I can pee like a champ during the swim and heck I know lots of people who sit down in the transition area and pee after the swim but this was a first for me. It was my first half, I was well hydrated, my stomach was cramping at mile 30 on the bike because I had to pee… there was no way I was going to stop. Based on the reactions of my fellow girl triathletes, I am guessing this is not very common. Am I a complete nutcase?
nope, I do it too! 
oh no… I have no problem doing that what so ever. It is a waste of time to stop for peeing!
no way … you guys actually pee while riding … omg i have heard girls say they do before but i thought they were joking … i hold it … in st croix i had to pee after mile 7 on the bike … i just delt with it until mile 8 or 9 on the run and then ducked behind a bush. i dont think i could just pee on my poor nbike… what about the people behind you … marisol i wont be riding behind you at camp 
only in races girl! At IM, I have to go 3-10 times on the bike. idf I stopped each time, no way I would of qualified. It’s not that bad… all water by then anyway.
glad to hear you don’t practice your race day peeing techniques during training rides … i guess if i was fast enough to get a hawaii slot and it was the difference between qualifying or not qualifying then i would probably pee too.
The jury is still out for me if this is hot or not. On first thought it is a very gonzo, ballsy thing for a chick to pee on the bike. That adds too the hotness factor considerably. But then…it is a girl peeing on the bike. Nowhere near as accurate as us guys diverting fire.
I think I’m leaning towards it being hot. Of course it depends largely on who’s peeing. Any chick in an IM is definitly hot. And it makes getting cleaned up afterwards all the more enticing.
Technique tips, please. How does it not get all over your bike, down your leg, in your shoes, etc…? In my last race I spent about 54 of 56 miles thinking about how to do this/if I should. Never managed to figure it out.
so i can assume that all pros that cross the line at an IM have pee all over their bodies? male and female?? once it hits the back wheel that sutff should spread evenly all over your back as well right? wow. i think i’m going to stick with sprint and olympic distance .
if guys actually point away from themselves, can they get disqualified for exposing themselves?
yes they do, I’m a guy btw but based on an ex-girlfriend who was thrilled when she finally peed on the bike and then used that technique expertly in Kona last year, they do indeedy. Every single female who I train with on more or less a regular basis pees during long races on the bike. I was very impressed though when one of them admitted to peeing on the run at a recent race! Granted stopping would have probably dropped her a spot and several hundred dollars so I think she made the right move.
Is it hot, well don’t brag about it, but my ex is very hot and she’s a bike pee’re (how do you type that), she even peed next too me while we were swimming today.
she even peed next too me while we were swimming today.
Tai, what pool do you swim at? Oh, it was an open water swim
Just interested. Extending the question: Does anyone - male or female - pee on the bike during training?
Kaimana beach, it was one of those funky cold sections you hit sometimes while swimming. In a way, I think it showed that she cared:) I would have returned the favor but I had already peed waiting for her at the flag turnaround the first time out.
So when I helped a female pro with her bike after IM USA, by grabbing her saddle and holding her bike, I was touching her pee? Yikes.
I hope you didn’t wash those hands, it’s an honor you know=)
The worst is when you finish a race having peed sometime during, your family, or sig other runs up to hug you despite the fact that you’re all sweaty and gross but do you blurt out “WAIT, I have pee on me,” or just go with it??
The trick is to find a nice downhill, get up and out of the saddle, and relax enough to let it flow. If you plan well, the downhill should be right before a feed zone where you can grab a bottle of water and rinse off. Make sure no one is too close behind you! You also need to make sure you are wearing thinly padded tri shorts and NOT diaper-style chamois bike shorts.
So when I helped a female pro with her bike after IM USA, by grabbing her saddle and holding her bike, I was touching her pee? Yikes.<
You mean the bike catchers didn’t have surgical gloves on? (I’m serious)
Pee, snot, dribbled sticky drink…all sorts of things could have been on that bike.
clm
Oh, absolutely! I pee on the swim, bike and run all the time. The run is the most challenging for me, for sure…just working way too hard. I do not pee when I am out training though – just not worth sitting in super wet shorts all day.
I try hard to teach some of my triathlete friends how to do this – b/c if they stop a few times here and there in an IM then that is a huge amount of time!
oh how i wish i could. i have issues going to the loo in public let alone on the bike. tried one day when i had the perfect opportunity (long descent, light rain) and was just about to the point i could - and a car went by. that was it! not a hope. most annoying thing is i know having to stop to use the corn fields will put me over my bike split hope this sept. :-\
k
NOPE! I can pee while swimming and that’s it.
I also have no desire to pee on my bike or water bottles etc. And since I am a MOP-BOP racer, doesn’t matter to me to get off my bike. The stretch is always good.