Okay, I'm just going to take this one on head-first. This morning, I did a swim followed by a 3.5-mile run on a treadmill. As ALWAYS, about half way through my run I had the pee-pee feeling come on. Instead of jumping off the mill and heading to the men's room as I always do, I toughed it out. Couldn't wait to hit the head when I was done; rushed in! This happens to me during actual events and I always stopped to use a restroom (only did 3 sprints). So there's where my question is aimed: does anyone here just let it go while on the run whilst in an actual event? Is that acceptable, or just plain grody?

Embarrassing as it may be, I don't think I'm the only person to just let it go during an event. I have to admit I've probably peed during the swim on every event I've done. Never on the bike but a number greater than zero on the run.

You're a brave and honest person Jen. I signed up for my first Olympic event. And today it totally dawned on me: there's absolutely no way I'm going to be able to do the run without having to do a wee bit of wee-wee.

Ya, but it's far easier for you guys than for us ladies. Pretty easy for you to just "whip it out". Bit more of a process for us.

LOL...alas, there shall be no "whipping out" of anything during an event!

I know lady runners that just pee on the run.

I've worked on tribikes that seemed like someone had peed on them.

I think that when someone gets serious about this stuff, it's inevitable.

if you are in the running for a top place maybe but if you are just a middle of the packer make a pit stop......I was shooting for a 2:45 marathon in Portland and had to pee mid race and I stopped and I swear it was the longest pee ever and ended up running 2:48......pretty sure it really was not a 3 minute break it just seemed like it at the time........still glad I made the pit stop instead of peeing myself......

Swim - Yes, I can even go without breaking stroke. Bike and run - no. I'm competitive, but not so competitive that I will not take a break to pee. I know a number of more serious (notice I didn't say faster) that will just let'er go when they need to.

OK, I just want to clarify my previous admission. Yes, I admit to it. No, it was not planned or even chosen. Sometimes stuff happens whether I want or not. <embarrassed>

um, eeewwww....

I did an ocean swim recently and purposely held my pee pee so as not to attract big sharks.

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Quote:
Dutchman Theo De Rooy is sitting in the Panasonic team car after abandoning the 1985 Paris-Roubaix. He’s covered in mud after spending a major portion of the race on the front, escaping in the Arenberg Forest. He’s interviewed by American reporter John Tesh of CBS Sports…

de Rooy: “It’s a bollocks this race! You’re working like an animal, you don’t have time to piss, you wet your pants. You’re riding in mud like this, you’re slipping, it’s a piece of ****…”

Tesh: “Will you ever ride it again?”

de Rooy, not hesitating for a second: “Sure, it’s the most beautiful race in the world!”

It's really a dirty sport, this triathalon thing. There are few sports where peeing all over yourself is expected behavior. The sweatiness of it can also be gross. I did a 5 mile lunchtime run yesterday and my workout clothing was soaked. Now, if I simply place the used clothing in thg he hamper, the whiole bathroom will turn into what smells like an ammonia factory overnight. And I will never be able to get my stink out of the workout clothing. I have to soak, rinse, and hang the clothing, followed by a proper wash to get everything clean. Maybe it's just my greasy Italian genetics, but boy do I reek after s hard workout!

It is a pretty stinky activity. As for me, after a good workout, I tend to throw my sweaty stuff in my bathtub and let it soak overnight with some of these Arm and Hammer odor eliminator pellet things. I rinse them out in the morning and, ideally, run them through the washing machine that day. If I'm not prepared to do a load of laundry just yet, that pre treatment cuts down on the stink getting "locked in" to the fabric.

That's the issue. The stink gets locked in. I was a wrestler for years and I had a friend who I wrestled with once loaded his workout clothing into his Honda hatchback. Everything was in a duffle bag and he left it in his car over the weekend. Even after he removed the duffle, the stink permeated the entire fabric of his car. It was there the whole summer.

I like the baking soda idea. You should consider just using the actual baking soda. It's the same thing as the pellets and you can buy a 5 lb. bag of it for about $12.