If you get poop, you have to stop running like I had to today a couple miles before my long run ended and walked back that portion coz once poop strikes, you can hold it in and walk, but if you try to run through it, it will keep getting increasing uncomfortable and wanting to just explode out of your anal sphincter.
If you get poop, you have to stop running like I had to today a couple miles before my long run ended and walked back that portion coz once poop strikes, you can hold it in and walk, but if you try to run through it, it will keep getting increasing uncomfortable and wanting to just explode out of your anal sphincter.
Runners should always take some extra time on the bowl in the morning and make sure everything is cleaned out to avoid the dreaded “Code Brown.”
Of course it's ok to stop, but why do you need to?
If you have to stop because you're exhausted, perhaps consider running a little more slowly.
If you've misjudged the intensity because of external factors like heat, then perhaps it is beneficial to stop. It will allow you to get your HR back down, and then continue. Otherwise you'll likely turn what was intended to be an easy-moderate workout into a hard one.
It all depends on what the purpose of your run is.
I stop all the time for toilet or drink breaks on easy long runs, but if I was doing something a little more marathon specific I would try to avoid stopping.
If you get poop, you have to stop running like I had to today a couple miles before my long run ended and walked back that portion coz once poop strikes, you can hold it in and walk, but if you try to run through it, it will keep getting increasing uncomfortable and wanting to just explode out of your anal sphincter.
Runners should always take some extra time on the bowl in the morning and make sure everything is cleaned out to avoid the dreaded “Code Brown.”
My nervous system usually automatically triggers poop like three times in the hour before my long run, sometimes calling right back just after I’ve gotten off the pot, but today for some reason there was just one good poop before the run in addition to my usual waking up poop much earlier that was particularly generous today, and I thought I felt all light and frisky like usual.
But sometimes runner’s diarrhea strikes out of the blue and the run goes to shît and there’s nothing I can seem to do about it, though it seems to happen infrequently enough to ignore it, the last time being late Oct’22 or so, but today being burning hot, I also went shirtless and establishments in my area don’t allow folks without a shirt, so I had to gingery walk my caca all the way back home.
I don't really see a problem with it unless you have OCD. Some people are so funny about times and mileage. In training I'm not so sure that it matters to that level of precision.
What if you had to wait for traffic for a minute? Would someone restart their watch/reset their run then? A lot of the time there are natural interruptions anyway (not referrring to what caca said here).
Do your own thing. It’s your run. Don’t be swayed by those on here who think that being able to run slightly faster somehow makes them superior and a better person.
Mix of things. Something to do with not wanting to turn it into a slog that causes body to be too tired which affects recovery for next hard session but same time not wanting to lower the miles. Partly I think the break also psychologically makes aomething boring more palatable.
If you see running as an activity to be done in a formulaic way, following exactly what your coach or training plan calls for, I can see why you'd ask. In reality it doesn't matter.
I have elapsed times way longer than moving times on most runs. I'm stopping to let my dog cool off in the creek. I'm stopping to throw the frisbee or my dog on all the fields. I'm stopping for good photo opportunities, summits, sunsets, etc. I'm stopping to drink out of the creek (if high enough). I'm stopping to pee. If I'm out there for hours on the trails, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, a half hour of stoppage, who cares? I'm putting in the hours, vert, and miles.
If you see running as an activity to be done in a formulaic way, following exactly what your coach or training plan calls for, I can see why you'd ask. In reality it doesn't matter.
I have elapsed times way longer than moving times on most runs. I'm stopping to let my dog cool off in the creek. I'm stopping to throw the frisbee or my dog on all the fields. I'm stopping for good photo opportunities, summits, sunsets, etc. I'm stopping to drink out of the creek (if high enough). I'm stopping to pee. If I'm out there for hours on the trails, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, a half hour of stoppage, who cares? I'm putting in the hours, vert, and miles.
You throw your dog? Do the animal rights activists know about this? 😂😂
Stopping begets stopping. Do what you can do on a day thats difficult but don’t stop. I used to have a mantra on tough days, “save, save, save”. Back off your usual pace if you need to but keep going. Tough it out. A lot of people Pooh Pooh Ultras but not stopping is key. I’ve run London- Brighton and Comrades. If you stop in those races, you are toast, especially Comrades as it starts in the dark. It’s so easy to let yourself stride out but no, “save” and never stop.
It doesn't matter. I often have to stop to cross busy roads. Even if Im stood for 1 minute my heart rate is still elevated. Plus it's all cumulative anyway.
Yes and no. I sometimes go on very long runs like 17 miles, and during the summer i run in the evenings to avoid the heat, but I still have to take fluid breaks and I haven't yet mastered drinking on the run, so I have to stop to drink. During the cooler weather I don't have to take those breaks and I run non stop.
Of course it's ok but not ideal. I'll stop for a 10 second drink at a water fountain but unless it is a hilly trail run or I'm having a bad day I wouldn't stop for minutes. Well, I guess at some intersections I might be stuck close to a minute but that is just the way it is sometimes.
Stopping begets stopping. Do what you can do on a day thats difficult but don’t stop. I used to have a mantra on tough days, “save, save, save”. Back off your usual pace if you need to but keep going. Tough it out. A lot of people Pooh Pooh Ultras but not stopping is key. I’ve run London- Brighton and Comrades. If you stop in those races, you are toast, especially Comrades as it starts in the dark. It’s so easy to let yourself stride out but no, “save” and never stop.
Agree. Once you stop, it becomes okay to do so and the run becomes a walk/jog.
If you get poop, you have to stop running like I had to today a couple miles before my long run ended and walked back that portion coz once poop strikes, you can hold it in and walk, but if you try to run through it, it will keep getting increasing uncomfortable and wanting to just explode out of your anal sphincter.
Real runners keep running and let it run down their legs.
Did a 17 mile run today and it was hot. I was a dress rehearsal for Berlin so I didn't want to carry water or sports drink with me. So I stopped two times 30 seconds at my house to drink and to pour some water over my head.