Kramer: Here they come!
Jerry: Come on, let's go Jean-Paul!
Elaine: Go Jean-Paaaaaul!
Posted on 10/08/2009 3:36:38 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Borrowing and using a catheter during a race should not cause even a wee bit of trouble, meaning that the 81-year-old age-division winner in Sunday's Twin Cities Marathon avoids disqualification, officials said this morning.
After a one-day review, race organizers said that Jerry Johncock did not break the rules regarding in-race assistance when he left the course and borrowed a spectator's catheter. He had it inserted into his bladder by official medical personnel near Mile 21 on East River Road in St. Paul, allowing him to urinate and be on his way.
Johncock, of Gun Lake in southwestern Minnesota, said he had a blood clot that was preventing him from urinating and causing him discomfort.
"Jerry Johncock's unofficial results stand after it was brought to the attention of race officials that he stepped off the course to insert a catheter," marathon officials said in a news release.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Yuk!
“Excuse me sir, I know we have never met........ but may I borrow your catheter?”
Maybe that isn’t the way it happened but I would have to read the whole article and I just am not that curious.
Too much information...
Kramer: Here they come!
Jerry: Come on, let's go Jean-Paul!
Elaine: Go Jean-Paaaaaul!
When you gotta go, you gotta go.
Whats his last name? Johncock? Oh man......
the 81-year-old age-division winner
Buddy, you can keep it.
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