Comments on: TBL Australia 4×09: Race around the Fatties – Now with less mooseknuckle! http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/ News and recaps for episodes of the Australian Biggest Loser. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mythor http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-6132 Mythor Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:15:48 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-6132 I expect they picked them all up at one point, Cairns airport may not have appreciated a bunch of people running into the airport with backpacks on. ;)<br><br>Trying to work out the plane time is a fairly fruitless endeavour. Given that they had 18 Fatties plus probably Ajay, maybe Michelle and Shannan and who knows how many crew? I expect with an offer of a Virgin plane appearing on the show it wouldn't've been too hard to convince them to put on an extra flight or change the usual schedule, etc.<br><br>Two days wouldn't surprise me though. It's probably not super healthy to go from intense exercise at sea level to cruising altitude in a plane back to intense exercise at sea level all in the one day. And I doubt Virgin wants smelly fat people taking up half their plane!<br><br>Either way I don't much care. Run fat people, run! I expect they picked them all up at one point, Cairns airport may not have appreciated a bunch of people running into the airport with backpacks on. ;)

Trying to work out the plane time is a fairly fruitless endeavour. Given that they had 18 Fatties plus probably Ajay, maybe Michelle and Shannan and who knows how many crew? I expect with an offer of a Virgin plane appearing on the show it wouldn't've been too hard to convince them to put on an extra flight or change the usual schedule, etc.

Two days wouldn't surprise me though. It's probably not super healthy to go from intense exercise at sea level to cruising altitude in a plane back to intense exercise at sea level all in the one day. And I doubt Virgin wants smelly fat people taking up half their plane!

Either way I don't much care. Run fat people, run!

]]> By: Mythor http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-6131 Mythor Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:01:20 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-6131 Yep, Nathan said they'd be getting off the plane in a staggered start back in Sydney. I figured they wouldn't've been chartering potentially 9 seperate planes! Yep, Nathan said they'd be getting off the plane in a staggered start back in Sydney. I figured they wouldn't've been chartering potentially 9 seperate planes!

]]> By: Amy http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-6130 Amy Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:46:16 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-6130 They were all on the same plane, when they had a shot of the brothers you could see pink hats sitting opposite them. I'm thinking maybe they timed how long between each pair and let them leave Sydney airport in those intervals? They were all on the same plane, when they had a shot of the brothers you could see pink hats sitting opposite them. I'm thinking maybe they timed how long between each pair and let them leave Sydney airport in those intervals?

]]> By: dingo60 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-6133 dingo60 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:08:03 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-6133 Ahhh - further confirmation of my theory - the boys when they pick up the maps say 'ahhh - we have to go to the Marina Point Building'. Ahhh – further confirmation of my theory – the boys when they pick up the maps say 'ahhh – we have to go to the Marina Point Building'.

]]> By: dingo60 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-6129 dingo60 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:53:19 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-6129 It was silly - its actually a 6.6km walk from the Pier to the Airport. Did the TBL crew pick up the teams after a certain time? It would have taken some of those teams a good 2 hours to get to the Airport, then add in the 2.5hour boat trip and the at least 30 mins rowing (or 2 hours as we have been told for Teresa and Sharif) That makes it at least 5 hours. The one and only Virgin plane that leaves Cairns that they could have caught leaves at 1pm. (the other leaves Cairns at 5am and the third arrives in Sydney at 10pm) That means they would have had to start on the beach at 8am at the very latest. No, these people weren't exhausted enough to have just done a 6-7km very hard walk/run.<br><br>When you look too, whilst they are on the beach prior to the rowing, the shadows vary from long (early morning - maybe 8am) to quite short (mid morning - maybe 10am) The shadows when they are boarding the boats indicate the sun is almost directly overhead (midday). Therefore, the could not have done the trip to Cairns, the 6-7km run/walk to the airport to make a 1pm flight (On Saturday, this flight leaves at 2pm but I still fail to see how they could do the sailboat (2.5hours) and the run (absolute minimum of 1 hour) in under 2 hours. <br><br>From all available evidence, I'm willing to bet that this whole race from Fitzroy to the Airport was filmed over 2 days. It was silly – its actually a 6.6km walk from the Pier to the Airport. Did the TBL crew pick up the teams after a certain time? It would have taken some of those teams a good 2 hours to get to the Airport, then add in the 2.5hour boat trip and the at least 30 mins rowing (or 2 hours as we have been told for Teresa and Sharif) That makes it at least 5 hours. The one and only Virgin plane that leaves Cairns that they could have caught leaves at 1pm. (the other leaves Cairns at 5am and the third arrives in Sydney at 10pm) That means they would have had to start on the beach at 8am at the very latest. No, these people weren't exhausted enough to have just done a 6-7km very hard walk/run.

When you look too, whilst they are on the beach prior to the rowing, the shadows vary from long (early morning – maybe 8am) to quite short (mid morning – maybe 10am) The shadows when they are boarding the boats indicate the sun is almost directly overhead (midday). Therefore, the could not have done the trip to Cairns, the 6-7km run/walk to the airport to make a 1pm flight (On Saturday, this flight leaves at 2pm but I still fail to see how they could do the sailboat (2.5hours) and the run (absolute minimum of 1 hour) in under 2 hours.

From all available evidence, I'm willing to bet that this whole race from Fitzroy to the Airport was filmed over 2 days.

