When you’re training for your first marathon or other competition, you obviously want to focus on increasing your endurance by alternating long runs with easy runs, intervals and rest days. You need ...

Tired of being sidelined by runner's diarrhea? Here's what experts recommend to get you back on the road. Rerouting your planned run, soiling your fave run shorts, and leaking like a water balloon are ...

It's one of the most embarrassing issues a runner can experience, yet everyone has been plagued by it at one point or another: You’re enjoying a run, or crushing a race, and just as you start really ...

I was halfway across the Queensboro Bridge when a not-so-unfamiliar feeling hit me: I had to take a shit. I was 1.5 miles into my run, and I had emptied the tank just before I left my apartment. As I ...

Running a marathon is no small feat. Athletes can expect to cover between 50-60,000 steps, burn over 3,000 calories and expel multiple liters of sweat to keep cool. Marathons and other long distance ...

I’m training for a half-marathon but have noticed an odd setback: Every time I run more than a few miles, I get diarrhea! Why does this happen, and can I prevent it? My athletic patients often ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Donohue • When I return home after jogging 3 or 4 miles, I often have diarrhea. Do you know what may be causing this, ...