(Discreetly) Pee in Public
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Pop a semi-squat.
Kneel down with your right foot behind you and bend your left knee at a 90-degree angle, thigh parallel to the ground. Reach one hand in front and one hand in back and pull the fabric of your shorts forward and to one side before you let things flow. The tighter your shorts, the less likely you’ll pee on them—if yours run a bit loose, consider pulling them to the back and over instead to avoid soiling the extra fabric.
For the greatest possible privacy, position yourself in front of a tree (or a friend), says Amanda Theobald, a former collegiate runner at Westminster College who learned this trick while working as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Utah. As with plain squatting, she notes, it works even better with a running skirt—just let the skirt hang down and scootch the briefs underneath.