Okay, all you experienced winter riders, answer me this: How do you deal with snot?!

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Add me to the runny nose list, too. Can't do the snot rocket thing...way too watery and the thought just gags me. I plan on trying a medical solution. I had read somewhere that this condition is called "vasomotor rhinitis", and that there is a prescription nasal spray called Atrovent that can help control it. I'm going to ask my doctor about it, the next time I see him. I don't ride very often in the dead of winter in Chicago...but I will attempt to ride when it gets above freezing. So I'm okay with using a nasal spray on an "as needed" basis...which would realistically only be a few times a month (if that) during the winter time.

[PamNY]

I If someone's licking the ground - or even putting their hands on the ground and then not washing them - they've got more problems than athlete snot.

Heh. This is my favorite line in this thread.

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I wish I could do snot rockets...but my snot just flows and flows. I run with a hanky in my hand year-round. During the warm months I use it to wipe sweat, in the cold it gets half soaked with snot during an hour run and on a 2 hour run it is fully soaked. Gross. But better on the hanky that goes in the wash with my sweaty workout clothes than ON my clothes, heh. I have pretty overactive sinuses (thank god for my neti pot).

Haven't biked in really cold weather, yet. Cold = lots of snow. On a bike I have a feeling the snot issues would really be a pain.

[Pedal Wench]

Add me to the runny nose list, too. Can't do the snot rocket thing...way too watery and the thought just gags me. I plan on trying a medical solution. I had read somewhere that this condition is called "vasomotor rhinitis", and that there is a prescription nasal spray called Atrovent that can help control it. I'm going to ask my doctor about it, the next time I see him. I don't ride very often in the dead of winter in Chicago...but I will attempt to ride when it gets above freezing. So I'm okay with using a nasal spray on an "as needed" basis...which would realistically only be a few times a month (if that) during the winter time.

That's what I usually use - my prescription ran out so I'm back to the rubbed-raw-red nose and snot rockets. The prescription doesn't stop everything, but it controls the constant running. I need to get a refill -- NOW!