That horrible feeling when you're running & you have to crap so bad...the feces is playing peek-a-boo and you're doing everything you can to keep it from coming out. Pushing the buns together as hard as you can, walking/running funny, tense stomach. Often there's some slippage. Is there a name for this? If not there should be.
It's called prarie dogging. Like when a prarie dog pops its head out of its hole in the ground.
"tipper"
or
"prarie dog" - (keeps going in and out of the hole, accompanied by "barks")
turtlehead
Thanks. Sure feels good when it all comes rushing out.
Trying to sneak another poop thread in there? This one will be gone within the hour...
That's a terrific way to get 'piles'.
It's called peristaltic rush.
malmo wrote:
It's called peristaltic rush.
Technically, it's CAUSED by peristaltic rush as the small intestines "force" waste into the large intestine (colon). At this point it still has to travel all the way through the large intestine (via peristalsis AND segmentation). It manifests itself in the sudden gaseous/cramping feeling that precedes the diarrhea-like release most runners have experienced after (or, unfortunately, sometimes during) a run.
Luckily for all of us, even though the colon and most of the rectum is goverened by the autonomic nervous system/involuntary muscle, the terminal end of the rectum and the external anal sphincter are obviously under somatic/voluntary control.
If anyone cares (and I doubt many do), this is similar to the gastroiliac reflex, which is responsible for the sudden urge to defecate after eating a big meal.
I can't believe how frequent a topic everyone's bowel movements are on this message board. Seems odd to me, and in more ways than one. In 30+ years of running, I've only had a problem ONCE with this while on a run, and it's because I was sick. I suggest you people go to the bathroom before your run, or eat some more fiber, or go see the doctor already if this happens all the time.
Doogie Howser, M.D. wrote:
If anyone cares (and I doubt many do), this is similar to the gastroiliac reflex, which is responsible for the sudden urge to defecate after eating a big meal.
gastro-colic reflex, i thought.
jayruns wrote:
Doogie Howser, M.D. wrote:If anyone cares (and I doubt many do), this is similar to the gastroiliac reflex, which is responsible for the sudden urge to defecate after eating a big meal.
gastro-colic reflex, i thought.
Both terms are correct, though you're right, gastrocolic is the much more frequently used phrase. Both refer to the interaction between food entering the stomach (gastro-) and the increased motility of the large intestine (colic- for colon, iliac for the ileocecal valve separating the small and large intestines).
These days "gastrocolic" is the generally accepted term . . . gastroiliac has largely fallen by the wayside.
Oh man, have you been having that same problem in your evening runs since the girl scout cookies came in this year?
My advice: avoid the peanut butter ones and the coconut ones.
Johnny Rotten wrote:
Trying to sneak another poop thread in there? This one will be gone within the hour...
It's still here. A record perhaps?
Thanks for everyone's help. Luckily this only happens to me on training runs and never during a race. I wonder if this is what happened to Paula a few races ago?
american food and running just don't mix. sorry.
my high school team used to refer to that feeling as a 'shitter cramp'. there is nothing worse than a shitter cramp in a race.
everybod on my xc team takes a crap b4 practice and races, so we rarely ever get "shitter cramps". i suggest yinz listen to flagpole willy and eat more fiber abd take a crap b4 u run
That horrible feeling when you're running & you have to crap so bad...the feces is playing peek-a-boo and you're doing everything you can to keep it from coming out. Pushing the buns together as hard as you can, walking/running funny, tense stomach. Often there's some slippage. Is there a name for this? If not there should be.
Lately, I call this a normal morning before work.
Just the other morning I had one of these episodes happen to me. Out for a easy 6 miler and half way through. . OHHH I have to poop soo bad! was in a urban area, but finally found some bushes to get behind and dump. nasty!