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Dad's avatar

Well done, Ed. Just be glad you

aren't a gynecologist! Don

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

HaHa. Agree

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Michael Grilli's avatar

Ed....Good thing it was only a half marathon!!!

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

HaHa, right. Though I would have been considerably lighter and faster

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Elsie C Romano's avatar

You got me at " I ate pasta for a week". Now, THAT is my kind of prep work!

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Yeh, but maybe that's what killed me??

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Sattar Memon MD's avatar

Hilarious piece by Ed Ianunuccilli!

He must have felt urgently terrible being betrayed by his own colon, which did not care he was an eminent gastroenterologist. And the Squat! And his fellow squat members looking at each other and signaling how the members of rest of the Squat Team were doing! Reading about “ gotta go” malady, I could not stop laughing. With short but effective sentences, Ed made his points. So self- effacingly!

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Thanks, Sattar. It was unforgettable, and perhaps predictable for a gastro guy. HaHA

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Dianne Savastano's avatar

Laugh out loud funny!!! Loved it. I print these out for my dad. He loves reading them but is a bit resistant to new technology. I'm still working on him though. Trying to keep him young. He's 91

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Bless him. I see the Fenway pix, and I'd say he looks pretty good.

Quite an experience for me. Tell him the old Italian, "Chi va piano, va lontano in buon sano."

Pleased to give you a chuckle. We need lots of them these days.

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Ned O’Donnell's avatar

Ed,

While greatly sympathetic to your mid-run quandary (I had the same thing happen to me while climbing Mount Washington, in full view of those driving up), this was funny. A truly good read. Thanks for sharing.

Ned O’Donnell

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Yes, an experience, an uncontrollable one.

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Thomas Shahinian's avatar

Almeno hai potuto fare una bella cacciata!!! Gli Italiani, invece alla mattina, si divertano con un buon caffè e bella chiaccherata.

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Con una bella cacciata e una bella chiaccherata, si fa lontano in buon sano, eh?

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Si fa in buon sano con una bella cacciata e una bella chiaccherata.

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

The gastro guy's gut

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Michael Grilli's avatar

Ed........good thing it was only a half marathon!!!

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Thomas Shahinian's avatar

Verissimo! Cacato

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Elsie C Romano's avatar

oh, no! Pasta is what probably saved you from exploding before you got to the "safe space"!

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Michael Grilli's avatar

Ed....Good thing it was only a half marathon!!!

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Michael Grilli's avatar

Ed....Good thing it was only a half marathon!!!

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Michael Grilli's avatar

Ed....Good thing it was only a half marathon!!!

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Michael Grilli's avatar

Ed....Good thing it was only a half marathon!!!

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