Tara & Joey

Tara Carr and Joey Covino are a team on the 29th season of The Amazing Race.

Profile
Retrieved from CBS.com

Tara
Age: 38

Hometown: Where the Army sends me! Originally from New Milford, Conn., but currently reside in Alexandria, Va., although I am presently in Afghanistan.

Current occupation: U.S. Army Officer

Describe what you do: I am currently deployed in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army.

3 words to describe you: Driven, compassionate and lucky.

Favorite hobbies: Golf, yoga, travel and spending time with my husband and children.

What is the accomplishment you are most proud of?: Being the mother to four beautiful children while simultaneously balancing a career as an active duty Army officer.

What scares you most about traveling?: Probably just flying.

What excites you most about traveling?: Experiencing foreign cultures, languages, people and seeing our beautiful world.

What qualities do you hope your partner has?: Qualities like my husband - smart, strong, experienced and worldly.

What qualities will be hard for you to put up with in a partner?: Someone who complains, who can't carry their own weight and who doesn't take a moment to relish their surroundings.

What do you think will be the biggest challenge you and your teammate face?: Probably a heights challenge like bungee jumping or sky diving. I'm actually afraid of heights!

What country and place would you most like to visit and why?: I would most like to visit India, Africa or Scandinavia, because I have never been there. I would also love to visit a Chinese speaking nation because I speak Mandarin Chinese. Italy would be great too because it is my favorite country and I also speak some Italian!

What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)?: I hope to demonstrate mostly for my children, but also to other women, that perseverance, dedication and belief in oneself are formulas for success, and that it is possible to maintain a healthy balance between being a professional soldier and a mother at the same time. Life is short and everyone should seize each precious moment!

Joey
Age: 46

Hometown: Boston, Mass.

Current occupation: Police Sergeant

Describe what you do: Patrol Supervisor; Officer in Charge of the Department's Honor Guard Unit; Motorcycle Officer

3 words to describe you: Dedicated, quick-witted and unfiltered.

Favorite hobbies: Ice Hockey, running and being a dad.

What is the accomplishment you are most proud of?: I am most proud of being a good father.

What scares you most about traveling?: Absolutely nothing scares me.

What excites you most about traveling?: Experiencing the different histories of places throughout the world excites me.

What qualities do you hope your partner has?: That they have heart, and use every ounce of it! That they accept the situation, deal with it and move on. They don't have the words I can't in their vocabulary.

What qualities will be hard for you to put up with in a partner?: A quitter or a complainer.

What do you think will be the biggest challenge you and your teammate face?: Space-walking?

What country and place would you most like to visit and why?: I’d like to visit anywhere in Italy. I'm an American of Irish-Italian decent and have been to pretty much every country on my bucket list with the exception of Italy. I'd really like to experience my Italian heritage much like I did when I visited Ireland.

What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)?: If we finish in the final three, then I will have accomplished what I set out to do. Winning overall would be unbelievable! But if we finish The Race, personally, I will win, for my children, my family and for me. I didn't run the Boston Marathon 12 times to win; I ran to finish the most prestigious marathon in the world. How many people can say that? How many people can say they finished The Amazing Race? I want to experience the whole Race and all it has to offer!

Trivia

 * Joey was encouraged to apply for the show by his co-worker, Amy O'Hara, who competed on Survivor: Guatemala.

Interviews

 * Seth Daniel at Review Journal (03/24/2017): "Revere Police Officer to Debut on Amazing Race"
 * Wendy Bailey at WUSA (03/30/2017): "U.S. Army Major & local mom of 4 talks about competing on The Amazing Race"
 * Katrina Koerting at News Times (04/13/2017): "New Milford parents thrilled with daughter’s appearance"