Runny nose?

[lovebike]

I'm new at riding, been biking seriously for 1 year, on my one day off a week at 40-45 miles per trip. What do you do about runny nose?. It seems to run continuously when I am exerted. My nose would run 1/4 of the whole trip. Bring lots of Klenex?. Wipe it off the back of your hand?. It's an embarrassing problem. Is this even normal?.

[lph]

Do a search for "snot rockets". It's a science :)

[malkin]

*funny lph!*

I'm pretty sure it's physiologically normal.

As for how many of us deal with it (i.e. snot rockets), what passes for normal in this crowd may not be exactly normal behavior in a large sample that includes our sedentary friends and neighbors. ;)

If my nose just going at a slow leak, the 'science' is hard to apply and I usually wipe it on any soft cloth surface (sleeve, glove, shirt, etc) and let the laundry take care of it after the ride.

[OakLeaf]

Many (most?) cycling gloves sport an absorbent panel on the back....

[lph]

As for how many of us deal with it (i.e. snot rockets), what passes for normal in this crowd may not be exactly normal behavior in a large sample that includes our sedentary friends and neighbors. ;)

I swear, I have to physically stop myself at the brink of blowing snot rockets in the most inappropriate places, like surrounded by people and just outside the courthouse, or a movie theatre...

[OakLeaf]

:D :D I'm picturing myself blowing a snot rocket outside the courthouse ... or inside ... that is a LITERAL laugh out loud.

[malkin]

I experienced something similar years ago coming home after long periods of whitewater rafting. Back in civilization, you can't simply 'eddy out' near a patch of friendly-looking bushes; you really must locate a restroom.

[zoom-zoom]

I've never mastered the snot rocket...it's like I can't get up enough force for it to "rocket." In my case I end up with snot spurt, which ends up ON ME. Gross. As a result I always run or bike with a cotton hanky that goes in the wash with my clothes post-workout. The primary reason for my bento box on my bike is a place to stuff my hanky. I'd use my back pocket on a jersey, but I'm using the hanky so much that it's just easier to grab it from in front of me.

The only time that snot is not an issue is in the Summer, but then I use the hanky to mop my profuse sweat. :o

[warneral]

The one thing I never forgot on my rides last fall were about a dozen kleenex! I really need to learn this snot rocket or use something better like a hanky.

[Jo-n-NY]

I do it all on the bike. I blow snot rockets and have a bento box for when riders might be behind me and use the terry part of my glove to wipe the excess.

If it is any consolation my nose runs on the trainer and in the warm weather, just not as often and it also runs when I eat. I never can be without a tissue. <weird> but I have been like that as long as I could remember.

When I scuba dived it was suggested to take a sudefed before. My dh suggested I try that before an outdoor ride, but I have yet to remember to see if it would work.

[lovebike]

Interesting....

I usually wear long sleeves while biking, especially now that it's still a bit cool out, so that takes care of the leaky nose. I will practice the snot rockets on my next ride. :p

Thanks for the inputs.

[badger]

I can't do the snot rocket, either.

with the weather cold, I find that my nose just literally runs. Same when I snowboard, too. I just end up wiping it on my glove's snot area...

[marni]

which doesn't explain why my nose runs continually during weight resistance and cardio training. As for riding, bless the terry patch on the back of my gloves and the kerchief tucked into my shorts leg, easily accesible and very absorbent.

I find the older I get the more I sweat. The other problem I have with sweat is that I sweat inside my ears and am constantly shorting out ear buds. I average a pair a month even though I disassemble and dry them every time I use them.

Getting old apparently means everything leaks more. Sigh.....

[OakLeaf]

I don't like to work out with earbuds, but I've always wondered about that. Seems like it would be worth the investment for you to get a set of water resistant ones!

[zoom-zoom]

I don't like to work out with earbuds, but I've always wondered about that. Seems like it would be worth the investment for you to get a set of water resistant ones!

I cannot recommend the Sennheiser sport ones enough. They are so water resistant that I have SUBMERGED them in warm, soapy water to get them clean when they get too funked-up with sweat. They also don't cancel ambient noise, so I can hear cars and sounds around me when I wear them (though I still don't wear them on the bike, just while running).

[marni]

sounds like the waterproof earbuds are the solution. Will try and get a pair of Sennheiser sports ones. Like you I don't wear them riding but would die of boredom without them and podrunner podcasts during cardio training and elliptical training.

Thanks for the suggestion zoom zoom and oak leaf.