Garbage bag works OK just need to be sure you have easy access to the poop shoot... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Some years ago, I took 6 others including 2 females across the untracked Okeefenokee swamp in Georgia on the canoe trail in July, a 3-day trip. Cross-swamp travellers are told by the Rangers, "Y'all be sure to bring out everything solid you brung in- use big plastic bags". As described above- powerbars plus bananas, lots of drinking water, swimming amongst the gators for cooling off, and great exercise paddling in the scorching heat- our bags came out as pristine and white as when they were first packed! However there was a 7 person line for the head at Steven Foster Park on Sunday afternoon. A great trip!

The excitement of getting ready for the start of any competition seems to get a lot of people headed to the facilities. Check any bathroom before any type of endurance or high energy race.... It will be pretty busy. Must be the stress and that "fight or flight" response.

Perhaps a prudent approach would be to express any bulk several days prior to an event using a natural laxative (not a stimulant), and then proceed to steadily reduce the bulk in your diet up to, and during, the event.

A protien only diet for any sustained period of time will reek havoc on your microbial flora in your gut, leading to poor nutrient absorption, gas, bloating, cramps, water sequestering, inflammation and other undesirable effects.

If you can get yourself "regular", as in having movements within a specified time period each day (or every other day), it will work far better than any freak dietary change (which usually shocks the system and causes irregularity). At least you'll be better able to predict future "events".

I'm not a doctor.

How do you keep the newspaper dry?

I heard Carlton Tucker talk about the Worrell 1000 and the green streaks that were left as you relieved yourself during the night. They didn't even slow down to go.
His description was very funny.

I think the secret to regularity is to eat dry dog food. I take our dog for a walk every morning and then he is fine for another 24 hours. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

But give him some people food and.... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Well, the point is, don't change your regular diet if it works for you. We have been to regattas where we based our breakfast on the wind conditions. If it was going to be light air, I would have a cup of coffee and a piece of toast. If it was going to be heavy air, I would have a BIG breakfast of pancakes and bacon and eggs and hashbrowns, just to try to add some weight. Neither extreme is good if that is not what you normally eat for breakfast. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Or, if it's going to be nasty, wake up early and watch the weather channel. That'll get you going...

Well I guess I'm older then I think...or experienced....No one has even mention Imodium Advanced. Its for insurance. If your hanging off the wire doing 20+ with the chute up-- my crew, as would I to him, Beat one another after the leg if we had to stop to take care of business (#2). This stuff is great......hopefully the afternoon of the next day is not as long. Forget the bananas and regularity.
Oh, that leg with Carlton--was that with Glen Purcell?? I heard both ends of the story-- Glen was on the front.

Imodium is GREAT! I found that out this year when I had an impending "problem" when I was stuck in traffic somewhere in an Ohio city. I had Imodium in my purse (just in case, since I had never tried it before) and took one and it was instantaneous relief. It was like magic.