Well, fortunately for you folks (actually, probably unfortunately ), I don't have a problem talking about this. About two years ago I had an incident during a morning run that resulted in me having to crouch between a truck and a boat to undress and deal with the problem at hand (luckily, most times I carry a bandana with me for my runny nose). My friend calls them "atomic farts." (There's fallout. Get it??) I was praying like crazy a cop wouldn't come along. "Yes sir, I know that you can get arrested for indecent exposure, however, I had no choice." "Sir, believe me, you don't want me in your car at this moment." The bad part - I was about half a block from a 4-way stop intersection. Not a well-traveled intersection, but a well-lit one. A car pulls up and I'm going, "No!" I tried to get further behind the truck with my lily white a$$ hanging out there for all to see, but the tongue of the boat trailer was in the way. So there I am, crouched as far behind this truck as I can get . . . and the car isn't moving. In my mind, I'm screaming, "Go! Just go, would ya?!?" It seemed to take forever . . . . then I remembered that not only was I wearing my headlamp, but it was still turned on. Ack! I slapped my hand over it and kept mentally screaming, "Go!" The car finally moved on, I got dressed, and it was quite the uncomfortable 2.5-mile run home. Aaaah! The joys of running!

I am sooo glad you gave a detailed description of what most of us go through with this issue...it almost deserves a separate thread. My latest incident (and I had absolutly NO choice), I was take'n care of business in someone's front lawn between a couple of small evergreen tree's. I forgot to turn my blinker off, so I stood out like a lit up Christmas Tree. The owners of the home came out and asked...what the hell are ya doing. I quickly pulled every thing back up, and took off running. And then there are the times I didn't make it...ok, that's another story. Did I just say this, or just think it, lol. I wonder if tet has the same problem on his long tapers...prolly not. TimBo

Wow, I sure missed a lot today...talk about a load of.... oops sorry. An hour in the gym, 30 doing heavy weights, then 30 minutes spinning then an hour tempo run, hamstring a bit better finally. The weather is miserable, below 0, rain and sleet, howling wind and slippery roads. YEAH, it's finally training season. I love the tough conditions. It kicks off my training season and today I signed up for Around the Bay 30K race, the grandaddy of all races in North America, (older than Boston as they say). This race owes me. This year I will be ready for the hills in the last 10K and the Grim Reaper...well I will be the one carrying the scythe. Tall

The weather is miserable, below 0, rain and sleet, howling wind and slippery roads. YEAH, it's finally training season. I love the tough conditions. It kicks off my training season and today I signed up for Around the Bay 30K race, the grandaddy of all races in North America, (older than Boston as they say). This race owes me. This year I will be ready for the hills in the last 10K and the Grim Reaper...well I will be the one carrying the scythe. Tall

OK, I'll stop complaining about hot weather now. Glad it's not below zero here. Although I assume you mean zero Celsius? Good luck with the race - when is it?