Once "movement" is imminent, the trickiest part is finding your OBMPP (Optimal Bowel Movement Prevention Pace). Run too fast, and you hasten your body's process dangerously. Slow down too much, and your system may slow down, but then you're not getting much closer to safety. There's a real delicate balance in finding that pace that will mitigate disaster...
When I finally stopped laughing a few minutes later, I found another treasure.
http://www.tnrunning.com/articles/milner/everyone_poops.html Be prepared to laugh your arse off. I mean seriously, just the first few sentences had me going:
Usually, when nature calls while I am running, my digestive system gives some kind of polite 10-minute warning. If that is not heeded quickly, it then sounds a more serious 5-minute warning, perhaps with a warning shot being fired off, before going to DEFCON 3, at which point there had better be a toilet within a quarter-mile, because an explosion is imminent.Needless to say, these things were on my mind when I left home for my 10 mile long run this morning. So far I haven't had any issues like this. That said, as a runner, I know that my day will come. Here's to hoping I'm fully prepared to handle the situation on that day!
Cheers!
