no more snot nose, yeah!!!!

Oh my god! Thank you for posting this. I thought either a) everyone had to deal with this, and I was the only one complaining or b) I was the only one that had to deal with this!

Now I know I'm not crazy!! I'm booking an appointment tomorrow!

I'm new at this (1 tri under my belt) and I've only done 12.5 hours and 130 miles of biking so far.  Nine times out of ten, my nose will run.  I'm making a kleenex a part of my gotta haves because it's such a problem.  Usually, if I can clean up what's already run, it doesn't come back.  But, then again, I'm only riding for about an hour right now, and as my times increase, I might have another episode.

So, not only am I glad to know it's not just me, but that there's medicine for it!  Thanks for sharing!

- Lora

Thank you! I might try it too. I guess if you keep usage to a minimum you keep the risk of side effects down too. I'm thinking of using it mostly in races (and a few times in training to try it out). I'm a big fan of the Neti Pot for daily use. Helps to a degree. The Wikipedia article on Vasomotor rhinitis mentions it too.

Not sure why everyone has to "cure" everything nowadays.  But if it is something that was causing a detriment to your performance than I can understand trying to remedy it.

But does a running nose really slow you down???

Whatever floats your boat.  But I'm of the mentality that nothing needs to go into my body to "fix" something unless it is a medical emergency.  Your results/mileage may vary.

I couldn't agree more, in general. But this "running nose" thing does bother me to a degree where I'll take meds I would never consider otherwise. I blow so many snot rockets that I can't do group rides, I have to come out of aero too much (for the big ones, yuck, I know), have to waste time during a run race to go off to the side... on bad days about every 2 minutes! Summer or winter.

I've had my doc rule out allergies or sinus infection. It's just an oversensitive nose/sinus area (smoking for 12 years didn't help but I already had it to a degree when I started at 30). Any breeze or slight change of temps brings it on. Any time of day, anywhere I am, whatever I do. But training makes it even worse. Yes, it's that bad.

Some of my training buddies have made gross-out facial expressions behind my back, I know it!

I'm intrigued, but I just thought snot rockets were part of cycling, like bad tan lines, freakish calves, and saddle sores.

By the way, I call 'em BU gels, or if my nose gets really runny... BU₂0

~B