Totally TMI - especially for the Exercise Board - but I really need help!

I have big problems with this as well.  Last Friday's long run I needed 3 stops before I even made it 6 miles.  Made it the last 4 after that just fine once I got cleaned out.  Today's run was no trouble, but I ran late morning after I'd had a couple trips to the potty before I even went.  Some of the things that I notice cause problems are fresh fruits and veggies the night before, more food than I'm used to, and like Cassie, high fat foods and milk products can be a problem for me.

Nearly all my speed workouts give me trouble, as does being too hot.  That's the main reason I train on a tread at the gym.  I've had these problems since I first started running years ago and the one thing I can say is at least I'm used to it enough that I can just get back on and finish my runs (most days).

Linn

I try to have a BM before going out running, and to not eat beforehand, which is why my runs tend to be in the mornings. I drink a cup of coffee or tea in the mornings, and that (the warm/hot drink) has been shown to stimulate peristalsis in the gut, helping with elimination. Caffeine can also have an effect, bu****ch the amounts--it can cause dehydration and sometimes diarrhea with WLS patients. 

I hate the feeling of a full bladder, so I pee right before I go out!  I try to know the nearest place with a public restroom along any route I take, just in case! Like this morning, I passed public restrooms at the Fat City Cafe, the local laundromat, the Barbur Grocery, the Starbucks on SW 34th, and Big Al's Gas Station along my 5 mile route. Today I didn't need 'em, but I wanna know where they are just the same!

The three things that will bother me are sugar the day before a run, dairy the night before or the day of and thin plastic water bottles.  I had the same problem for weeks before I realized that it was my water that was killing me.  I origionally thought it was poland spring but Nestle also does it.  They are both served on those thin plastlc bottles and I determined that the thin bottles were doing it.

Nope not alone

This is pretty common.  You'll notice that every race has plenty of port-o-pottys!! haha

I do a lot of my runs in the early evening, after work, which I rarely have a problem with.  The morning is rough for me.  For some reason, my body needs to fully wake up and even then, sometimes i'll need to stop.  If I'm going for a Sunday long run like over 9 miles, I'll take some Immodium AD, which seems to work fairly well.  i'm not gonna overuse it, but I'll use it on race day as well since I get way earlier than I'm used to. 

Brian
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Thank you all for your kind responses.

I also try to make sure I'm emptied out before I go and all of these instances have been morning runs.  But now school has started and so I may need to move my runs to later in the day in order to accomodate my family's schedule.  I wonder if that will help.  I feel like my body is just waking up (so to speak) when I go for the early morning runs and have this problem.  I don't have anywhere that I can make a pit stop as I live in the country.  I try to make loops when I run so that I'm never TOO far from home - but it gets boring after a while.  I have seriously considered putting toilet paper in my fuel belt and just dashing into the woods at times.  That really is TMI!

It's good to know that this may not be unsual for some.  I wasn't having trouble before - this is quite new to have this problem every time I run.  I appreciate all of your suggestions.

pam

My body does much better in the evening than morning, try different times of the day to see which works best for you.