High-Stakes Gambler Goes for Morning Run Without Pooping First
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A local thrill-seeker set out this morning for a 5-mile run without defecating first, Dumb Runner has learned—an audacious tempting of fate rarely seen in the running world.
Kenneth Rogers, 63, left his home around 7:15 a.m. for the run, which took him through his residential neighborhood to a nearby park, where he ran five laps of an 0.8-mile loop before heading home the way he came.
The park has no public restrooms.
“What can I say?” Rogers said in a post-run interview from his home. “I’m a thrill-seeker. I like to live life on the edge.”
“Heading out for a run before my morning poo is a rush,” he added. “It’s the difference between flying an empty B-17 and piloting one loaded with a full complement of bombs.”
Rogers said he chose his route deliberately, knowing there were no readily available restrooms on or near it, saying that such a route “raises the stakes” and makes things more exciting.
”Otherwise, it’s almost like cheating, you know?” he said. “I prefer to work without a net.”
He paused.
“Unless you count the mesh liner in my shorts.”
Rogers admitted his style of high-stakes running isn’t for everyone, but encouraged more runners to give it a try.
“I never feel more alive than when I head out for a run knowing I could [soil] yourself at any moment,” Rogers said. “There’s nothing like it.”
