There seems to be a glut of biking related threads here, especially with the letters CERVELO in there somewhere.
Yes, cycling is fun, the gear is cool, training on a bike is more interesting then running, but isnt the TRI won or lost on the run?
Since there seems to be a lack of any notable running threads of late I have a question. How come during todays long run in intolerable heat and humidity I had the overwhelming desire to do nothing else but urinate?
Seriously, that is all I could think about, even as my mouth started to take on the consistency of a chewed up nylabone.
I think that’s really funny. On hot days, I hardly ever get the urge to pee, even when I’m out for a long time…I think I start sweating out everything that’s excess.
“I had the overwhelming desire to do nothing but urinate”
Your hydration is outa wack.
You can’t just hydrate an hour before your long run. This leads to the sudden need to urinate.
You should be well hydrated enough, that you can go running without water right before hand. (Not saying you have to, it’s just a good sign.)
Try drinking more water in smaller quantities through out the whole day.
as for the lack of running threads, most of this forum is afraid to run the real miles necessary for the same type of improvements that they see in cycling.
You mention intolerable heat and long run. What were you drinking? How much were you sweating? Anything to replace electrolytes?
The electrolyte balance allows your body to have the right amount of fluids on the right sides of membranes by way of osmosis. Lose a bunch of salts, etc. and your body has trouble. Drink a bunch of water in that state and your body has difficulty hanging on to that water and it flushes right out of your system. You can be pissing up a storm and still be effectively dehydrated.
to get that out of whack he would need to drink in excess of 1L per hour. Hypoantremia is the result of excessive fluid intake. This result of excessive water consumption is a accumulation of the fluid in the interstitial spaces, the blood and cells diluting the sodium content. Sodium has been shown numerous times, to only play at best, an accessory role. Most hypoantremia victims will pee large volumes after cessation of exercise and consumption of liquids as they recover. I know of no studies that show these athletes to pee excessively during exercise.
Just guessing, but did you overhydrate before the run?
On hot days (and long runs) I carry a belt holster with a 24 oz. bottle but don’t drink anything until I’m about a mile or so out. Once you get heated up, your kidneys will slow down (and even shut down if you’re racing hard or it’s super hot) so that fluids stay in your body for cooling. I’ve never needed to pee on a marathon and only once on a half iron when I drank too much before the race because I was misinformed on start time.
I’ve found that if I refrain from drinking for two hours or so right before the race, I can down 10-14 oz. of sports drink 10-15 minutes before the start and I don’t have to pee until after the race, regardless of distance.
I’m not saying he’s got hypoantermia,
my guess is, he was planning a long run, so an hour or two before hand he gulped 20+ ounces of water.
A couple hours after drinking that much you have to pee, whether or not you are running.
Because running sucks! Well actually just my running sucks but I am still trying. You are right that the race is won or lost on the run, damn it.
Two weeks to IM CDA and I am already having nightmares about the death march. I even did three three-hour runs this year with lots of 2 1/2 hour runs so let’s hope for the best.
Nice