. . . like me, my “secret weapon” is prunes. Yup, works for me. I down 3-5 prunes with lunch on the day before the race, then another 2-4 with dinner the night before.
Has worked great for me and has me ready to clean house in the AM pre-race. I’ve never had coffee but considered it simply for this reason before. I got the prune idea visiting my Grandma and have been loyal to it since then.
Taking a dump off your bike clearly violates some rule. If it doesn’t, we need a USAT rules commitee meeting ASAP. Peeing off the bike, that’s another matter. That’s OK.
Wow, some subjects just don’t go away. I think Huddle was being serious. After all he was being paid big money for his advise not his humor, which as we’ve all seen in Triathlete magizine ain’t so great. But I have to credit my wife for my great bicycle peeing technique. We are perfect together. When I first met her I was bragging about how I could whip it out and pee over my leg without spilling a drop. She replied “I don’t have anything to whip out, I just stand up and pee!” It really is so much easier!
Dude, I can pee at 35 m.p.h. on a descent with one had on the bars, one hand operating the plumbing and a high degree of handling proficiency while maintaining my situational awareness. I’m laser guided! It’s the heavy weapons I have to stop for.