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Thanks! I'm sticking to the 5K distance for now, only because I've been hypokalemic (low potassium) in the past so I'm still a little tentative stretching out on longer runs. However, there are a few races at 7 and 8K next year. 7K is an interesting distance and maybe not out of the question. In the meantime, I'd like to work on improving my 5K time.

I reckon staying fit is a major reason why I have no difficulties with my pouch. I have been a runner and triathlete for about 30 years and I re-started running straight after recovery from the first emergency surgery (colectomy) with a10km race complete with a bag. That was about 10 years ago and since I have regularly competed in 5km and 10km runs with frequent training runs of up to 15km. No problems at all, just benefits. Anyway good on you!

congrats! I was never a runner, was an athlete, but became a runner by accident. signed up with Team Challenge with the CCFA (ccteamchallenge.org) in 2008 and have now run 15 halfs and about to tackle my 2nd full marathon in NYC next week. Having Team Challenge coaches, mentors, endurance managers as compassionate guides, has been instrumental in my ability to learn to become an endurance athlete. you can walk a half marathon too! and many do. I battle chronic anemia from blood loss from my jpouch strictures but the challenge of doing keeps me going. good luck on your continued running.

Did they have portable toilets positioned at points during the race and did you have to use them?  This is my biggest issue with any walking or running events on a road, beach or course.  I remember back in the 1980s when I was at a Catholic high school and then suffering from very bad UC, we were compelled to do a walkathon for charity.  I was frightened because the walk went through random residential neighborhoods and there was no place to go unless I ran into the woods.  Somehow I made it although my guts were unsettled during the walk.

 

Some years ago my paralegal ran in (and completed) the NYC marathon.  She told me that during the race she had to pee, so she found some bushes in Central Park which she thought gave her some privacy.  Instead some guy had followed her and was watching! She was really upset about it.  Anyway it's the bathroom issues I always think about with races and walks.

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Only very occasionally do I get any urge to go whilst running. It was more urgent in the first year after take down but settled down a lot after that. Mostly I found in the early days that the urge was mostly just cramping feelings. I always make sure I am empty before starting. And, when training I know the locations of public toilets just in case. And, locations like MacDonalds where you can nip in if you need to. During races, especially longer ones, there are portable toilets, but I have never had to use one. I might just be lucky but I believe that over a period of time your body adjusts to training and racing, so I would encourage anybody who is interested to just get out there and keep practicing. Good luck!

not sure when your paralegal ran the NYC, but most races today are designed to have enough port a potties. my understanding is that the NYC marathon that I will run in this Sunday in fact from the website: Portable toilets (including wheelchair-accessible ones) will be located at every mile beginning at mile 3. - See more at: http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/...sthash.P5pwIJPK.dpuf

and at the start village: There are more than 1,700 toilets in the start villages and in the corrals before the bridge. NYRR reserves the right to disqualify anyone who urinates anywhere except in the supplied toilets. - See more at: http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/...sthash.zROzGEDR.dpuf

I have run many a race, 15 halfs and 1 full thus far 1 more after Sunday, I am fortunate in that I actually kind of find that running gives me a break from looking for the potty. Some people though unfortunately do seem to get bowel stimulation from running so if you do run hopefully youre not in that camp.

 

 

 

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She ran in NYC marathon in 1996 or so.  I should have mentioned this. It may have changed since then.  Also, just because there are port-o-potties doesn't mean any of them were free and I think that was the case- she had a wait time that she couldn't deal with.  Do you have any idea what kinds of crowds are drawn to this event?  Bathrooms being available in NYC are always an issue, due to something called population density.  Check out the lines to the women's restrooms on the lower levels of Grand Central Station some time.  NYC women have some tough bladders.

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this event has grown enormous over the years, but the stated admonition about being disqualified if one is caught urinating out of bounds would imply they've sought to address any perceived shortages. will know more I expect after Sunday. any crowded venue even one that trails over 26.2 miles creates issues. the restroom lines at Lincoln Center earlier today amazed me, even for the men's room. this event itself is probably the largest of its kind, i think there might always be an inconvenient time but as i said fortunately for me its never been an issue.

howdy jhendrx, I finished in 4:50:00 exact, if I tried to do that I wouldn't have been able to have zero seconds. muscle and cardio wise I was good, but my right Illiotibial band flared up around mile 19, making the last 7 miles rather arduous but hey I finished sub 5 hours and I raised some money for the Crohns and Colitis Foundation along the way, so im happy. but I think I will stick to halfs from now on. two marathons are enough. thanks for asking! it is an amazing race with as they say a million plus strangers along the route routing you on. belies the notion of new York being a cold and unfriendly place.

Great to see all these positive stories. An update from me - just competed in what is probably the best running event I have ever been involved in. Queenstown, New Zealand marathon, half marathon and 10km. I did the 10km and was 3rd in my age group! Once again, no issues with the pouch. That was the least of my thoughts as I ran on the trail alongside the beautiful Lake Wakatipu. 9000 participants altogether and 8100 of them from outside the region and around 1000 from outside New Zealand. Come and do it next year. We could have a pouch category!

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