Avoid bowel issues on Comrades Marathon race day by focusing on pre-race nutrition, such as avoiding high-fibre meals, alcohol, and new foods, and ensuring you use the loo before the race starts. Picture: Google Gemini
With the Comrades Marathon around the corner, we have to talk about something uncomfortable. There’s nothing worse than being in the midst of a good run and then suddenly knowing it’s time to go — and no, I’m not talking about reaching your destination.
Every runner has, at some point, found themselves nowhere near a loo while the urge to defecate grows stronger with every stride.
If you find yourself in this situation, there’s very little you can do if there isn’t a toilet close by. You simply have to vasbyt in more ways than one.
And if that urge becomes overwhelming, there’s simply no avoiding what comes next.
