Optimistic Cynic 2.0

Part 1 #standardcharteredmarathon This is the best shitty story you are ever going to read because shame is a construct that is non existent in the World of Mansa 😁 In the quest for a sub 3 Marathon, in an Official Course, I shat myself… but who cares? 🤣 Despite using #loperamide before and within the run, I knew the caffeine gels were going to mess up my stomach. And for sure at 22km, right there on Kibera hill, the bathroom call came, not so far from the place I had to use the bush during my Stanchart RECCE I had 2 options, use the bathrooms provided, which meant, stop and struggle to pick up pace after, or keep going and hope for the best! I chose the later, & by 28km it was evident that the bathroom call could no longer wait! Kukaza matako and run fast at the same time is not easy at all since they both use the same muscle ( did you know that? Now you know ) 🤣 Stopping was not an option! In the words of @nimsdai giving up is not in the blood! So I did what I had to do, kukaza haga proper 😂 At 40km, the worst happened! The shat came at SAWE speed 😂😭 The finish line was near and that’s all that mattered! In the end, a 2:46:20 marathon was in the bag, & shitting myself was a small price to pay for it! Having shed a whole 11 mins, 26 secs from my previous pb, the joy, more like euphoria, was everything 🙌🏾 definitely stronger than the smell 😆 After getting my medal, I took a whole carton of water and dashed to the bathroom to clean up… it was a mess! Shit on my shorts, socks, shoes… everywhere 😭 not even the whole box of water could save me! Thanks to the guys at carnivore for allowing me to use their bathroom to clean up! After cleaning up, I came back & proudly mingled with people as if nothing had happened 😂. In case you smelt something weird, that was me and I’m sorry 🤣 To everyone who said hello on my way back and I probably did not respond, now you know what I was going through! Poleni sana! I was going through a lot 😂 To the guy at 40km who ran along side, filming & asking me questions, my apologies… I was in a shitty situation & couldn’t say shit 😂 please send me that video 🙏🏽 To my Formation Team, your post is loading 🙌🏾 you guys are special and you made today a reality @edgarruner , Atati, Ng’eno & Lee. Nyinyi lazima niwaandikie shairi 🙌🏾