Any advice: My stomach seems to be liking me less & less, whenever I run for more than 40 minutes my food seems to want to evacuate (to put it nicely). I originally thought that it was a problem with corn, but have cut that out, then it was oats. I thought I'd done everything right on Saturday before a half-marathon on Sunday but again had to jump into some bushes after 9 miles & I'd taken some Immodium. I am assuming its foods that are too fibrous, any ideas on how to remedy this? I am running the London Marathon & don't want to be stopping every mile, especially as it often means I have a poorly stomach for a couple of days after.
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I have a similar problem. Tonight's 7 miler was torture and just made it back in time. I've searched the site for info and the nearest I can get to it is that we are jigging around our innards too much and making them feel unwell. If you search 'diarrhoea' on forum you may find the reply. He suggested running slower. There is some common sense in that; I don't get so many problems when I run at a steady rather than fast pace. I also don't get problems when I run in the morning either.
Good Luck - I'm running London too. Might see you in the q for the loo's!
I think I had a 'tummy bug' anyway, and just as I thought I was getting better I did a 7 mile run. Had to have 2 days off work I felt so bad. A week later and I still have occasional stomach cramps, especially after eating.
Am going to risk a short run today - first in a week or so.
Fingers (or legs) crossed!
and less fibre in your pre run nutrition.
and less acidic stuff like spices and fruit juices and that sort of thing
follow the KISS rule Keep It Simple, Stupid.!!!
try cereal and toast (like frosties and white toast with jam) before the run, that's nuetral and nutritions.
experiment and you'll find a balance.
I managed to break the routine and fooled my body. Now I will never go running unless I've been to the toilet or unless I'm doing a route with lots of trees/bushes. It's mind over matter as with lots's of elements of running.
I wouldn't recommend cutting out roughage. It's better to be regular than constipated!
What is Lomotil? Like Imodium? as I find that sometimes, mainly in the evening, that Imodium does not work - so I plan routes around pubs and bushes as it were.
Sorry just realised Camilla has asked the same question!!
I have had this problem for a few years, started when I started running longer and faster on the treadmill, didn't have a problem on the road until I started to speed up. I try and go for a short run (about a mile) before I go on my main run and this often helps as it were, but I still take Imodium.
I think it is something you just have to live with.
Whizzy
Hope this helps!
Oh, and should I ever get called up to replace Shane Warne - it is a legal substance.
Tried cutting our dairy products - no joy there - just lost weight
Whizzy
Here's to finding it!!
Whizzy
Nomally during the week I watch my diet the night before a running day and I generally eat a lot of pasta. I have tried Imodium-made it worse.
It was very frustrating when training for FLM cause I always had to choose routes that were near friends and families because I could never tell what would happen.
Now that I am running for leisure, I have tried to analyse the problem.
If I run in the morning, coffee, milk and any fruit is a no go. So it's water. No fruit day before.
If I run in the evening. No coffee or milk after 12 mid-day and no fruit all day.
Sometimes I will eat Porridge as carbs before my run but with water not milk.
I also try to cut down on spicy foods and definitely not the day of running.
Bearing in mind I generally run every other day and do gym and other sports, it's a constant dilemma.
= I also seem to have a bit of a problem with Cider, but not Wine.
Otherwise, we will all just have to keep trying to find things that suit us.
Thought it was just me that had this problem ... I've tried Immodium but that didn't help at all.
It's not as if I am even running that fast, so slowing down isn't actually an option.
Thanks everybody for all the suggestions on this topic, I will try them out - I'm doing the Nike 10k this Sunday and was considering giving it a miss until I found this website.