Pooping during ironman

Triathlon Forum
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maybe this is a dumb question…
do y’all have tricks for avoiding having to poop during the ironman?
thanks

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fleet enema
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you never heard of coffee?

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do you take this stuff the day before the IM? or the night before, or…?

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morning of, give yourself about 3 hrs before the start of the race.

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I use immodium in halfs
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you never heard of coffee?

+1

but don’t forget some sani-wipes or whatever, don’t count on the port-a-loo for hygiene!

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depends
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A poo thread, yaaaa, I can contribute to that…

It’s all part of the training leading to the event. Gotta train your body to go first thing in the morning. I have a bit of lactose intolerance, so a glass of milk before bed has me “flying missions” first thing in the morning and no more throughout the day.

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Hahaha – “Flying Missions” I never heard that before… Note to self – add to repertoire!

A poo thread, yaaaa, I can contribute to that…

It’s all part of the training leading to the event. Gotta train your body to go first thing in the morning. I have a bit of lactose intolerance, so a glass of milk before bed has me “flying missions” first thing in the morning and no more throughout the day.

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stop eating so much.

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don’t worry about it, just poop while riding. cuts down on the drafting.

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Never done it and hope I never will.

I carry sanitizer and toilet paper just in case though.

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A tweet from Andy Potts on pooping in an Ironman:

-A buddy just asked me how Ironman racing was going and my reply was, “Well, I crapped my pants twice and 1 was worth it cuz I was winning!”-

There was a thread going around about a guy who shit himself at IMFL in 2010, but also won his AG and got a Kona slot… there was a picture of him post race, with his medal, and shit… all down his legs. haha

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search function–“poopman”
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10 IMs, zero poops. No planning required, just the way my system works.

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Coffee makes me poop…

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I’ve done 18 IMs and never had to poop. I made sure to get it done in the morning before the race.

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imodium before the swim. Use the hale lua’s during T2, --unless you’re leading, in which case you don’t need our advice/

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search function–“poopman”

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=3069667;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

and here is that link, but who is this poopman?