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icelandic trigirl Aug 2013 8:20pm, 18 Aug 2013 250 posts	Quote Pin icelandic trigirl sooo... biscuit browns... anyone heard of them? used them? are they even race legal? I quite often have toilet trouble running and am worried about a forthcoming marathon (my first). There are some portaloos but they are up to 9 miles apart and I'm not sure I can make it that far! Biscuit browns do not in all honesty strike me as a very good idea but I'd like to know more after an absolutely awful 30k run this morning (I needed to go after about 20 minutes: first public loo not till 70 min and I could hardly walk, let alone think about running, by the time I go there). There were additional reasons for this, but it isn't uncommon that I get a terrible urge to go and I don't want to do a Paula at the Loch Ness Marathon.
Ymee Aug 2013 8:27pm, 18 Aug 2013 109 posts	Quote Pin Ymee Never heard of them, but combination of running-sphincter reflex, and having had three children mean I shall be watching this thread with interest. Too many horrendous runs
icelandic trigirl Aug 2013 8:29pm, 18 Aug 2013 251 posts	Quote Pin icelandic trigirl Wondered where you had gone, Ymee! Glad to see you got rid of the L-plates I've had 2 kids so yes, need all the help I can get. Biscuit browns are something they give out in the army before tough exercises - basically, you don't poo for about 4 days!
Velociraptor Aug 2013 8:30pm, 18 Aug 2013 26,675 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor So, like, you eat something akin to the cardboard in the middle of a bog roll and it stops you from shitting? That's almost like homoeopathy Any military types got any experience-based advice?
Velociraptor Aug 2013 8:31pm, 18 Aug 2013 26,676 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor (I wish to add that I have had four children and have full control of my sphincters. Just in case anyone ever gets to wondering if I'm the person making that smell.)
icelandic trigirl Aug 2013 8:32pm, 18 Aug 2013 252 posts	Quote Pin icelandic trigirl It's from military advice that I got the advice! They do block you up - but at what cost? (aren't you a doc, velociraptor?) I cannot imagine this can possibly be good for you.
What The Actual Fleecy Aug 2013 8:35pm, 18 Aug 2013 11,203 posts	Quote Pin What The Actual Fleecy I thought this thread was going to be about cookies thanks the Lord for excellent control over both bowel and pelvic floor
Velociraptor Aug 2013 8:36pm, 18 Aug 2013 26,677 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I can imagine you won't feel entirely well if you eat to fuel and recover from a marathon and don't go for a poo for several days, but it's unlikely to kill you or cause permanent injury.
Ymee Aug 2013 8:36pm, 18 Aug 2013 110 posts	Quote Pin Ymee Hey, Trigirl, yes got rid of them eventually!! Yeah - people warn you having kids mucks your body up, but the finer details remain a wondrous surprise - my mum just cackles when I moan about it! But if they bung you up, surely side effects include bloating, and presumably when you do go it exacerbates the childbirth-caused piles!
Dvorak Aug 2013 8:38pm, 18 Aug 2013 7,387 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Well, that sent me off to ask Mr Google. As in this context? arrse.co.uk Where would you even get them now, though? Are there stockpiles at the redundant airbases? I think you might be better just making the point of stamping your Real Runner credentials card in advance of the big day. Remember, don't use a pine cone!