Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Oh Crap

Today was the closest I have ever come to crapping my shorts.  How's that for an opening statement?  What was meant to be an easy 8 turned into move your ass as fast as possible and get to the nearest toilet.  Of course every bathroom along the lakefront is currently locked since it is the off season. So when the tummy started rumbling around mile 5 my only option was to prairie dog it home as fast as I could over those last 3 miles.  I seriously thought I was going to lose it.  I weighed my options, I didn't have any.  Really the only thing I had going for me was there weren't many people out so maybe no one would notice.   My husband wasn't home, I couldn't call him to pick me up.  There were no gas stations or restaurants nearby.  I was screwed.  I kept trying to think of anything else other than my pain but that only lasted a nano second.  Luckily I made it home...barely but who cares, I made it.  

And to think I had a completely different post planned up until the rumble :)

12 comments:

Jess said...

HAhaha oh man glad to hear you made it home!

audgepodge said...

OMG - how stressful! I always worry about that too during long runs. Good job on making it home :)

J said...

I hate to say it but I have been in your shoes before. Maybe not as bad but still!!

Marcy said...

I HATE when that shiz (no pun intended) happens! Thank God you made it home LOL

Aron said...

that is the WORST feeling ever!!! :(

Anonymous said...

Glad you made it home. I have had that happen before..twice actually.

Anonymous said...

Let me clarify, I had those stomach feelings and had to make it home, luckily I did!

tfh said...

Oh, no! Glad you made it in time.

And the phrase "prairie dog it" never fails to make me laugh. ;) Thanks for making your pain into a good story for us (a cautionary tale, even...).

C said...

I can sympathize. That happened to be during a 20 miler. Thankfully I too made it to a toilet in time.

X-Country2 said...

This TOTALLY happened to me this week! Seriously. A coworker e-miled me the next day to say, "hey, I saw you running last night. You were really moving it!"

Yes, yes I was.

Nikemom said...

YIKES!!!! Glad you made it home. :D

RunToTheFinish said...

always wondered what I would do with no bathrooms in site... sure hope I don't have to find out any time soon