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

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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:
livinginwonderland · 18/04/2013 15:04

Um, if a particular form of exercise causes you to get stomach cramps and diarrhoea, is it actually good for you? Perhaps those who get struck down with "runners' trots" should just stay in and run on a treadmill.

what? really? so all professional runners who get this should just give it up and run on a treadmill for the rest of their lives?

runners trots is a real thing. it's not because these people are disgusting or unfit or doing something wrong.

limitedperiodonly · 18/04/2013 15:05

Eurghh! No at trying to eat it.

LessMissAbs · 18/04/2013 15:11

Life must be so limiting if you must never walk, drive or run without being near a toilet at all times. I had no idea people planned their lives in this way until this thread! (apologies to anyone with IBS, I am not meaning you).

Gad, just think of all those hillwalkers, who go out for day long walks! I wonder what they do! (and sadly, this thread has got me wondering!)

SUMMERFRUIT · 18/04/2013 15:12

sorry but if you have to go, you have to go

Blatherskite · 18/04/2013 15:20

I run. I have never done this.

Letitsnow9 · 18/04/2013 15:20

If he could of ended his run and made it home then gross, if he couldn't hold it in, well if you have to go, you have to go. It's so much more acceptable to vomit in public than from the other end but you have the same level of control.

ThatVikRinA22 · 18/04/2013 15:23

a friend of mines dog rolled in some human poo. disgusting.

why do people think its ok? and just leave it there?? no its not on. and i run too.
if i was so desperate i would run home.

LadyBeagleEyes · 18/04/2013 15:25

As someone that was married to a hill walker for many years, who camped overnight, he always dug a hole and buried it, though I often wondered about how polluting all the loo roll must be.
I believe in the more popular hillwalker areas like the Lakes, there's a lot of litter left including toilet paper, and people will poo indiscriminately so watch your feet.

NinaHeart · 18/04/2013 15:25

I used to run a lot. I even did a marathon. Not once did I crap anywhere except in a loo. (self righteous icon)

Op's DH...NO!

ProfYaffle · 18/04/2013 15:28

Dh's exgf was a runner and apparently pooed in fields all the time, used to take loo roll with her and everything.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 18/04/2013 15:30

I think some people are deliberately misunderstanding.

Occasionally you may have to have a shit when you run. It is not caused by not having a poo before you leave or by over exercising or by being a filthy minger. No one knows what causes it. Just because it has not happened to you doesn't mean it won't. Just because it has happened doesn't mean it will happen again.

It doesn't happen a certain distance into your run. You can't plan for it.

If it does happen you will have an involuntary and uncontrollable urge to void your bowels. You cannot hold it in. You have two choices 1. shit yourself. 2. Shit somewhere else.

If you are very lucky with impeccable sphincter control you may have time to check for passers by before ripping your shorts down.

It is not something runners have any control over. The only way to stop it is for nobody to run, ever, just in case.

Are it as what it is, a sudden illness. And feel sorry for those afflicted - there is nothing more humiliating than trying desperately not to shit yourself whilst trying to find somewhere discreet to go whilst panicking that someone will spot you in this vile act.

Bearbehind · 18/04/2013 15:36

This is gross but it shows some runners don't use bushes Grin

quicklol.com/marathon-runner-shits-his-pants/

LadyBeagleEyes · 18/04/2013 15:39

I wonder if Mo Farrah has ever crapped himself or got caught short.

Bearbehind · 18/04/2013 15:39

I was walking along the canal a while ago and saw a man ahead of me get out of his van and onto the tow path carrying something white.

It was really misty but I couldn't see him ahead of me anymore so got a bit freaked out, until I glanced to the right and saw his white arse in the bushes!

Seems some van drivers even go out armed with bog roll for their bush trips!

HullMum · 18/04/2013 15:46

it doesn't matter if runners understand. the vast majority of other human being don't want to step in shit. or have their children throw their ball in it

thursday · 18/04/2013 15:48

i run. i dont poo in bushes but i know other people who've been caught out while out and about. not in town though, in the hills where there aren't public toilets. its a bit grim but not in the same league as this. i caught someone cacking in my back street recently, while walking my kids to school. i was too stunned to confront them and as they were about 3 paces from the steaming pile with a tissue on top my kids were unaware and i didn't want to change that. it was a woman delivering faux charity plastic bags. urgh.

HeyYoniYoni · 18/04/2013 15:51

If an activity causes you to need to deficate somewhere other than a toilet I'd suggest that perhaps you shouldn't be partaking in that activity

andubelievedthat · 18/04/2013 16:08

Several years ago 50 ish of us decided it would be a fun day out to walk to top of Ben Nevis , evening prior to said walk ,all but myself and a handfull of others were in pub ,and of course on said walk(climb really) plenty needed to poo/pee ,only thing is , the landscape of said mountain is barren ,i.e. no no cover! like none ! how far my friends had to run to get out of eyesight ! the shame ! the laughs! being a natural beauty site nothing is allowed to be installed near or on mountain,i.e. portaloos, re your fella >has he never heard of Dock leaves ?

MandragoraWurzelstock · 18/04/2013 16:24

'so all professional runners who get this should just give it up and run on a treadmill for the rest of their lives?'

Well...Hmm

I'm not wanting to suggest that there's no purpose any more for 'professional' runners, as such, but we do have a postal system these days. And buses.

KatyTheCleaningLady · 18/04/2013 16:32

There's a theory that humans did evolve to run long distances. Humans can literally outrun many much faster animals, like gazelles, just through endurance. Our early ancestors probably got a lot of their protein this way.

VivaLeBeaver · 18/04/2013 16:34

dh does this. But at least he poos in fields mid run as we're rural.

Bogeyface · 18/04/2013 16:40

I am still yet to hear why runners can't carry a nappy bag with them and clean up after themselves.

Sparklingbrook · 18/04/2013 16:42

Because it would ruin their 'time' Bogey. Sad

MandragoraWurzelstock · 18/04/2013 16:50

C'est Bizarre.

Floggingmolly · 18/04/2013 16:50

He's a filthy muck lark.