Advice for controlling Bowels

You need to eat healthier in order to poop better.

Coffee a few hours before running to clean out the pipes. But tough to use this approach if want to run early to beat the heat.

My diet is okay I think. Not so much about the nature of the poop but the timing.

The imagined stress of impending running automatically cleans out my bowels several times over during the couple hours before my run.

A cork. Seriously, have a caffeinated beverage an hour or so before your workout, stretch, and you should have results in the security of your own home.

Are you a member of BTC training in Sedona?

Nicotine. If you really want to empty your bowels, bum a cigarette off a smoker. OR just bum one or two drags. That's all it takes. Instant bowel clearance. Don't believe me,? Try it.

Unfortunately, having a running route with access to public bathrooms is often the only way to deal with having to go no. 2 during a morning run. Imodium can help you get through a long run and is good for marathons. But you can't take it very often as it has the opposite effect.

You may also check your diet for possible triggers for having to go no. 2 on runs. Dairy is often a culprit. Some foods are much higher in fiber than you would expect. Pizza is the last thing in the world you would want to eat the night before a long run. Conversely, trying to boost fiber in your breakfast can help get things cleaned out before you head out the door in the morning for a run.

The hot weather seems to make this issue worse.

So having to poop can happen for a few reasons.One way to help is to alter the time of your runs or meals.

But also. It could be your body trying to release heat. One technique that helps me is to start my run with shirt that's cold either from the freezer, from cold water. Or both. Buys you a little bit of time without melting in the summer heat.

This last part isn't any sort of commentary on veganism. But for the hot summer months if I eat very light, cold meals with not much meat oil cream or sugar it's easier for me to deal with the heat. Might help you.

Running early in the morning could help too It's cooler.

I thought there was only one reason, with that said...

Almost nothing does more for ones feeling of well being than a good dump

I can't quite empty my bowels before my morning run. I wake up, poop, empty the dishwasher and make my bed, and then I feel the urge to poop again so I do. Sometimes this is enough to get me through a run, but sometimes I'll wake up, poop twice in the span of 30 min, and 4 miles into my run I'm searching for a porta potty. It's frustrating.

Me too (except the dishwasher part). I usually run evenings and sometimes poop like 4-5 times in an hour just before the run. It’s like my body has a primitive fear of running with poopy bowels.

What I don’t understand is why my body doesn’t shed all the load in one go. Or maybe two if it is really constrained because of some bureaucratic red tape. Sometimes it’s just outright adversarial, like after releasing a couple spoonfuls, my body will refuse to poop out any further matter no matter how hard I push, but right after I clean up and pull up my shorts, it’ll come right back calling for another sit. Like WTF?

Does anyone relate to this half-dozen-poops syndrome? What’s the fix? It doesn’t seem to matter what I ate the previous day.

If you only have this urge to defecate at a certain time only on mornings before a run, the issue is more psychological than physical. Maybe taking anxiety medication would help but anxiety medication may adversely affect the ability of your heart rate to rise significantly enough to make the run productive.