Without wishing to put anyone off their breakfast, a reader has drawn my attention -- a propos the post below about Paula Radcliffe -- to a report a few weeks ago by Kevin Myers in the Sunday Telegraph which observed:

'Paula Radcliffe has described how, physically unable to resist the call of nature during the Athens marathon, she repeatedly (and in full view of the public) emptied her bowels as she ran: the trots on the trot.'

She referred this time to 'stomach cramps'. So maybe this was not even just micturition...

Posted by melanie at April 19, 2005