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Last weekend I ran a half marathon. After the race I felt the need to go to the bathroom. There was a long queue at the race porta-potties, but I knew about a single porta potty about a block away in the park. As expected, there wasn't really a line. One person exited the toilet maybe 50 yards before I got there, but other than that no one was around.

Just as I got to the door of the porta potty, a young woman came running by. In one quickly uttered sentence she said: 'Can I go ahead of you. I'm going to explode." I gestured for her to go ahead. I saw her enter in a flash -- she had red running shorts and a yellow racing t-shirt. Her hair was tied back in a pony-tail but was a beautiful light brown color. The woman must have been no more than about 22 or 23 -- probably late in college or a recent graduate.

After I gestured for her to cut ahead of me she dashed into the porta potty. The door slammed and without any delay at all I heard the hiss of urine gushing into the toilet. When I say no delay I really mean no delay. I am not sure how she got her shorts down in a fraction of a second and cleared her underwear before discharging the fluids. She was in such a rush that she didn't even lock the door. It was there sitting with a green circle.

Standing there on my own, I listened intently and counted the length of her piss in my head. She went strong for 23 seconds. There were maybe 2 short bursts and then I heard her play with the toilet paper. To not look like a creeper, I took about 3 or 4 steps back and waited for her to come out. She came out, smiled at me and said "Thank you so much". "No problem", I replied.

When I went into the bathroom, I couldn't go right away, but I looked into the cistern. It had recently been cleaned so there was no visible solid matter, but the liquid was bubbly, probably from her peeing so strongly into the water.

Never in my life have I ever seen a woman that desperate to pee without losing control. She must have been holding it for the 2+ hours of the race and somehow just managed to hang on. If I had not let her cut me in line I swear that she would have pissed herself right there. I have thought about this woman every night and cannot get her out of my head -- her body language, desperation, and strong stream.