatti: Everyone is actually playing an amazing game, we have a lot of respect for all of the teams. They’re all playing a great game and what we learned is you can start out on top and then somehow find yourself on the bottom.

Morrone: It’s anyone’s game at any point and you have to remember that. You have to just keep racing to the end. Tanya and I saw Jill and Emmett there at the end, but we didn’t know how many other teams were in or out at any point. You have to just keep racing.

Anything to add?

Muzzatti: We hope we encourage all the moms and dads and BFFs out there to go and audition and try the race. It’s awesome.

Source:http://www.theloop.ca/the-amazing-race-canada-team-died-over-eating-those-bugs/

Maanca:
Leg 5 wasn't the same without them, they were definitely firecrackers.

I can still hear Anne's loud reactions to the bugs in my head :lol:

"Hail Mary help me...Go! 1, 2, 3!"

georgiapeach:
I really loved this team. Strong feisty women who showed everyone just how important their friendship was. Hated to see them go!

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