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peeing on the bike
Edstg
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my time to lanzarotw IM is fast running out - under 6 weeks to go. I have been talking to various people about having a pee while on the bike. i'm not keen but many people do it apparently. has anyine done it or have any advice?
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If you are going for a win, age group win, Kona qualification...... then yes, pee on the bike. if you are just completing the ironman in anytime then you would be better off stopping at the toilets/quiet wooded area (if there is any in Lanza) and peeing. Also, if you do pee on yourself, do you really want to ride covered in pee. Pee in your shorts, socks, shoes....... then finishing an ironman with a possible smell of urine! I wouldn't. Your call.
Heres how I did it....
1) Roll up the leg of your Trisuit that you 'dress too'
2) Cock your knee to one side
3) pull open the leg of your suit and pee away
4) Try and aim for the gap between your rear chainstays and your lower leg
5) Once done tuck away and tidy up
With a bit of practise in training lol you can pedal at the same time
I then pissed myself in T2 whilst taking helmet off etc, Just wash yourself down with either a Pre-placed bottle of water in your box or from the first drinks station.
Temperature was 29 degrees too so baking!! Didnt get any wiff of sweat/stale piss throughout then run either!!
Ill be doing the same methods this year in the European LOng COurse champs and any Half IMs i do... Although I can usually last the entire Half IM without needing the loo.
Conehead, i bought and read your book last year the week after i signed up for lanza. very good read and a good inspiration for any people starting out on the journey.
To pee or not to pee.
Exhibit 1.
Paula Radcliffe - yeah she won...but did she really? She was reeking of pee and everyone was laughing at her.
and yes paula radcliffe did really win.
Not many guys dig it either man . . .
actually, i'm even more surprised you havent asked for pictures yet.....
Mate spray away my friend, just do it in your shorts after 10 minutes in the sun will be dry anyway.
I'm a dedicated triathlete.
If youre racing, and you have a chance of doing well...wee away boys!(and girls!)
If you've no chance of doing well and you are slow and dribbling your way along, save some dignity....please for god's sake just pull up and wee in a bush or something!
It is only wee, i shall probably wee in my wetsuit before my swims this year. I'll count it as a warm up and hope the suit flushes ok by the time i get out....
Alternitively try a catheter. You could run the tube down the inside of your leg and out the bottom of your shoe. Maybe that's what the holes in the sole are for! Then the urine will dribble out unobtrusively. Don't know if your bladder will fill up on the swim though.
Ade
now i am tyring to master peeing on the bike, but not in the shorts, but rather rolling up the leg!
only problem is that the last two times i have tried, just as getting it out, cars come the other way!!! so pick your spot!
i have not yet mastered it but am going to keep trying!
It certainly does warm the suit up,its almost perverse.It flushes out with the swim,and it is easy to spot the ones doing as they tred water before the start with their quirky smiles on their faces.
Goddamn guys...come on...got to be someone in the not urinating self camp ?
Pee at your own will, let it go. Bad things happen otherwise: http://forum.220magazine.com/tm.asp?m=34671
personally i dont think id be going for a win just yet so id be more likely in an ironman to get off and go, but i also can see why people would go ahead and do it!! and i dont think that if it was between me and one other person id let such a thing as bodily finctions get in the way!! but thats because we're triathlonites and are totally dedicated to the cause!! [:)]
man i love triathlon. x