RunningAHEAD - Topic: Does your nose clog up when running outside?

evtish

posted: 5/5/2008 at 2:22 PM

Every time I run outside, after about a mile, my nose starts clogging up really bad, making it hard to take in air. I have to clear them out constantly, like every 1/2 mile or so. It's really annoying. I thought it was due to winter running, but it's been happening all April, even during nice 60+ degree weather. At the weekly race I run, I haven't seen the other runners spitting and snotting like crazy. Does this happen to other people? Am I experiencing allergies? If so, what can I take to keep my sinus's clear? especially during a race. Besides being totally gross, I don't want to accidentally hit BadDawg during the next race. Big grin

Suggestions appreciated, Tom

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 5/5/2008 at 2:34 PM

I don't plug up, but my nose does start to run...like a faucet. All Winter long I run with a cotton hanky/snot rag. As the weather warms up the snot starts to reduce in volume...just in time for sweating to take over. So the hanky is always with me on any run, year-round.

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Scout7

posted: 5/5/2008 at 2:37 PM

Yes. It usually runs down the back of my throat and makes me gag. Any sinus spray works for me.

jEfFgObLuE

I've got a fever...

posted: 5/5/2008 at 2:39 PM

Quote from Scout7 on 5/5/2008 at 2:37 PM:

It usually runs down the back of my throat and makes me gag.

It's like shooting fish in a barrel. I don't even have to make the joke.

On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.

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One day at a time

posted: 5/5/2008 at 2:43 PM

Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 5/5/2008 at 2:39 PM:

It's like shooting fish in a barrel. I don't even have to make the joke.

mizSterious262

posted: 5/5/2008 at 2:58 PM

Quote from Teresadfp on 5/5/2008 at 2:43 PM:

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Lank

posted: 5/5/2008 at 5:55 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 5/5/2008 at 2:34 PM:

I don't plug up, but my nose does start to run...

I think it would be worse if you started to run and your nose didn't come with you.

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Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 5/5/2008 at 5:56 PM

Wow, RA is even wittier than usual today! Cool

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 5/5/2008 at 6:14 PM

Quote from Lank on 5/5/2008 at 5:55 PM:

I think it would be worse if you started to run and your nose didn't come with you.

Is your refrigerator running? Well, you'd better go catch it! Shocked

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

jEfFgObLuE

I've got a fever...

posted: 5/5/2008 at 6:15 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 5/5/2008 at 6:14 PM:

Is your refrigerator running? Well, you'd better go catch it!

*rimshot*

On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.

skeetermc

posted: 5/5/2008 at 6:51 PM

Mine doesn't clog, it runs like crazy. I used to take a paper towel, but it was soaked throughouly before I was 1/2 done. So now I just blow snot rockets when there is a break in traffic...

ChknWingy

Oh Mighty Wing

posted: 5/5/2008 at 7:55 PM
modified: 5/5/2008 at 7:56 PM

My nose runs the whole time - quite annoying. And at the same time a blessing because I haven't had a sinus infection since I started running, but if I take a week off my nose clogs up!

Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 5/5/2008 at 7:57 PM

My nose very rarely clogs or run. I do get a frog in my throat most days while I'm running, though.

IamDenise

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posted: 5/5/2008 at 8:24 PM

My nose runs.

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leftylogan

posted: 5/5/2008 at 8:54 PM

No Mine starts running really badly. I usually end up with snot rockets all the way down the area of which I am running Cool

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