Despite going for a piss just before the start of last weeks Windsor 1/2, after about 20 mins (3 miles) I was gagging for a pee. This feeling stayed with me the whole race.
When I got home I remembered that I had been desparate for a pee 2 hours earlier and went to the loo.
Why had I been desparate for a pee during the race & why had the feeling dissapered after the race?
I know that Natty Noodle also had the same "I need piss" running experience at Windsor. Is it common?
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Normally I drink lots of water in the days and hours leading up to a race but don't drink anything in the final 2 1/2 hours. Due to the conditions on Sunday I drank about 500ml of water during the hour leading up to the start. I wasn't too worried because I was able to relieve myself about 10 minutes before the start.
So my advice is to drink lots up to about 2 1/2 hours before the start. This gives enough time for any surplus to make its way through the system.
last minute as poss pee, then however much I drink while running, I never need to go, I was fine for 2.5 hours it took me to run bristol, was litterally crossed legged for a few momnets after the finish, this passed,then I realised about 7pm that evening that I hadn't been at all since finishing!!
Curiously, I ate non-stop from finishing the run for all waking hours for next three days, but didn't go to the loo other than to pee for 4 days!! - whatever did happen to all that fibre??
One minute gagging for a pee the race finnishes & you don't want to go for hours or as the Happyslug says, days.
Maybe Mim is right
I must have the smallest bladder for someone my size and I have a 'thing' about going for a pee in public! I've only run two races - on the 10k I really wanted to go and squat in the grass - is this normal girls? What do you do? I ended up carrying the weight of my pee around with me!
If you want to continue to drink in the run-up to a race, stop taking on water and drink a sugary drink (sports drink a favourite) - the body will retain the liquid taken in excellently, leaving no desire to pee. There are articles on the way the body will hold onto water better if it's in the form of a sports drink, but can't remember where. My only advice is to try it in either a shorter or less important race...
me too. I became increasing worried that htere was something with me so asked a friend who spoke to a urologist. It seems that this is quite common for long distant runners, you get an irritated urethra which causes inflammation and the desire to pee. Or it could be a bloke thing enlarged prostate and all that!!