227: Bathroom emergencies
Author: Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.
August 22, 2025
Duration: 1:06:00
Quite a few of the episodes here on What Was That Like
involve emergencies. Today we’re talking about a different kind of emergency.
If you’re new to the podcast, this is definitely not a
typical episode. You might want to look through some of the past episode titles
and pick one out that looks interesting.
But today is a little different. I’m in Dallas this week,
hanging out with a bunch of my podcasting friends, so for this episode we’re
kind of taking a break from the normal interview format.
A little bit of background. About 10 years ago, I was
creating and hosting a different podcast. It was called Ultrafinishers. Each
episode, I would interview a runner who had just finished their first
ultramarathon. An ultramarathon is any race longer than a marathon, which is
26.2 miles. So an ultra usually ranges from 50k, which is a little more than 30
miles, up to 100 miles. Some are even longer than that.
But for one of those episodes, I asked people to call in and
tell their story of the nightmare that just about every runner has had to deal
with – you’re out on a run, and you have to poop, and there’s no bathroom in
sight. It’s not a fun thing when it’s happening – but as it turns out, it’s
pretty entertaining to hear about when it happens to other people.
So you’re about to hear a bunch of my ultra running friends
from 10 years ago, telling their poop stories. And all of these were called in
on a phone line, so the audio quality is not quite what you’d expect on a
modern podcast. But it’s listenable.
And don’t worry – I have lots of crazy What Was That Like
stories in the pipeline, and I’m looking forward to bringing those to you in
the near future.
Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was
done by James Lai.
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