Marathon Pundit: Chicago Marathon 10/10/10: I gotta pee

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Chicago Marathon 10/10/10: I gotta pee

A couple of days before the start of a marathon, runners begin "fluiding up," drinking lots of water and cutting back on diuretics such as caffeine and alcohol--if not eliminating them all together.

But what goes in must come out. Try as they might, no race organizer ever has enough portable toilets to handle the needed relief. The women on the top left found a standard washroom, but they have to wait in line just like everyone else.

Well, not exactly. The men on the right have taken matters into, excuse me, their own hands. This is a fairly common, but illegal, way around the pressing problem of long bathroom lines.

As I remarked in my first Chicago Marathon 10/10/10 post, I began the race injured and I ran most of the race in pain. Today I went to my doctor, she prescribed a medication, along with lots of ice and rest. So that means no running for a while. I've got tendinitis in my right calf.< Next: Charities

Earlier posts:

Chicago Marathon 10/10/10: Politics
Chicago Marathon 10/10/10: Boystown