DerekL

Don't you have a podcast to not do?

How many names does Ben have here anyway?

Can we get @jackmott or @desert dude on here for some thoughts?

Where did we get this 22lb number?

A bunch of triathletes tried to lift it up and couldn't.

Ooooh, actual doctor question! My time to shine.

I dunno.

That could have been you if your mind wasn't clouded from all the work wanking.

Who's gonna tell the new guy that actual training talk just feels weird here?

I trained for 2 half marathons on treadmills. I really got lazy about trying to figure out how to layer appropriately, so I just went to the gym. I can have my water bottle with me, and I can watch TV, and still do a specific workout based on distance and pace.

The only downside to doing speed on the treadmills is that some gym treadmills only go to 14mph.

How slow will they go? Asking for a friend.

Couple of general guidelines. If Webstey is in the bathroom, and it's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'. And we all love Cocks around here.

Also Ben is an asshole, but he's our asshole.

This poll needs a third option: really want to, but can't.

I tried so hard to pee on the bike during IMC last year. I was preoccupied with my full bladder, refused to wait in line for a porta potty, kept riding with lots of self talk trying to convince myself to relax and go already... "ok... just... GO!" ..."relax...and... go!" "fuck, pee already!!!" Not happening. Eventually stopped at a porta potty with no line, not wanting to get undressed (wearing a onesie with a bike jersey over top), rolled up one leg of my tri-suit and held it off to the side. Long satisfying pee. Went to reposition my shorts and was immediately clear I had pissed all over them. :-/

I can't pee while swimming either.

I had the same issue in my first IM, then I learned to pee in the wetsuit and it was all awash after that. It also helps when you are unable to pee so you stop at a porta potty and lo and behold the last person to visit it seems to have had zero control of their bowels and spray painted the whole thing with shit. That kind of scene and smell (it was 35C and humid as hell) will make it an easy option to pee anytime, anywhere to avoid portable toilets at all costs. That was how I also learned to pee on the run. Make sure you have a water bottle as cover though, if you care about that kind of thing.

I'm 45 and I've had two kids. Peeing on the run is a given.

Weird. My wife had two kids, and I've never had that problem.