Why are people banned from the Sedona track now?

java jo3 wrote:

pooperpants wrote:

I read it the other way - not as a formal assessment of the degree of the criminal offense, but just to say it was not such a bad thing. Only java joe can tell us what he meant.

jesus christ people. Picture this - your 25 year old elite runner is clicking off k repeats, she feels something building in his bowels, but he's at the training session with his teammates. After the next recovery, she realizes, she's got to go - runs over to the bathroom and its getting really bad, this is going to come out one way or another. Bathroom is locked -she'll run over to the porta jon by the soccer fields - it is gone/taken away after the weekend tournament/locked up/completely covered in crap/being lived in by the homeless - chose your own scenario. Looks around, no other options, there aren't any businesses nearby that would be open, there aren't even any woods around. She's going to try to hold it and continue the workout. After missing a rep, she hops back in. This next rep isn't going so well, he's way behind Sam, taco Shelly, Greek Alexi, and Mary, the other runners in her pace group. Hell, 600 meters in she doesn't know if she can finish the rep, something is coming out of her one way or the other. And then its a move to lane 8.

This is just one of who knows how many scenarios. And sure your runner is guilty of public indecency, lewdness, everything else you can think of - but isn't a bit different than some French Canadian pooping on the track because he thinks its funny.

java jo3 wrote:

jesus christ people. Picture this - your 25 year old elite runner is clicking off k repeats, she feels something building in his bowels, but he's at the training session with his teammates. After the next recovery, she realizes, she's got to go - runs over to the bathroom and its getting really bad, this is going to come out one way or another. Bathroom is locked -she'll run over to the porta jon by the soccer fields - it is gone/taken away after the weekend tournament/locked up/completely covered in crap/being lived in by the homeless - chose your own scenario. Looks around, no other options, there aren't any businesses nearby that would be open, there aren't even any woods around. She's going to try to hold it and continue the workout. After missing a rep, she hops back in. This next rep isn't going so well, he's way behind Sam, taco Shelly, Greek Alexi, and Mary, the other runners in her pace group. Hell, 600 meters in she doesn't know if she can finish the rep, something is coming out of her one way or the other. And then its a move to lane 8.

This is just one of who knows how many scenarios.

pooperpants wrote:

Artie Lange wrote:

Dude, you are either a deviant, or your pre-run routine needs a ton of work. I've been running for many many years, and only used a park restroom, or port-0-pottie 3 times. I have had close calls a few times, and been in extreme discomfort, but never felt the need to go find some bushes to push out feces.

You should have this figured out by now. It seems like you take it as a poop badge of honor.

Also, no brownie points for not getting caught. That's what should happen.

I have a sensitive stomach. I could wait for the perfect window of time to go for a run, or I could just go and let my guttiworks sort themselves out. And like with all things running, don't assume that things work the same way for you that they do for someone else. I have learned to manage my pooping, but I also don't shy away from it if the urge makes itself known and I can find a good spot. (which, again, I am very good at doing because I am smart, bold, and fearless)

You sound anal-retentive like most runners. I bet you couldn't poop outside unless your sphincter was involuntarily opening. You need to get back to the earth. I have tips on wiping depending on what you have available, just ask.

zcvxvc wrote:

Tracks are built for people to run on. And when you have to do a workout, you will most likely need to go in advance or even between intervals, lest the workout be bad, especially when you have to drive an hour before or after. That's why they have restrooms at tracks. When those restrooms are not open, it creates situations that you avoid by keeping them open. Running itself, as you should know, gets things moving in this direction. So, if the bathrooms outside are locked during the day, what are you going to do? Naturally, go inside the nearby building. If you're running through the hallway, it is presumably to get back to the workout as quickly as possible. No high schoolers would be in danger because of it. After all, they are not accompanied at every step out in public or at games, right? They do encounter others. No harm, no foul, but leave the tracks and track bathrooms open so that the tracks fulfill the purpose for which they were created. And recall that the purpose is a social good, a healthier populace and thus greater longevity and lower health care costs for everyone.