runny nose

[dachshund]

I'm laughing so hard my nose is running!

I can only do snot rockets from my left nostril. It's like there isn't enough pressure to do them out of the right and I just end up blowing my nose on my face. My failed rockets have pretty much hit every part of my body. Every time I blow a snot rocket, I comment out loud to myself about how gross it is.

Got the right side working, hitting the ground and not me. Check! Not sure where my technique is failing on the left... must be in the wrist... hopefully soon I will have this stuff firing out of both nostrils.

Oh, and I've been snot rocketed by other riders twice now. One lady got me good on the bike trail...I felt it hit my legs and arms and face. The trail is busy and I personally think you should check behind you before you blow a rocket. She wasn't at all apologetic. A guy got me on the road but he had no idea I was back there. It's rare to come upon another cyclist riding around here so I wouldn't have expected him to check first.

Now that really IS gross. I don't want to be caught doing it wrong, so I make sure no one's around, in front or behind, before launching.

[KSH]

I read the post about eye watering and it made me think about my problem while riding.

I know this is gross, but do any of the rest of you have an over abundance of mucus production during riding. I swear I can be perfectly clear, blow my nose and make sure I can breath well, but I get a few miles down the road and I need to blow my nose again already. It drives me crazy, I'm constantly sniffling and I feel like it affects my breathing ability to an extent while riding.
My husband doesn't have this problem, and I have never heard anyone else complain of this but me. Am I all alone in this and just weird? LOL

If it's below 80 degrees, my nose runs like a river when I'm riding.

Even when I ride the trainer indoors, with the AC set at 77 degrees and a fan on my face, my nose runs.

I bought a Bento box for the purpose of putting tissues in there. That way I can blow my nose while I ride. I can't do the farmer snot blow, so I use tissues.

[CarbonCandy]

Excellent tip!
I have to say that being able to shoot snot and spit effectively has been, well, a lifelong dream.

For me it's a dream. I try to make my spit shot down and out or ride behind everyone, in fear of hear someone say "caught the mist of that one" lol

[kfergos]

I put mine in the dryer. Of course, I put everything in the dryer.

It does seem to keep them soft though.

I put a glove through the dryer by accident. It shrunk. Unevenly. I kept wearing it because it's my favorite pair of gloves ever. Then, doing the STP, it literally ripped up the side (see below) Pearl Izumi gave me a new pair of gloves free, but they don't have the right padding anymore I'm very particular about padding, and all I can find is the stupid gloves with three little tiny pads, rather than padding over the entire palm.



Not to be too modest here, but I'm a darn good snot rocketeer and spitter myself. It started when I was running -- my nose runs while I exercise too -- and I just honed it with cycling. One trick that helps is to let a big glob of snot sort of build up in your nostril (if it's not too runny) and then blow vigorously, rather than blowing the instant it starts feeling runny.