Serious Question-Do ultrarunners bring dog poopy bags with them for their human poops so they aren’t just left on the trai

No....if no one is around let it blow. ?

Do bears?

They probably just go off the trail? Dumb question.

It’s something you have to do sometimes. At least you can easily find somewhere to pee (unlike city running). It’s not glamorous, but it’s not a big deal either.

I always carry a baggie and wipes. If it’s somewhere that I can dig an appropriate hole well off-trail and bury it then I will.

Otherwise, there is the bag.

Never leave poop sitting out. That’s just not right.

I witnessed an ultra guy drop trou and unload in the middle of the trail. Once finished, he simply continued running like nbd. He left his giant logs in the middle of the trial.

Hot Buns wrote:

I witnessed an ultra guy drop trou and unload in the middle of the trail. Once finished, he simply continued running like nbd. He left his giant logs in the middle of the trial.

Greg?

Do ultrarunners drop loads in the middle of the trail similar to a Mario Kart video game obstacle course with banana peels, only in this case a feces pile of slippage?

Gasser wrote:

No....if no one is around let it blow. ?

Do you wipe bro?

Caked ? on good wrote:

Gasser wrote:

No....if no one is around let it blow. ?

Do you wipe bro?

When you sh!t ATG you don't need to wipe.

ultrarunner drop a load wrote:

Do ultrarunners drop loads in the middle of the trail similar to a Mario Kart video game obstacle course with banana peels, only in this case a feces pile of slippage?

Jesus dude where do you come up with this? Lmao

Did Paula bother with a doggy bag in the London Marathon?

I'm not even an ultrarunner, just someone who runs in the mornings, after breakfast and coffee. Pooping outside is a common thing for me. Just today I was doing an interval workout and barely got off the track to poop in the bushes. Carrying dog poop bags would be useless btw. If you positively can't hold it in until you finish your run, it's likely liquid.

Gary L wrote:

Did Paula bother with a doggy bag in the London Marathon?

No but that course is monitored. During an ultra race in middle of nowhere not sure they have the resources for a post race clean up ? ?

Pretty sure you don't have to wipe at altitude

CMBarton wrote:

Pretty sure you don't have to wipe at altitude

But it stays caked on if you don’t wipe. Does it get baked more in the sun at altitude with the thin air?

I've run ultras up to 50 miles (about 7 hours) and never had to poop during one. Maybe if you're running 100 miles and you're out there all day, but usually if you're actually running most of the race, you won't need to poop.

I have had to unexpectedly poop during long runs though. In those cases I just try to follow LNT principles as much as possible by digging a hole off trail and burying it. It's not a common thing for me so I don't carry TP, so in those instances I just use a small smooth rock, leaves, or some moss. However, as someone already said though, if you're squatting ATG there's usually nothing to wipe.

Now I know how Trump got elected. Where did all you kids come from?

Jopdksn wrote:

CMBarton wrote:

Pretty sure you don't have to wipe at altitude

But it stays caked on if you don’t wipe. Does it get baked more in the sun at altitude with the thin air?

Not in my experience. No wipe/fap 10+ years

AdamCroucher wrote:

I've run ultras up to 50 miles (about 7 hours) and never had to poop during one. Maybe if you're running 100 miles and you're out there all day, but usually if you're actually running most of the race, you won't need to poop.

I have had to unexpectedly poop during long runs though. In those cases I just try to follow LNT principles as much as possible by digging a hole off trail and burying it. It's not a common thing for me so I don't carry TP, so in those instances I just use a small smooth rock, leaves, or some moss. However, as someone already said though, if you're squatting ATG there's usually nothing to wipe.

Honestly, deer/elk/moose/bear/mountain lions/all those big scary creatures most LR's fear typically out-number humans in those big scary wilderness-y backwoods type places, and I have yet to see any of them using doggie bags. What I DO see is plenty of their offspring (droppings), like all over the place - directly on the trails, just off to the side of them, here, there, and just about everywhere. So am I overly concerned if I need to use the bushes once in awhile? You be the judge...