Josh Cox took a page from Gabe's book and decided to tell the world about his defecation process.
Josh Cox, 18th, 2:15:01 "I had stomach problems today. This is the first time I've ever crapped on myself in a marathon. Twice.
Josh Cox took a page from Gabe's book and decided to tell the world about his defecation process.
Josh Cox, 18th, 2:15:01 "I had stomach problems today. This is the first time I've ever crapped on myself in a marathon. Twice.
Sounds fun. Maybe Depends will become standard fare for marathoners. They could even come out with the combo jockstrap/diaper for athletes.
ha ha....seriously though, i remember reading his account of his trials 2000 race and all he talks about is how he kept stopping to crap on the side of the road. maybe he should lay off the pre race ex lax!
Grandma: "So Josh, how do you know so much about "Oops-I Crapped My Pants?"
Josh: "Because I'm wearing them...and I just did!"
(apologies to Saturday Night Live)
i'm not sure i'd even want to be THAT hardcore. i'll piss myself in a race, but that's where i draw the line. it was kinda cool when uta pippig did it and came back to win boston, but it's something else when you are doing anything other than winning in the race.
Feces: Can't run with em, can't shoot em.
Cox isn't the only one who had problems. Paula did too.
From the BBC...
Paula Radcliffe has revealed she was nearly forced to abandon her Chicago Marathon victory run to go to the toilet.
The Bedford runner capped a remarkable year by setting a new women's world best time of two hours, 17 minutes and 18 seconds.
Radcliffe led the women's race from start to finish, but admitted a potential late toilet stop nearly scuppered her triumph.
"I went through the first half feeling good and everybody said the second half would be faster," Radcliffe told BBC Sport.
"So I tried to kick on and I felt good. But then I went through a really bad stage between 22 and 23 miles.
"I really needed to go to the toilet and I thought I was going to have to stop. Then it just went off so I was alright. But at that 22-mile point I was thinking, 'Oh no!'
....My question: What does she mean by 'it just went off'? Does that mean the urge passed or she just let it go over her shorts and those funky knee-high socks?
What is it about that darned race....when Eamonn martin won it he lost 45 sec to dash into a portable, but said he was like a new man afterward....
The farther you go towards the east along the Great Lakes, the worse the drinking water gets. Honest. Both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario have been very polluted for decvades now. Do not even try drinking tap water at Niagra Falls, if you go there to race.
Ah dude I believe that was her period juice not piss.
jozast wrote:
Ah dude I believe that was her period juice not piss.
Thanks for the visual.
I guess I must be lucky or something. I've never had trouble with that, even during a marathon. Is this all that common? I just take a crap before the race and then not even a thought until way later.
Steve Jones took a little break during London in '85 as well. I am always amazed they can stop and "go"(never specifying what was accomplished) and not lose time. He caught Spedding very shortly after.
Of course only Shorter has been filmed in the act.