Excellent! (sigh). They talk about long distance track runners' "kick" -- the ability to finish at a faster "pace" (see Old Fannah in Survivor Ep. 1 summary) and at what length (see many a long-winded summary write(r)). Well, I got a kick out of this one for TAR episode one. Thanks.
They are both arriving at roughly the same time. Preston/Jennifer take off in one direction, Christie/Jodi right behind. Preston/Jennifer turn around, however, which causes Christie/Jodi to turn around. The maneuver puts them ahead of Preston/Jennifer, and try as they might, the 26-year old and the 28-year old just can't close the gap on the 37-year old and the 40-year old.
I'll let that sink in.
But maybe they could have, if Preston didn't have to carry Jennifer part of the way while running to the Pit Stop.
Now I'll let that sink in.