Zach And Rachel King Reflect On Their Adventures During The Amazing Race

After traveling the world together, married couple Zach and Rachel King came up short during the latest episode of The Amazing Race and host Phil Keoghan had to give them the disappointing news that their adventure was over.

While the sweet duo didn't proceed to the next leg of the journey, they each walked away from the mat grateful for the experience and the new lessons they learned along the way. Read what Zach and Rachel had to say following their exhilarating experience on The Amazing Race.

Rachel: "I was there for probably another 10 minutes... I think."

Rachel: "We went into it with the intentions of being kind to each other and we were nervous if we would be able to execute that in stressful situations but were were able to."

Zach: "I guess it is just our natural state. We went into the Race not knowing if we would argue and what that stress would do to our relationship and I think our natural response was just to smile it off and be forgiving and loving to each other.

"We were nervous going into it because we’ve seen enough seasons to know that this puts a serious stress on relationships and we’ve seen a lot of couples fight and argue." 

Zach: "I think we learned what kind of encouragement and what kind of words we needed. She didn’t need, 'Hurry up,' she needed, 'I'm proud of you no matter what,' and that actually made her go faster. It brought our communication to the next level and helped us get to know each other even better."

Rachel: "We don’t have a specific timeline for when we are going to adopt. We know we are going to start our family sooner rather than later. We haven’t really discussed a whole ton about what countries. That is still a conversation we are discussing and having, but one country we are thinking of is China. We both have adopted siblings from China." 

Zach: "I think we know what continents. We are hoping to adopt from Asia and/or Africa. We have a heart for those two continents."

Rachel: "I think we were frustrated for sure when we realized they were still in the Race after Dubai because you want teams to go, but you can’t be upset with the teams because it is not up to them. That is just a part of the Race."

Zach: "I was bummed to see that Cole and Sheri took that extra non-elimination spot but you never know… the Race is pre-planned so there is an element of luck. If Cole and Sheri hadn’t been eliminated than I think our leg would have been a non-elimination leg, so we were bummed that they had already taken that spot."

Zach: "Chamonix, France was the top of my list. I had never been that high on a mountain. It was absolutely breathtaking. I was getting a little distracted because, one, I am afraid of heights but, two, it was so beautiful. The show didn’t even portray how beautiful it was. I will always remember being up there." 

Rachel: "That was my favorite as well."

Zach: "I didn’t have any direct correlations for videos. I know I was writing down ideas. Taking a break was inspiring. Not having to check emails everyday was great. Just being in a new environment every day… that naturally will inspire anyone’s creativity."

Watch the episode where Zach and Rachel were eliminated now and all-new episodes of The Amazing Race on Fridays at 8/7c!