Constantly farting while running

I had this problem for a while and recently had some success by cutting down on gluten and lactose intake. I started drinking almond milk (reduced sugar vanilla is my go to-regular can get pretty thick), eating rice instead of bread at meals, gluten free cereal, and cutting down on desserts. I'm not a gluten free fanatic, as I still enjoy a couple of things with gluten or milk, like coffee and a bagel from DD. But gone are the days of indulging on bread , crackers, and pasta in the name of glycogen restoration. If I do have something like a bagel, I'll make that the only starch I eat that day. I'd rather live without ripping a hole in my underwear from nose hair burning farts.

Also in the category of serious answers: I had this problem for number of years. I eventually (~10 years later) was diagnosed with celiac disease when the flatulence was accompanied by crippling stomach pain. Seems kind of silly in retrospect. I used to think that I was getting indigestion from the acidity of pasta sauce, but it was really the gluten. I used to think that all the fruit I ate was the cause of the flatulence, but it was really the gluten in the whole grain bread with which I made sandwiches. (Green grapes are still suspect, though.)

I'd recommend that you mention it to your doctor on your next visit. Can't hurt.

E. Cart. wrote:

Just wear diapers during your runs to trap the stench. It worked for my gramps back in the Great War.

I agree with your point but not the argument. Diapers might have added to the hardships, i.e. trench-foot, trench-butt.

Excerpt from Anthony Kiedis' memoirs. (I have the book in front of me but the excerpt is from endless chapters of late career touring/love life later in the book and I'm too lazy to look up the page number).

The positive and inspirational influence of mentoring artists in his upbringing (as of teenage-age) in Los Angeles is a theme that runs throughout the book, such as writing teachers that encouraged his creativity, in an otherwise conventional and tough world,

and at one point he specifically relates the anecdote of a drama teacher who braved uncontrollable diarrhea (viral) to carry out a Broadway show.

#hardcore

#allin

#earnednotgiven

Now that we've broached the topic of trench-butt and diarhhea, I guess all bets are off in this thread. How long until somebody cites Paula Radcliffe or that Swedish distance runner?

It's probably an intolerance to either dairy products or gluten. Try cutting out dairy for a week and see if it goes away. If it does, try adding back yogurt (if you normally eat it) and cheese (again, if you normally eat it), to see if it's only milk you can't tolerate.

If this solves the problem, you're done. There are lots of milk substitutes... almond milk and lactose free milk. I don't drink milk and haven't for about 40 years.

If you still have the problem, try cutting out gluten for a couple of weeks. This is a LOT harder than it sounds. Gluten is in wheat and some other grains, and they're in a lot of processed foods. I tried cutting out gluten for 30 days. I wasn't farting a lot... I just wanted to see if I lost weight or felt better. I saw no benefits. I did lose a couple of pounds, but that was from calorie restriction by eliminating breads from my diet.

Its not a problem until you run on a treadmill. You can't run from your own farts on a treadmill.

giving up dairy (eggs are NOT necessary) will actually probably make you faster. i used to have to take a crap pretty much during every run but when i gave it up that stopped almost immediately...along with the farting...

i could train better and therefore i ran faster.

my advicce wrote:

Eat yogurt and/or drink kombucha daily.

Oh H*LL no -- kombucha smells like tea made by running drainwater through a used running sock. The idea here is to get away from foul odors.

That said, I actually agree with and practice most of what you advise from a dietary standpoint.

However, as other posters are pointing out, it's important to rule out dietary intolerances first, with the most likely culprits being lactose and celiac. True, the toxic emissions are embarrassing, but more critical is protecting your GI tract from serious and irreversible damage, which is quite possble with undiagnosed and untreated celiac disease.

In tandem with this, you can also help balance your gut bacteria by taking probiotic capsules, which have zero lactose (as opposed to some residual amounts in yogurt). Try to find a probiotic with lactobacillus and also bifidobacteria strains in them, usually abbreviated as "L" and "B", to aid both your small and large intestines.

Generally speaking, a good probiotic has the added benefit of cutting down on both the amount of time you spend in the throne room and the level of stank you leave there.

Good luck, OP... and OP's running crew.

Most farts that happen during running do not smell, and are just air.

Yours are more than likely from your diet.

We had one kid try and join the team my senior year in college. Kid was a vegetarian, hippy type. Worst farts on the planet. And he didn't care that they stunk. Just let them fly without warning. I had to leave the locker room several times to get fresh air.

So thank you for acknowledging the pain and suffering you are putting your teammates through.

Drop back from the group, let it rip, catch back up to the group.

stinky wrote:

Does anyone else have this problem? When I run with a group, my farts are honestly TERRIBLE to the point that half the fellows are literally gagging from the smell. Does anyone else have this problem with really smelly farts?

Need to make you run at the back of the pack! Problem solved.

A farting horse will never tire,

A farting man's the man to hire.

I believe there are charcoal filters that can be placed in the under garments to absorb the odor

I bought one of those cheap battery powered fans so that I could do just that.

Indoors wrote:

Its not a problem until you run on a treadmill. You can't run from your own farts on a treadmill.

I love farting

You make them tough.

10 mile race question wrote:

I honestly rip a massive, loud, stinky fart every 15 minutes or so, no joke.

Every 15 minutes???? I thought you said constantly? Dude, you have no idea how good you have it. A fart every 15 min is my body sitting at my desk. When running, my fart rate is probably one every 2-3 minutes.

Eat more beans and then get back to us. Rookie.

If you practice man-scaping back there and remove the hair from the nether regions the farts are very noisy. Think about the opening of a whoppee cushion. But if you stop doing that and let hair grow then the farts will be silent. Once they are silent you can let them fly and nobody will know who they came from.

So quit being a girly man and let your hair grown.

You're welcome.