If you haven't had some manner of bathroom mishap, are you even a runner? When Kendall Ellis admitted she was trapped in a porta-potty right before she ran her best time in the semifinal of the 400-metre race at the U.S. track trials, other runners could likely sympathize.Kendall Ellis in her 400-metre dash heat during the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials on Saturday in Eugene, Ore. She was locked in a porta-potty an hour earlier.
also i got locked in the bathroom an hour before the race. s/o to the kind sir who managed to get me out because i was in there crying and sweatingOn Sunday, Ellis bettered her time by .35 seconds, winning the final, along with the national championship and the spot in the Olympics that comes with it.posted by track news site Citius Mag, Ellis explained the lock on the door got jammed and she was stuck in the porta-potty for about 10 minutes.
As for Ellis, who was eventually freed from her porta-potty prison and then ran a personal best, it all worked out in the end. Some commenters have even joked that she should make getting stuck in a bathroom a new pre-race ritual.