I found this insightful and useful. Funny, too, but then anything involvement bodily functions is. It reminds of an old familiar saying concerning Kona, "If you haven't peed by Hawi you aren't drinking enough." Maybe I should add that tn my kit design.
From my fellow triathlete, coach, and FB friend Thomas E. Skelton III, used by permission:
Somebody has to talk about this and thankfully for you all, I’m uniquely qualified to help!
Imagine this, you’ve worked hard for months to get ready for a race, your wetsuit is off (so it’s hard to just pee freely now!) and you’re on the bike cruising along. All of a sudden “BAM”, you feel the urge to pi$$!
You have two options 1. You can lose precious seconds or minutes that you spent months to train to SAVE or 2. You can just relax and let it flow!
If you ask me, I take option 2. So I want to share with you my top tips for peeing on the bike! Real quick…As a general rule of thumb, I expect most athletes to pee once on the bike during a 70.3 and twice on a bike during a 140.6…maybe a tad more….but not too much!
1. It takes practice…NO, I’m not talking DURING training. Peeing on the bike is specifically reserved for race day, you dirty heathen!
2. A slight to steep downhill is ideal. This is because we need to relieve some pressure from our sit area and allowing your self to hover on your saddle is helpful. If you can pee biking uphill, you’ve got some mythical urinary skills.
3. Try to, if you can, time it not too long before an aid station. Being able to grab a water and rinse off your crotch and legs is nice! But make sure you’re not slinging pi$$ because you JUST went right before the aid station. The volunteers don’t deserve that!
4. Don’t wear socks on the bike! This is why you will never see me with socks on the bike in a race. I don’t want to put my pee drenched socks into my runners. Thats just gross!
5. Post race, rinse your bike shoes off ASAP so that nasty funk doesn’t dry into them…especially if you have to pack your bike to fly home. Nothing smells worse than 3-4 day old pee pee shoes from your bike box!
6. Bonus tip…if someone is drafting off you and won’t back off, give them the golden shower they deserve! You’ll be relieved and it will teach them a valuable lesson! Bonus points if you can tell to get them talking so their mouth is open when your bladder butter hits them!
So that’s it! My top tips for peeing on the bike!
Do you struggle to pee on the bike during races or can you relax and just let it flow?