Another Porta Potty story wrote:
Once opened a port-potty to find excrement piled about 4 inches above the seat opening.
How do you get it that high? Do you squat above the pile?
I threw up.
Apparently you hang from the ceiling by your previously soiled fingers.
I have NEVER actually used a porta potty at an event. Ever. And I won't.
Port-o-lets are hell on earth.
Having mastered the incognito skills a few years back, I'll never - and I mean never - use one of those again.
Uncivilized.
that's so too bad. the porta-potties are designed for people to have a place to pee outdoors. I have one suitable for 2 days of camping and hiring and I use it every time I go camping with my boyfriends.
But... I don't think all the runners do this.
I like using the porta pottie before a race. I get nervous before races and like to sit down away from the crowds and meditate for 20 minutes. When you are are about to race who cares if it isn't clean. You are going to get sweaty and sticky from racing anyway so you can have a shower afterwards. Especially if it is a XC race you will be covered in mud. Also if it is raining lots and it is a road race you will actually be cleaned that way.
Tbh I'd half rather piss during the race than use a portaloo sometimes.
If I saw you running past my house during a marathon I would invite you in to use my restroom.
Where is the wings / t-shirt shirt post?
` wrote:
The homeless are much much filthier than runners. I've never found race toilets to be all that dirty, especially compared to the toilets near homeless camps.
+1
Ya beat me to it.
I almost stepped on a syringe in one.
And the smell! Makes ya wanna puke.
Why do some people always crap on the floor of the porta-potties? Last summer at a race I had used one and accidently stepped in a mess! ? Had to drive home in my socks and spent 30 mins in the garage cleaning & sanitizing the shoes!
Anyone who thinks that runners are the messiest porta-potty users has clearly never used one after a self-induced abortionist.
I went to an open stall in the men's room at an indoor track meet and left scarred for life. I don't know what happened in there, but the contents of someone's colon had literally exploded everywhere. Everything was covered in slimy splattered poo. The walls, the toilet, the floor, the stall door. There was like 15 pounds of poop just covering everything. The stench was suffocating. It was bad, man. Real bad.