do u bother to go to a toilet for a piss or do u just piss yr pants?
do u take a dump if u have to or do u hold on? if u do take a dump do u wipe properly?
Ahhh, well, assuming this is a serious post…
I can pee off the bike and while running full tilt. Nope, as much as I pee, I don’t stop for anything.
As for #2: Well, when you gotta go, you gotta go. So obviously I stop and do my business. I won’t wait for a porta-john but rather some semi-discreet location where people won’t be walking around. Wipe? yeah, well, you do what you can with what you’ve got.
I’m a MOPer so I take the time to do what needs to be done so I’m comfortable and enjoy the race. It’s not like I’m going to win a medal or something.
I fear no pee, I’m so hydrated that it’s 99.9% water and I don’t see the things my kidneys filter out as yucky. I think lake water is worse than my pee. I pee as I ride but have yet to let it go in my shorts, I fear pee even less this year so I would in a pinch. I do however warm up my wetsuit as needed and try to vent a big gulp of water through the suit as I exit the lake just to be sure.
As for a pool, human waste is the reason for chlorine. Everyone pees in the pool and they and you know it. They add chlorine cause it makes us ignore the fact that every child and half the adults just added to the water level. Now you know why the pool is warmer some days.
It’s been a learned skill for me; practice makes sort-of perfect. Certainly while in an IM my mantra is forward motion, no matter what, so I’ve trained myself to be able to pee while doing all three sports. It’s funny though; only while racing.