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to think you can't just crap in the street!!

308 replies

RescueCack · 18/04/2013 07:25

DH has just come back from a run and sheepishly told me that he took a dump in a bush. Again. This is not the first time. It doesn't happen regularly, but it has happened. How can he think this is ok??

He says he has no choice. I asked him, if he was surrounded by people watching him he would have held it, and he said 'yes, but I would have had to end my run'. So finishing a run is more important than not crapping in public???

He asked me to post because he thinks he will be validated. I know he wont. There is no way this is normal or ok. Judge him hard.

OP posts:
Fenton · 18/04/2013 08:14

Revolting.

If a grown man can't organise his run around his bowel movements then he just has to cut short his run.

Yuk.

HotelTangoFoxtrotUniform · 18/04/2013 08:14

Paula Radcliffe didn't wee. Had she weed she would have just done it as she ran and not squatted in the gutter.

Runners sometimes get runners trots, but it's not that hard to find a loo - especially if you're in an urban area. Plenty of my running friends run loops close to their house if they haven't pooed before a run as they know that running works things through.

Bertrude · 18/04/2013 08:17

In woods / rural areas I can kinda understand it.

In a bush just off a main road, not so much with the understanding.

And yes, I am joining the army on MNers who will be using the potential to shit themselves during a run as a reason for not doing it.

Silverlace · 18/04/2013 08:18

As someone who owns bushes that people regularly poo in I think it is totally disgusting, vile, revolting etc etc.

I do not want to walk down my drive and see someone's pooey tissue blowing around as often happens.

Yuck, yuck, yuck.

iwouldgoouttonight · 18/04/2013 08:23

I can see both sides of your argument. I run, and 'runners trots' is something that happens to me. I can go to the toilet several times before running and then when I'm a couple of miles from home suddenly get the most painful stomach cramps and have to hobble home in agony. If I did a poo I'd be able to carry on without pain. But I've always been too embarrassed to go in a bush in case someone saw me.

On one occasion I was suddenly desperate to go and tried to make it to the nearest toilet, which was closed. Then I considered knocking on someone's for and asking to use their toilet, but thought they'd think I was a weirdo. And then eventually I couldn't hold it in any longer and I had to limp home with a big poo in my pants.

It was one of the worst experiences of my life! And in hindsight I should have probably named changed before telling you all that Blush

cardamomginger · 18/04/2013 08:24

YANBU. And I am a runner. What he (and anyone else who feels the urge to do this) needs to do is to make sure that they are near a toilet at that part of the run when this tends to happen. Even if that means that he does a loop and ends up back at home. Then he can do his poo before heading off for the rest of his run. Just takes a bit of sensible route planning!

iwouldgoouttonight · 18/04/2013 08:26

Although I wouldn't do it myself I don't think shitting in a bush is any worse that the people who don't pick up their dog mess. That's often in the middle of the pavement.

ObiWankenYoni · 18/04/2013 08:26

My ex used to do this

Dirty fucking bastard

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 18/04/2013 08:35

I run and I understand, it's a running thing. Runners trots, it's a common problem. Not pooing in bushes, I don't advocate that although I have had to do it once but digestive urgency is common among runners.

It is nothing to do with pushing yourself, sometimes there is no rhyme or reason, running long distance does odd things to your digestion.

I eat the same stuff before every run but a couple of times I have had urgency. I have had to take detours to find loo's, but it is harder to find one now as many round here have been shut.

I had to take copious doses of Imodium before I ran my marathon, I didn't go for a week after thatGrin

Fairylea · 18/04/2013 08:50

I hope there's lots of bushes on the marathon route !

eccentrica · 18/04/2013 08:51

Hmm, It's almost as if humans aren't designed for running long distances for no reason...

Thank God for zumba ;)

Oh and Paula R definitely pooed. So did Gary lineker on the pitch once, but I'm on my phone so can't send link.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 18/04/2013 08:53

It's minging yes. But the choice is that, or shitting yourself.

Sometimes it just happens, nowt to do with pushing yourself too hard.

Sallystyle · 18/04/2013 08:53

Perhaps running is my cure for constipation Hmm

Fairylea · 18/04/2013 08:53
Ewwwww
Fairylea · 18/04/2013 08:54
Step · 18/04/2013 09:02

Go hang out with triathletes...

Peeing on the bike, pooing in bushes, pooing in their shorts... all regular dinner conversation.
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Got to be better tha this:
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HousewifeFromHeaven · 18/04/2013 09:06

Gosh I've been calling Paula Radcliffe poola radcliffe for ages!

Sorry poola Paula Grin

fuzzypicklehead · 18/04/2013 09:09

It ain't pretty, but it is a common hazard of long distance running. A couple of tissues and a bag should be a standard part of the kit.

Maybe buy him a bum bag filled with a mini tissue pack and a carrier bag for his next trip out?

LifeIsBetterInFlipFlops · 18/04/2013 09:17

'bum bag'

MoreBeta · 18/04/2013 09:24

RescueCack - but why did your DH even tell you?

There are certain things in life that a man and his wife really don't need to share.

CocktailQueen · 18/04/2013 09:28

Yuk. Absolutely revolting.

500internalerror · 18/04/2013 09:29

I totally understand this, as an ex runner. However, I do not understand why he couldn't be prepared & just tuck a poo bag into his waistband just in case. Even in a bush it's grim - that's exactly the kind of place kids love exploring. If he's such an ardent runner, he should foresee the possible need for a poo bag!

Sokmonsta · 18/04/2013 09:31

I guess as long as he clears up after himself it's no different to a dog doing their business.

But to know it could happen, not go prepared and then to leave it, is not on. I hope he at least buried it.

LadyBeagleEyes · 18/04/2013 09:32

Yuck.
Surely that proves that running can't be that good for you if you can't control your bowel movements.
And what about all those long distance runners like in the Olympics?
Are they all pooing their pants?
I think adult nappies are the way forward here.

almapudden · 18/04/2013 09:33

A friend of a friend (honestly!) has been known to do this. I've always made it to a loo myself, but it's been a close-run thing lol on occasion.

I am on the fence. Yes, it's gross, but I can understand the need. And to thise freaking out about their children potentially stepping in poo: really, who lets their children play in the bushes on the verge?