]]> By: Mythor http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-5225 Mythor Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:15:48 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-5225 I expect they picked them all up at one point, Cairns airport may not have appreciated a bunch of people running into the airport with backpacks on. ;)<br><br>Trying to work out the plane time is a fairly fruitless endeavour. Given that they had 18 Fatties plus probably Ajay, maybe Michelle and Shannan and who knows how many crew? I expect with an offer of a Virgin plane appearing on the show it wouldn't've been too hard to convince them to put on an extra flight or change the usual schedule, etc.<br><br>Two days wouldn't surprise me though. It's probably not super healthy to go from intense exercise at sea level to cruising altitude in a plane back to intense exercise at sea level all in the one day. And I doubt Virgin wants smelly fat people taking up half their plane!<br><br>Either way I don't much care. Run fat people, run! I expect they picked them all up at one point, Cairns airport may not have appreciated a bunch of people running into the airport with backpacks on. ;)

Trying to work out the plane time is a fairly fruitless endeavour. Given that they had 18 Fatties plus probably Ajay, maybe Michelle and Shannan and who knows how many crew? I expect with an offer of a Virgin plane appearing on the show it wouldn't've been too hard to convince them to put on an extra flight or change the usual schedule, etc.

Two days wouldn't surprise me though. It's probably not super healthy to go from intense exercise at sea level to cruising altitude in a plane back to intense exercise at sea level all in the one day. And I doubt Virgin wants smelly fat people taking up half their plane!

Either way I don't much care. Run fat people, run!

]]> By: Mythor http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-5224 Mythor Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:01:20 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-5224 Yep, Nathan said they'd be getting off the plane in a staggered start back in Sydney. I figured they wouldn't've been chartering potentially 9 seperate planes! Yep, Nathan said they'd be getting off the plane in a staggered start back in Sydney. I figured they wouldn't've been chartering potentially 9 seperate planes!

]]> By: Amy http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-5223 Amy Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:46:16 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-5223 They were all on the same plane, when they had a shot of the brothers you could see pink hats sitting opposite them. I'm thinking maybe they timed how long between each pair and let them leave Sydney airport in those intervals? They were all on the same plane, when they had a shot of the brothers you could see pink hats sitting opposite them. I'm thinking maybe they timed how long between each pair and let them leave Sydney airport in those intervals?

]]> By: dingo60 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-5222 dingo60 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:08:03 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-5222 Ahhh - further confirmation of my theory - the boys when they pick up the maps say 'ahhh - we have to go to the Marina Point Building'. Ahhh – further confirmation of my theory – the boys when they pick up the maps say 'ahhh – we have to go to the Marina Point Building'.

]]> By: dingo60 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/2009/02/10/tbl-australia-4x09-race-around-the-fatties-now-with-less-mooseknuckle/comment-page-1/#comment-5221 dingo60 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:53:19 +0000 http://www.mythor.net/thebiggestloser/?p=655#comment-5221 It was silly - its actually a 6.6km walk from the Pier to the Airport. Did the TBL crew pick up the teams after a certain time? It would have taken some of those teams a good 2 hours to get to the Airport, then add in the 2.5hour boat trip and the at least 30 mins rowing (or 2 hours as we have been told for Teresa and Sharif) That makes it at least 5 hours. The one and only Virgin plane that leaves Cairns that they could have caught leaves at 1pm. (the other leaves Cairns at 5am and the third arrives in Sydney at 10pm) That means they would have had to start on the beach at 8am at the very latest. No, these people weren't exhausted enough to have just done a 6-7km very hard walk/run.<br><br>When you look too, whilst they are on the beach prior to the rowing, the shadows vary from long (early morning - maybe 8am) to quite short (mid morning - maybe 10am) The shadows when they are boarding the boats indicate the sun is almost directly overhead (midday). Therefore, the could not have done the trip to Cairns, the 6-7km run/walk to the airport to make a 1pm flight (On Saturday, this flight leaves at 2pm but I still fail to see how they could do the sailboat (2.5hours) and the run (absolute minimum of 1 hour) in under 2 hours. <br><br>From all available evidence, I'm willing to bet that this whole race from Fitzroy to the Airport was filmed over 2 days. It was silly – its actually a 6.6km walk from the Pier to the Airport. Did the TBL crew pick up the teams after a certain time? It would have taken some of those teams a good 2 hours to get to the Airport, then add in the 2.5hour boat trip and the at least 30 mins rowing (or 2 hours as we have been told for Teresa and Sharif) That makes it at least 5 hours. The one and only Virgin plane that leaves Cairns that they could have caught leaves at 1pm. (the other leaves Cairns at 5am and the third arrives in Sydney at 10pm) That means they would have had to start on the beach at 8am at the very latest. No, these people weren't exhausted enough to have just done a 6-7km very hard walk/run.

When you look too, whilst they are on the beach prior to the rowing, the shadows vary from long (early morning – maybe 8am) to quite short (mid morning – maybe 10am) The shadows when they are boarding the boats indicate the sun is almost directly overhead (midday). Therefore, the could not have done the trip to Cairns, the 6-7km run/walk to the airport to make a 1pm flight (On Saturday, this flight leaves at 2pm but I still fail to see how they could do the sailboat (2.5hours) and the run (absolute minimum of 1 hour) in under 2 hours.

From all available evidence, I'm willing to bet that this whole race from Fitzroy to the Airport was filmed over 2 days.

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