To Fart or Not to Fart... Seriously What's the Question

So this may just be because there is a lot of Schuylkill River floating around in my belly still, or because my workouts have been pretty long and my digestive system well just super screwed up, but "To Fart or Not to Fart?" is a serious question that has come up during many of my workouts.

I usually make sure I poop before every workout, mainly so I know I have my body emptied out before going for an uber long workout. Sometimes this just isn't enough and you end up in an awkward position where you have to fart, but you must ask yourself, "Is this only going to be a fart?"

Yesterday in the pool I was 1/2 way into my 1.5hr swim workout, ready to let out a gigantic bubbly air pocket, so I asked the question "Should I or should I not fart?" Despite how entertaining bubbles can be in a pool when you're with your friends (probably not friends of the opposite sex that you hope are attracted to you), the answer when swimming is "You better not!" Luckily, I made the decision not to, for multiple reasons:
1. You don't want that floating around at all, especially when you're mouth has the potential to be open
2. You want to be able to swim in that pool again someday
3. It's an immediate workout stopper
4. Gross, yuck, ew, disgusting, gross, gross, GROSS!

What you should do is stop your workout, and get yourself to be bathroom as soon as you can if there is any question of an unpleasant surprises. What I did was just simply refuse to fart. I figured if I held in that air pocket maybe it'll keep my butt higher in the water and reduce my drag. Unfortunately this was quite uncomfortable for about 45 more minutes also.

For some reason this is an easier risk when you are on a run, especially when you are half way on an out and back run in the middle of nowhere without a bathroom/building insight. I never have this problem when I run, but I know of a few people that have come back from runs without their shirt, sock(s), or glove(s) in order to take care of this problem (Haha you know who you are).

So in conclusion, do whatever you think you feel comfortable with, and whatever you do just remember, there's no pooping in the pool, accidental or not. We can't have Bill Murray running around cleaning up pools whenever we want.

 22 days 22 hours 27 minutes... i should have waited 5 more minutes