Peeing, Pooping, before running the Boston Marathon

well, that same day last year, Paula Radcliffe won the London Marathon. At mile 25 she had a really bad cramp, so what did she do? Pulled down her bun-huggers in front of everyone and took a shit on the road!! I'm not kidding, this made all the articles on the race.

My girlfriend is a little more proper. She may poo a couple times a day but has never pooped in her life. Her poo also smells really good whereas your girlfriend probably has to swat the flies away as she is pulling her underwear back up.

Raynor wrote:

... or any other LONG marathon.

All marathons are the same distance.

First, I am impressed how many of you know your girlfriends' poo schedule?! Second, it seems that on marathon day, people set all inhibitions aside and do whatever they want - it's their few hours of the year to abandon all rules of civilized society because it's all about them and doing whatever they need to do for THEIR marathon. I actually find it disturbing and extremely disrespectful - mostly because those bushes and trees are someone else's YARD (especially at Boston where the whole staging area is a residential neighborhood). And YES, there are enough bathrooms if you actually plan properly and get in line to wait for one when you need to. Everyone seems to wait to think about that stuff until 10 minutes before they need to get into their corral and so instead they just go wherever. I've run numerous marathons, both big and small, and have never had to resort to the public display that seems rampant just before the start of the race.

Let me guess, your "friend" is a charity runner and your trying to get information about "this marathon thing".

Go over to runners world and ask your question you ingnorant rube.

Boston is disgusting. When I ran I was in bin 1 (after the elites) which unfortunately, on the downill start, is at the bottom of the start area. There is a river of urine running down the street and you can not avoid it. it's disgusting. the closer you are to the front, the more people's urine you stand in. people hanging it out and peeing in the road all over. so gross. one more good reason NOT to do boston.

Nice exaggeration. Are you this much of a pussy all the time or just today?

eww poopy wrote:

well, that same day last year, Paula Radcliffe won the London Marathon. At mile 25 she had a really bad cramp, so what did she do? Pulled down her bun-huggers in front of everyone and took a shit on the road!! I'm not kidding, this made all the articles on the race.

I thought you were pulling our legs, then I read on Paula's own website:

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...During the race I felt good and controlled, I hoped to be able to pick it up a little in the second half but my stomach troubles put paid to that! Had I known how big the gap was, I probably could have found a way to stop sooner and less embarrassingly but at the time my brain was only focussing on winning the race strongly. Indeed I didn't know how big the gap was until after I finished. After my stop I was fine and able to pick up the pace again but I had run through it for a while, hoping to avoid having to stop.

Well, I ran London last year(was about 20 min behind Radcliff though), and there were women shitting all over the place at the start. It was so bad, I think I'm gonna do Boston next year instead.

This is the nastiest thread I've ever read. I can't believe women would do such things!

See ya wrote:

Nice exaggeration. Are you this much of a pussy all the time or just today?

well, from your start position in the slowest bin i guess it wouldn't have been an issue ...

Raynor wrote:

...He told me that before the race that the runners would pee and poop outdoors ...

The fact you still call it that tells me you're not ready for the Boston Marathon.

SB wrote:

[quote]See ya wrote:

well, from your start position in the slowest bin i guess it wouldn't have been an issue ...

That would be the second corral. I guess the river of urine started ahead of that.

[quote]undies wrote:

...it's their few hours of the year to abandon all rules of civilized society.....quote]

and behave like cattle? Come on, they're even set up in corrals!

Boston is a great race with one major problem, there are not enough porta potties for the runners at the staging area. Its okay if you are there early and have time, but we all have been there when you have 30-45 minutes to the start and have to go again. Thats the problem at Boston.

You would think they would catch on and add more , even some along the streets on your way to the starting area. I saw men just squat down and pee, people trying to go outside of the staging area at the high school, only to be stopped by the over zealous police.

Raise the entry fee $1.50 per person, put 20 porta potties right at the start in every corral and things will go even smoother.

Pee on the bus

One possible solution is to wear sweatpants with one pocket cut out. Put a bottle inside your pants and take a leak. It just looks like you have your hand in your pocket. I always have to piss five seconds before my races, and this method is tried and true. You can do it right on the line if you want. Screw the cap on the bottle, drop it down the pant leg and pull them off for the start. Easy. If you are a woman I'd imagine you'll have to use a funnel, which may be more tricky . . . Nalgene bottle perhaps?

For dropping a deuce, just establish a routine of going in the morning long before race time. If you go in the morning it is practically impossible you'll have to go 30 minutes before the race, especially if you don't stuff yourself at breakfast. Take immodium if nerves make you have to go a million times before running.

Paula didnt drop a deuce last year, she urinated. In London at the good for age corral, I have never seen what has become common at most US races.

Until 02, Boston was smaller and the school at the start was surrounded by woods, so this wasn't a problem. But now that the school has grown (as well as the crowds) it has become a free-for-all. I remember a homeowner chasing people from his yard with his dog.

At a smaller college cross country meet this past fall, I saw a girl hold in her poo for the duration of the race. When she finished, she shat all over herself in the chute infront of a lot of people. Personally, I would have rather watched her squat one off before the race than watch and smell it run down her legs and onto the ground in the chute where many more runners would have to walk through.