I have been battling the runners runs since high school and am getting tired of runs being cut short by this annoying occurrence.
I have tried different techniques, but none have succeeded.
Let me know what works for you guys!
Thanks!
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Only 2 left in stock.
(Use Pepto chewables and bring a few on run, it shouldn’t make you dehydrated)
I like the jewel!
I will try the pepto never thought of that
I’ve done a IM (the night before I had diarrhea, really bad) and had to take pepto chewables before, during bike and run, if it messed with hydration I didn’t feel it.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/...396406451&sr=8-1
Only 2 left in stock.
(Use Pepto chewables and bring a few on run, it shouldn’t make you dehydrated)
No, I think he needs the deluxe model - http://www.amazon.com/…-First/dp/B008B7TT74
All kidding aside, taking a pill is masking the cause. GI upset used to happen to me at long events until I changed my race fuel. I have had great success using Generation UCAN superstarch in addition to about 1/3 the sugars I used to use. That and also adopting a more metabolically efficient (higher fat, lower carb) diet when not racing has really stopped all GI distress from coming back when I race.
Good luck.
I have been battling the runners runs since high school and am getting tired of runs being cut short by this annoying occurrence.
I have tried different techniques, but none have succeeded.
Let me know what works for you guys!
Thanks!
I’m sure some will disagree but I think that, if you are training a lot and thus eating a lot of food, and hence crapping a lot, then you need to minimize the amount of fiber you eat, e.g., cut out raisin bran and any “high fiber” foods you might be eating. Speaking strictly from my own experience, this has worked pretty well for me although still about once every 6 to 8 weeks or so I’ll have to hit the bushes to take a crap mid-run. Hell, I’ve even had to get out of the pool in mid-workout to take a crap, and then later have to hit the bushes during my run. On the whole though, eating minimal fiber has worked pretty well for me. Even with this minimalistic fiber approach, I’m still getting a fair amount of fiber, prob 30-40 grams/day, since there is a little fiber in almost all foods. Good luck!!!
For me, sugar / sweetners seemed to be a factor. I used to chew sugar free gum in the afternoon at work. Cutting that out pretty much eliminated bathroom issues on an evening run. And a switch from gatorade to EFS made a difference on long bricks / races. The EFS definitely sits better in my stomach.
I had similar issues till I started taking probiotics. Within days my whole GI system went from easily irritated to normal. Search online, probiotics can do wonders for you.
I have learned that when I run several minutes with a heart rate well in the 170’s…that my stomach will quickly get jacked up…but I dont think it is the same as youre decribing because I dont just have to crap…it is intense painful cramping and emergency stop right now crap!!! Pacing wise…that actually help alot…but I can never just give it all I got for an extended period of time. I may try some probiotics and see if that help…I eat high fiber because I eat so much fruit and nuts and cereal…but it has always been that way for me…even before I ate high fiber. So I am looking for ideas and answers that are better than having to not run too hard.
Do you have any pain associated with the diarrhea? Has it become worse?
Do you guys bookmark these pages during your routine shopping so that you can pull them out in these special moments? I would have never thought you could find that on Amazon.
For me it was as simple as stop eating peanut butter in any form before i run. I tried lots of things, nothing worked, until I simply found the food that was causing me the trouble.
Do you have any pain associated with the diarrhea? Has it become worse?
Based on your username and your questions I’m going to guess you’re into that kind of thing. TGOC?
I know it’s now become a bit of a fad diet, but about 5 years ago I was plagued by the same thing, that plus abdominal cramping. I spoke to a nutritionist (Jordan’s wife actually), kept a food and training journal, sent that to her, systematically eliminated various things from my diet one at a time.
Went gluten free at that point and haven’t looked back since. Love the freedom of going for long hard runs, or doing big workouts on the gym treadmill, without the fear of crapping my shorts.
Do you guys bookmark these pages during your routine shopping so that you can pull them out in these special moments? I would have never thought you could find that on Amazon.
Just so happened I was shopping for it while also on Slowtwitch, why is that weird?!
(Lol just googled Butt Plug, 1st thing that popped up, haha)
I also get the really intense stomach pains that were being described sometimes in accompaniment to the runners runs. Feels like a large gas bubble just weighing me down as I run. Do not know how to stop those either.
I am also a big fan of peanut butter so I will try cutting that out also before runs.
I have been battling the runners runs since high school and am getting tired of runs being cut short by this annoying occurrence.
I have tried different techniques, but none have succeeded.
Let me know what works for you guys!
Thanks!
I’m sure some will disagree but I think that, if you are training a lot and thus eating a lot of food, and hence crapping a lot, then you need to minimize the amount of fiber you eat, e.g., cut out raisin bran and any “high fiber” foods you might be eating. Speaking strictly from my own experience, this has worked pretty well for me although still about once every 6 to 8 weeks or so I’ll have to hit the bushes to take a crap mid-run. Hell, I’ve even had to get out of the pool in mid-workout to take a crap, and then later have to hit the bushes during my run. On the whole though, eating minimal fiber has worked pretty well for me. Even with this minimalistic fiber approach, I’m still getting a fair amount of fiber, prob 30-40 grams/day, since there is a little fiber in almost all foods. Good luck!!!
Interesting.
I have had HUGE issues with this…from bursting desperately through the door (my husband has learned to get out of my way) to pooping in the woods to having 9 pit stops due to diarrhea in a 50 mile race (THAT was awesome). Once in a 50k I - based on Garmin data - spent over 20 minutes pooping in the woods.
This has happened on a variety of fuels - gels, Infinit, with caffeine, without - and what helped me was adding a shit tonne of fibre. I’ve relaxed on what I eat, though as a vegetarian beans and veggies are a decent part of my diet - and I take psyllium capsules. The psyllium capsules have been a LIFESAVER.
I also now take preventative Immodium before/during long races (anything over a marathon) because I’m paranoid, though to be honest since the introduction of psyllium I don’t think I need it.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/...396406451&sr=8-1
Only 2 left in stock.
(Use Pepto chewables and bring a few on run, it shouldn’t make you dehydrated)
No, I think he needs the deluxe model - http://www.amazon.com/…-First/dp/B008B7TT74
All kidding aside, taking a pill is masking the cause. GI upset used to happen to me at long events until I changed my race fuel. I have had great success using Generation UCAN superstarch in addition to about 1/3 the sugars I used to use. That and also adopting a more metabolically efficient (higher fat, lower carb) diet when not racing has really stopped all GI distress from coming back when I race.
Good luck.
Aaaaannnnnnd thanks to you both for omitting an NSFW from your posts. My browser history will never be the same. 
I’ll tell you what helps me. Coffee. Have coffee at least an hour before I go out to run. That helps move things along. Then I go out and run.
If you really truly can’t fix the problem. Start running on a treadmill, wait for it 
and then go out and finish the run outside.
Probiotics may help. Finding out which foods are doing that to you may help. Those are long term fixes.
Have you seen a nutritionist? The end of my second marathon was like a death march as I stopped at a porta-potty just about every mile after Mile 16. I saw a nutritionist and we experimented with a bunch of different things; but I found the most success by switching from Gatorade/Perform to Skratch Labs, switching from gels to Honey Stinger Waffles, and eliminating lactose from my diet. For me, the more simple the food, the better my stomach handles it.