Posted by Pete L on 12/6/2009, 11:35 am

Hi all I joined the local university gym last weekend to get in shape for the London Workshop......well, for fitness reasons really! Anyway, I have been starting at 6.30am to beat the morning rush, which is mainly due to me not liking busy places, having half an hour in the gym (gotta start easy) and the same in the swimming pool - today being my 4th Session. However, the gym isn't exactly quiet in the morning , seemingly, there are many fitness goers at this time! The place is becoming a familiar place to me now though so i'm not bothered about the busyness so much. Each session I have managed to go to the cubicle with ease but I thought i'd brave it this morning and use the urinal. There are about 8 urinals in a row with porcelain deviders in between each, allowing a 2 foot gap between each urinal. There were others in the changing rooms (about 4-5) so the chance of someone using the same area was quite possible. I hesitated for some time (about 30 secs) before I started peeing but it came eventually. I could hear the people in the background so I was ready to take flight I guess, thus causing the hesitancy. When I finished, I stood there for a little longer, just to soak up the glory I suppose. So, my challenge to myself now, is to not use the cubicles in the gym anymore, unless I am desperate and need to use them as a safety net. However, even if people are already at the urinals, the dividers give good cover for me to pretend (but still try) if I can wait that little bit longer. Of course, as Andrew mentioned in a previous thread, the time of day and amount of water I would have consumed, wouldn't make for me to be at busting point anyway.... another challenge for another day, perhaps! There are different changing rooms for the swimming pool area, these have only a row of 2 urinals with dividers the same as above. I guess if I drink half of the swimming pool I could give these a try too! I have used the cubicles already, with no others present. Would anybody who has attended the workshops answer this question for me; I have noticed now, more than ever, how much time my ears are on noise-radar alert. Does the workshop help eliminate/ ease this? Pete L

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