irelands fittest family

The 14- year- old twins strike again!

They are quite the force to be reckoned with!!

They must have done all this in a very short time frame - the dad Brian still has the bandage on his chin that he had last week.

Jaysus, they made mincemeat of that!!!

They looked like they were going for a nice little walk in the park for most of it. It didn’t seem to stress them at all.

Two very impressive teams last night winning the eliminators. They shot up the final ramp!!!

No more than a rumour

That Fitzsimons family were absolutely brilliant. Two young seriously slim fit parents and two wee fellas a great formula for that event.

Finnegans terrific in the eliminator the young kids in this serie shave been amazing.

I would be surprised if it is cancelled I would say it gets decent viewing figures? I don't think it is produced in house...but then very little is in RTE (if they did they would have made a decent amount of money as it has been sold as a format to quite a few other places)

Jaysus, I'm a bit behind, so don't know the result yet - but bloody hell, that backs against the wall was epic!

I loved the twins' family* roaring and shouting at each other, and the little fella in blue* is just unbelievable - stuck it out for 1 second longer than the brother, just for the bragging rights!!

*cannot get the hang of the families' names, no matter how hard I try

They really need to get rid of those helmet cams where cargo nets are involved - another one gets all tangled up.

OK, it didn't make any difference to the end result this time, but it absolutely could.

Ridiculous things, is there ever any decent footage from them, even?

In other news, fair dues to that Dad of the twins, he's not the most ripped or aerodynamic of men, but he fairly put in a shift that day!

What was the story with the ropes at the top of the ramp this year, did they explain why? Like were the ramps taller than last year or something?

ok thanks, I was wondering why the ropes were there. Yeah it was a great final, its remarkable how close these finals all are year after year with only seconds in it between the teams. Its always an exciting watch.

In the early days, when they use to categorise the families by sport, the "cross-country runners"" used to always destroy the opposition - so yes, no surprise that a lean family, with a fit mother (no giggling down the back) constituted the two teams in the final event.

I wouldn't say it's mostly running though. Nor very little sheer strength. OK, there's no deadlifting, or whatever - but the bog, the backs to the wall, the tipping tyres, that's all strength and endurance, and the final event tonight was a lot more endurance than running. But yes, overall it suits light athletes a lot better than the heavier, strong types.

The Fitzsimons came across a bit arrogant at times. I am glad they lost.