NEEDING THE 'TOILET' WHILST DOING A LONG RUN (TREADMILL)

MissMalinSara

Hi!

I seem to get cramp/dodgy stomach whilst doing long distance runs and it really puts me off, allthough I run through them (god knows how!)


I eat breakfast around 6am, lunch around 1pm and then have a pre-workout snack like a banana and peanut butter about 20 minutes before my run, then following my run i have dinner.

How can i stop this 'needing to go toilet' so i can run normally?

susanmary88

You could take an imodium/arret. or any of those anti-diarrhoea tablets before your run!

714rah714

Maybe that banana and peanut butter, bouncing around while you run, is causing you to cramp up. Do you drink a lot before your run also?

fittraier

I know outside runners that need a toilet on long run. I think it is somewhat normal. but maybe what you are eating prerun is affecting your cramping. If I run first thing in AM, I don't eat anything, because I know it will affect me. You might need to play with what you can eat before and the timing of it.

I know I can have a smoothie one hour before spin class, but it would not work for running for me. I can eat a protien bar before body pump, but a full one before running makes me sick to my stomach.

fittraier

Maybe that banana and peanut butter, bouncing around while you run, is causing you to cramp up. Do you drink a lot before your run also?

and the water, either need more or less of it before a run....

Leannek74

I get the same way, and make a point to try and go before I start my run. Sometimes it helps, but sometimes not!

nickscutie

You could take an imodium/arret. or any of those anti-diarrhoea tablets before your run!

I would NOT do this, at least not if you want to poop normally when you are not running.