How do you take a dump during an ultra race?

Stomachache wrote:

Do you run up into the woods 10ft off the trail first ? How do I avoid the racer behind me seeing it? Do you use a leaf to wipe?

I was wondering about this today too. There are usually toilets at each aid station, but if there is a long distance between you may have no choice but to go off trail and do your business. However, we are obviously hobby joggers. The non-hobby joggers and elites do this:

I wore a diaper to my last ultra. It was me in first but this other guy kept pretty close on my tail but he wouldn't pass me, he kept heckling me "gettin tired yet boyo?" "my grandma runs faster than you" so I waited until the wind was coming right at us and I took the biggest nastiest poo in my pants ever and it didn't take long before I heard him snifflin back there and he kinda got quiet, then he tried to pass me but from pooing and knowing he could smell it just had my adrenaline going or something so each time he tried to pass I sprinted ahead (did lots of fartleks during my training unlike him apparently) and eventually he just gave up and kinda just faded away behind me.

Hrshrs wrote:

Stomachache wrote:

Do you run up into the woods 10ft off the trail first ? How do I avoid the racer behind me seeing it? Do you use a leaf to wipe?

I was wondering about this today too. There are usually toilets at each aid station, but if there is a long distance between you may have no choice but to go off trail and do your business. However, we are obviously hobby joggers. The non-hobby joggers and elites do this:

http://www.dawgshed.com/threads/poop-man-marathon-runner-speaks.137248/

this is actually quite inspiring, the man actually has a point.. I was just thinking of something along the lines of this earlier with what Bruce Lee said once, something about if you let fear control you in some way it will spread into other aspects of your life.. like if you feel like doing something no matter how small of a deal you think it is and don't do it because you're afraid and try to justify it in someway (not being honest to yourself that you're afraid and make an excuse instead) that's actually going to harm you because if you're going to let fear stop you from doing something you want to do thats essentially a small deal then how do you think you're going to stop fear from controlling other more "big" deals in your life? if you really want to do something, and you feel any fear/anxiety about it you just need to fukin do it, who cares what happens or what anyone thinks? when you're on your deathbed do you think any of those people you were worried about are gonna be payin you any mind? nah so SCREW EM!!

If you’re in Germany, just find a girl and dump on her.

You're supposed to take all dumps before the ultra and be on a liquid diet beforehand. Then you don't need to take a dump for the next 24 hrs if you stay off the fiberous stuff.

Hrshrs wrote:

Stomachache wrote:

Do you run up into the woods 10ft off the trail first ? How do I avoid the racer behind me seeing it? Do you use a leaf to wipe?

I was wondering about this today too. There are usually toilets at each aid station, but if there is a long distance between you may have no choice but to go off trail and do your business. However, we are obviously hobby joggers. The non-hobby joggers and elites do this:

http://www.dawgshed.com/threads/poop-man-marathon-runner-speaks.137248/

DEDICATION

WetMoose wrote:

I wore a diaper to my last ultra. It was me in first but this other guy kept pretty close on my tail but he wouldn't pass me, he kept heckling me "gettin tired yet boyo?" "my grandma runs faster than you" so I waited until the wind was coming right at us and I took the biggest nastiest poo in my pants ever and it didn't take long before I heard him snifflin back there and he kinda got quiet, then he tried to pass me but from pooing and knowing he could smell it just had my adrenaline going or something so each time he tried to pass I sprinted ahead (did lots of fartleks during my training unlike him apparently) and eventually he just gave up and kinda just faded away behind me.

I know you think that was hilarious, but next time I am fighting poo with poo. Jerk.

Just give it a push

After the guy in first takes a dump, do they clean it up so it isn’t a public health hazard to the racers? Or do the ultra participants love analyzing Kilian Jornet’s diet?

Lydiard Cerutty wrote:

Hrshrs wrote:

I was wondering about this today too. There are usually toilets at each aid station, but if there is a long distance between you may have no choice but to go off trail and do your business. However, we are obviously hobby joggers. The non-hobby joggers and elites do this:

https://i.imgur.com/dt8ospN.jpg

DEDICATION

HERO

Gretchen wrote:

You're supposed to take all dumps before the ultra and be on a liquid diet beforehand. Then you don't need to take a dump for the next 24 hrs if you stay off the fiberous stuff.

I just did the worlds end ultra on Saturday. I pooped twice on the trail. Both times i went 5 feet off the trail in the woods....squatted down and took a dump. I then pulled up my shorts and continued running. It’s so sweaty that when the race was over I literally had nothing on my tissue when I wiped. I didn’t even notice it while running. Do not take a liquid diet before a race unless you want to bonk like a rookie. I ate 3 avacados and a banana and then gels during.

Also when i urinated I slowed down abit a peed when I had space a noone near me but i still ran just that it was slow to pee but i never stopped unless i ate at an aide station. There’s a huge miscoonception around here that runners walk ultras and the people using that are just excusing themselves for running an ultra because they are weak and afraid.

Leave no trace principles state that you should dig a cathole 6 to 8 inches deep at least 200 feet from a trail to take a dump and then cover the hole when finished.

Stomachache wrote:

Do you run up into the woods 10ft off the trail first ? How do I avoid the racer behind me seeing it? Do you use a leaf to wipe?

Leaves work when you forgot your toilet paper, which is usually in my hydration pack. And usually it's probably more like 30 ft of the trail.

Can you just take in GUs during a race or do you have to eat solid food (eg burritos ) to have enough energy?

I eat a gel every hour or hour and 15 minutes. The steady input works well for me, I also eat some cookies at the aid stations every once in a while.

If I have to take a dump I use a port a potty or go a bit off trail, clear a little cat hole, do the deuce, cover it up.

It ain’t rocket science.

I have done a race in moab that didnt allow off trail poops. I had diarrhea from stress and had to haul ass to porta potties at aid stations. Won the race though....luckily the doo doos were fast and very motivating.

I did a 50 in colorado and most of it was above tree line. I pooed right on talus and wiped with a rock (bad idea...i had left over sand in my crack and ran the next 27 miles in it).

I ran a race california where i used my buff head band to wipe. I remember a pro runner that uses this site ran by man and saw my poo coming out of me.

1. ALWAYS run with TP. Takes the stress out of needing to take a dump.

2. Go a little further than 10ft off the trail. find a soft spot. dig a hole with your shoe, or move some rocks. cover it up when you're done.

3. If you're visible from the trail.... really, nobody cares. Trust me- everybody poops. But- go on the far side of the tree or bush, so oncoming runners don't need to see your butt. Runners aren't going to look backwards after they pass you- they'll be pretty focussed on the trail.