Fayelynn,

Upper left quandrant sounds like the end of your transverse colon, beginning of your descendng colon.

Here's a series of yoga stretches that will bring flex to your hamstrings and maybe help with the 'bubble'

Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor.
Bring your right leg into your torso and hug (with your arms) behind the thigh or over the shin.
Straighten out the left and push through the left heel.
Hold this for 2 or 3 breaths.
Release the right leg.

Bend both knees and hug your legs (with your arms) into your torso behind the thighs or over the shins. Bring your nose up between your knees and rock and roll to massage your lower back and kidneys. (This is actually called 'wind releasing pose')

Release your legs and return to a bent knee, feet on the floor position.

Bring your left leg into your torso and hug (with your arms) behind the thigh or over the shin.
Straighten out the left and push through the right heel.
Hold this for 2 or 3 breaths.

Release, straighten both legs, let your toes fall out, palms turn up, close your eyes and take a brief rest before you head out on your run.

The Right, Center, Left is important, it keeps things moving in the 'right' direction.

Good luck!

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Check out this website. At the bottom it discusses uses for Healthy Trinity. I have found it to help by minimizing the problem. As for completely getting rid of it...I doubt that will ever happen. I just feel like I retain more nutrients when I take them. I have been told it may take a couple months for it to kick in. This site is super expensive though. There are cheaper places to buy from....if you are interested.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by yogini runner:
Fayelynn,

Upper left quandrant sounds like the end of your transverse colon, beginning of your descendng colon.

Here's a series of yoga stretches that will bring flex to your hamstrings and maybe help with the 'bubble'

Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor.
Bring your right leg into your torso and hug (with your arms) behind the thigh or over the shin.
Straighten out the left and push through the left heel.
Hold this for 2 or 3 breaths.
Release the right leg.

Bend both knees and hug your legs (with your arms) into your torso behind the thighs or over the shins. Bring your nose up between your knees and rock and roll to massage your lower back and kidneys. (This is actually called 'wind releasing pose')

Release your legs and return to a bent knee, feet on the floor position.

Bring your left leg into your torso and hug (with your arms) behind the thigh or over the shin.
Straighten out the left and push through the right heel.
Hold this for 2 or 3 breaths.

Release, straighten both legs, let your toes fall out, palms turn up, close your eyes and take a brief rest before you head out on your run.

The Right, Center, Left is important, it keeps things moving in the 'right' direction.

Good luck!<HR>

Thanks yogini! I'll give it a shot. It does seem to be helping if I wait to run about 3 hours after eating - even though by then I'm already hungry!

Funny - Luna bars are the only ones I can tolerate as well. I'm allergic to milk - thought I was intolerant for years so I never avoided whey or casein (in practically all bars), once I found out it was an actually allergy my bar search was on. Luna bars seem to be the only one's I can find out there that are tolerable. Chai tea is my favorite!

Wow shelley, when do you eat?
Do you heavily refuel after a morning run?
You run 30-40 mpw and eat like a mouse. OY!

I'm probably going to do 4-5 this morning....wish me luck!
_{Happy poop-free running!}

Wow--this is a long thread to read. Thank you so much to the regular posters here for sharing your experiences. I am a new runner and have learned so much by reading your trial and error posts.

I am training for a 25K race next weekend (May 13) and have been looking for something to prevent the post-long run cramping and diarrhea issues I have recently aquired. I thankfully don't have a problem during my runs and never a problem with mileage under say 6 or 7. I say recently aquired because I have only been running since January and my >7 mile runs only started about 6 weeks ago. (I'm almost 33, female and have 5 kids--no real "traumas" during birth and no poop issues other than after a long run)

From the info I read here, I tried taking one Immodium yesterday before my 10miler and made more of an effort to hydrate during the run (water only). It helped, but I still had some cramping for a couple hours afterwords (I took another Immodium with lots of water after the first "episode" post-run). I think I might try 2 before the race on Saturday and will eat an early dinner Friday, maybe a banana and gatorade early on race morning. I also wear a camelbak during my long runs and won't need it for the race--I have read elsewhere that wearing something tight around the gut may be a factor too??

Anyway, if you more experienced runners have any specific advice for pre-race diet to avoid gas, cramps and diarrhea, please let me know! I am not intending to "race" this race. I entered it with a friend with the goal of just wanting to run that far once in my life (she's actually already dropped out due to 2 stress fx). That said, I know the "nothing new on race day" is a common reply here, but I am looking at this as just another long run with about 2000 of my newest friends. I'd really like to be able to celebrate this accomplishment with my kids, DH and extended family members rather than spend most of the afternoon on the pot!

sorry so long--thanks for reading

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Congrats on your sccessful long run!
yay!

I'm not one to help you 'get' regular.
I'm so 'regular', that I can take 2 immodium, and STILL poop 1-2x during a run, and right away again the next day.
lucky, yes?
but OY! I'm a poopmachine...HAHAHAHAHA


try eating fresh fruit and some whole grains

again, congrats on the long run

Thanks for the reply, ShelleyM. I was in "good" shape before starting this training program in January, but am now feeling the effects of too much too soon (sore knees and right foot). Running is much different than the kickboxing, cycling and step classes I was taking before! I will be glad when this race is over so that I can back-track and build a strong running base before signing up for anything over 5K again. I really do love running--particularly those long, slow runs that cause me the problems! If anyone out there has had any success with eliminating post-running issues, I'd love to hear your strategy!

thanks again for reading and hope you all have incident-free runs!