Speaking of the pooping runner, how often do you pee/poop outside?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Waiting for a bus late at night a few months ago, suddenly had to go. You know when you have abdominal pain and there is no way your sphincter will hold? Well, I behind the nearest bush, dropped trou and let it go! Better than in m y pants. And no, I was not drunk. I was coming home from a late night workout at the gym and had to change buses.

I have autoimmune disorder that affects my intestines and have never done this! There is always a public restroom if you look around.

[Anonymous]

Ugh! College!

The guy I was seeing was very outdoorsy and took me camping. His definition of camping was very different from the camping I'd done with my family growing up. Growing up, we'd go to a camp ground that had port-a-potties throughout the tent sites and then a handful of showers and real bathrooms that you could walk to.

The guy took me to this little gravel lot where we parked and then hiked up a trail for, like, 2 or 3 miles before setting up camp. We had to hang our food in a tree and dig holes to poop in. It was the most miserable 3 days of my life.

[Anonymous]

Back in college I was drunk as a skunk so I slept in the back of my SUV. Round about 3am I woke up and took a gee-normous poop in the parking lot, then got back in and went back to sleep (had some kleenex for TP thankfully).

[Anonymous]

Never except for one time when hiking in the woods.

Runners are weird -- if they can't control their bowels they should wear adult diapers.

[Anonymous]

Only backpacking.... and I know marathoners have been known to let it fly as well. And I don't blame them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Runners are weird -- if they can't control their bowels they should wear adult diapers.

Something about running -- or even jumping rope -- just shakes things loose for me and like clockwork, if I run I gotta poop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Runners are weird -- if they can't control their bowels they should wear adult diapers.

Something about running -- or even jumping rope -- just shakes things loose for me and like clockwork, if I run I gotta poop.

It’s an actual medical phenomenon, I’m no doctor, but it has something to do with the blood flow being diverted from your organs to your legs and muscles, etc.

[Anonymous]

One time in a group camping situation, we had to go to the bathroom outside. You would see other people squatting out in the open because there were no trees. I had the runs but I think I found a spot of privacy.

[Anonymous]

Well this thread confirms that I should never take up running. I had no idea it was so common to have to poop whole on a run! I have managed to never have to pee outside except once camping as a kid and I don't intend to start now!

[Anonymous]

I've peed deep in the woods while hiking but what's with these insta-poo people!? I workout a lot and have never had to stop and poo in the middle of it. If it's a sudden intestinal attack I get it but can those who are just out on an every day sort of run not hold it till home? It's so gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well this thread confirms that I should never take up running. I had no idea it was so common to have to poop whole on a run! I have managed to never have to pee outside except once camping as a kid and I don't intend to start now!

Rest assured, it doesn't happen to everyone. I've been running for years and have run 3 marathons and several half-marathons. I've never pooped during a run. I have had to pee a few times, but I always found a bathroom or a porta-potty. I've never had an accident or had to pee outside during a run.

[Anonymous]

Only when walking on local park trails miles away from a bathroom; found a tree to pee behind.

[Anonymous]

We went on vacation to Yosemite and I peed outside once when we were on an all day hike. I held it every other day. DH went more times than I can count. I would never poop outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Runners are weird -- if they can't control their bowels they should wear adult diapers.

Something about running -- or even jumping rope -- just shakes things loose for me and like clockwork, if I run I gotta poop.

It’s an actual medical phenomenon, I’m no doctor, but it has something to do with the blood flow being diverted from your organs to your legs and muscles, etc.

Runners trots.

[Anonymous]

Pretty often, while hiking, camping, kayaking, tubing, swimming in an unpopulated lake, or driving in the middle of nowhere (like the mountains in northern CA near the OR border, or in Canada between WA and AK, or the middle of NM). Never in a city.