In an exhilarating and nail-biting race all through, wrestlers Taylor McPherson and Katie Mulkay are the champions of CTV’s The Amazing Race Canada Season 10. In enhancement to the title, the 24-year-olds from Alberta obtained each first-ever 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV RS cars, round-the-world trip-of-a-lifetime for two due to Expedia and a $250,000 prize cash.
“It just feels so good,” Mulkay knowledgeableYahoo Canada “I can’t stop smiling.”
Since the ending of Amazing Race Canada broadcast just lately, the suggestions McPherson and Mulkay have really obtained has really confirmed that their goal to actually encourage and influenced females has really been attained, being simply the 2nd ladies duo to win this system. Their slogan is “strong is beautiful.”
“I think it’s been amazing to watch it all unfold and to see how much we are those role models,” Mulkay said. “And having people reach out to us and being like, ‘You two are inspirational.’”
“I never expected to be on TV. I could live my whole life without ever being on reality TV, and just seeing ourselves and watching ourselves up there, and being like, … we did make an impact on there. … People truly see us as these inspiring females. It’s unbelievable, especially as we want to promote our sport as well. Wrestling is very male-dominated sport, and to have that opportunity to show us as strong female wrestlers and be known as ‘the wrestlers’ was just an experience like no other.”
‘Slow and stable victories this race’
The final impediment of the race confirmed to be a sure stumper for all of the final teams, but McPherson and Mulkay utilized the teachings they found all through the entire interval forward out on the highest.
In the final impediment, which occurred in McPherson and Mulkay’s dwelling metropolis of Edmonton, the teams made their means to the Royal Alberta Museum the place they wanted to arrange a group of images from the race within the appropriate order, primarily based upon the race timeline. With many tiny data to keep in mind, a variety of the teams started acquiring upset and upset, but McPherson and Mulkay found that making an attempt to stay as tranquil as possible is right the means to go.
“When we have been doing that problem Katie and I have been similar to, ‘Slow and steady wins this race,’” McPherson remembered. “We realized that in past challenges when people have rushed or we rush it, it hasn’t gotten us very far.”
“We literally learned our lesson in the olive oil challenge. The amount of times [Katie] and I switched our olive oil taste around, it kept screwing us over, and we lost our first place lead because of that. And so I think even just throughout this race, we learned some very valuable lessons. I think the biggest one was to just take the time and slow down.”
‘ I felt her at every minute’
While it is a group of two, all through the race McPherson and Mulkay have really had a third visibility, which’s Holly, Mulkay’s buddy that died ins 2014.
“I remember there was one time we woke up and I was like, ‘Holly, Holly shut off your alarm,’” Mulkay shared. “It’s like Holly was there with us the whole time. … I felt her at every moment. I would say to Taylor, it feels like we’re running with … a third person.”
“Honestly, even watching it back, I was so proud of the race we ran, also knowing that she’s looking down on us and she’s supporting us along the way. Of course, people pass away all the time, when it’s not their time, and it’s a terrible thing and I know a lot of people go through that. But just knowing that, you know what, live the life that they would have wanted you to live. … Life’s too short and you’ve got to take advantage of those opportunities. I could have easily said, ‘I don’t want to be on TV,’ or I could have second guessed it, but when Taylor asked me … I didn’t hesitate. … And look at where we are.”
Plans for $250,000 prize cash
The massive inquiry after an Amazing Race Canada win is, clearly, if the champions have any type of methods, particularly for the $250,000 prize cash.
“One thing we definitely want to do is go on all of our trips, but that’s got to wait a little bit because wrestling season just started,” McPherson said. “Katie’s competing, I’m coaching. So it’s definitely going to be a little while until we can actually take those trips, but that’s OK. We’ll plan them over the next year.”
In enhancement to fumbling, McPherson is an Indigenous sporting actions program planner in Alberta and he or she intends to stay to find means to help Indigenous younger folks acquire related to sporting actions.
“I kind of want to start to focus on a program and potentially starting a non-profit that I’ve been working on over the last two years, under my organization,” she said. “To get more Indigenous youth into sport within rural communities. That’s kind of what I want to focus on over the next year.”
For Mulkay, she hasn’t pin down particularly simply how she prepares to make the most of her earnings, but as a present grad she’s desirous to make the most of this money to be much more “independent” as she determines what her following motion is.
“I haven’t had time to think about it, to be honest,” she said. “I think the biggest thing was just, … it’s a kickstart to life.”
“It is a great amount of money to help me try to pursue other things. I am a recent graduate and trying to figure out that next part of life, this next step after graduation. I’m kind of interested to see where it goes, because I’m not entirely even sure. … We want to plan our trips and I want to be more independent in my life and things like that. So I think I’m just kind of along for the ride right now, and I’m excited to see where it takes me.”
