You’re not by any chance having your first fag of the day whilst running are you? I always need the loo after FFOTD. 
Sorry I can’t help but I thought I might make you smile at least.
This is really bad advice. You have to hydrate during running! One of the things that I work on as part of my training is figuring out how much liquid and food I can tolerate before and during a run (I’m talking about runs over 10 miles). What works for me is small sips of water or accelerade every mile or so starting just after the first hour of running.
One thing I noticed that was missing from your list of things to try, cmosdes, is eating before you run. Also, do you eat while you run? If you want to do an Ironman, you’ll have to figure out how to eat during the race or your never finish.
cmosdes, I would recommend going over to the runnersworld.com forums. All the posters there are runners and there is a lot of great information posted there.
Perhaps I should have added “for me” to the end of that sentence, but I thought it was implied given the forum & the question. How much water & food I can tolerate during a run is “virtually none.” I need to make sure to drink a ton of water the night before and have it available for right after I stop moving, but during the run, I cannot drink a lot without regretting it.
One of my friends is a runner and has the same problem.
Her solution is to run with toilet paper and dart in the woods. ( We live in the sticks.)
I’m in the same group as amarinth. When I first started heading up to the upper teens for long runs I would bring along gummy bears or other sugars. I found that all they did was upset my stomach. I stopped eating them and I was fine for the entire run. Here in the Pacific Northwest we have cool, dry (low humidity) mornings so typically I don’t need water, either. On long runs (over 17 miles) I usually have some water and it helps, but I’ve found I can get through most runs without it.
trmatthe - I suppose I could try taking up smoking and quitting and see if that helps…
lilflower - I’ll take another look over there. The last time I browsed through their stuff most of the recommendations seemed to be
- hydrate
- don’t eat before you run
- go before you run
- change your diet
- take Imodium
- take toilet paper with you
Shirley Ujest - my plan is similar… make sure there are plenty of opportunities to go along the route. While that works and does allow me to run, it means I’m limited in where I can run. Also, another symptom of all this is the general “ill” feeling I have while running, making hard training almost impossible. I used to run 7:00 miles without really breaking a sweat. Now 7:20 miles are hard.
This is completely far afield, but what the hell, you haven’t found any answers yet:
Are you a gum chewer? Candy mint eater? Cough drop fiend? I cannot have ANY sorbitol in my system anymore or I’ve got to squat. And exercise would exacerbate the situation.
I’d concur with this. I would try anything – hopefully the food removal route will work for you – before I’d be pumping myself full of creative drugs.
JK
At least you’re not doing the 200m freestyle for non-swimmers.
I get bowel cramps at anywhere from 40-55 minutes into my run. They go away, but it ruins my enjoyment of the run, that’s for sure. I’ve never had a bathroom emergency situation, for which I’m grateful, but I have considered using the port-a-johns on the path- and me even briefly considering using those means something isn’t right with my body.
I’m glad to know it’s not unusual, though. Thanks!
Try not running at 5 in the morning psycho
My friend says he uses benadryl, sometimes as little as a quarter of a dose. How have your runs been going?
A little too frequently from what I hear.