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Yes, especially in cooler weather. Also, my eyes start to water.Not got a cold or flu but as soon as i start walking need to blow my nose every few hudred yards ( No metric units here ) soon as the walk is finished all OK anyone else suffer or nose ( pun intended) a cure ?
I blow my nose on the ground, like a footballer. But only when no-one is looking, because I am a nice lady.
Life on the camino, your nose runs and your feet smell.as soon as i start walking need to blow my nose every few hudred yards
Not got a cold or flu but as soon as i start walking need to blow my nose every few hudred yards ( No metric units here ) soon as the walk is finished all OK anyone else suffer or nose ( pun intended) a cure ?
First time I've heard 'snot rocket'- totally descriptive!Totally normal, I'd say. I learned this when I started marathon training. I remember someone laughing at me when I described the burden of carrying enough tissue to get me through a 3 hour run, because the 'real' way to deal with it is by snot rocket.
I have become a master of the snot rocket. It's so easy and natural, sometimes I even inadvertently do it when walking about town.
You always make me laugh!Not sure what the modern / medical name for this condition is but in my youth it was called "Crusty Sleeve Syndrome". There is still no known cure for CSS, probably because no one is doing any research. All attempts at acquiring grant aid are suppressed by the paper tissue mafia.
I did read a ridiculous suggestion that exertion, such as walking rather than getting a cab, causes us to attempt to inhale more oxygen (some stuff in the pollution apparently) and that causes us to inhale more little bits floating in the pollution and the little bits tickles our noses which makes them run instead of walk. I can't remember the original source for this ridiculous suggestion though it might have been me; but just in case it catches on I'm going to encourage the marketing of short sleeved shirts and buy shares in the paper tissue mafia.
Having finished with the scientific stuff... I do find that the snotty dribbles stop after an hour or so of exertion but I get through quite a few tissues (or sleeves ) at the start of the day.
Interesting to note which symptoms or syndromes got worse with daily long walks and which got better. For me the runny nose syndrome got much worse, as did acid reflux, especially in the evening. Sinus headaches (an almost daily occurrence in my normal life) disappeared on the camino, and my back pain was much improved by carrying a pack.Not got a cold or flu but as soon as i start walking need to blow my nose every few hudred yards ( No metric units here ) soon as the walk is finished all OK anyone else suffer or nose ( pun intended) a cure ?
Acid reflux do you think that could have been aggravated by change in diet/beer /water ?Interesting to note which symptoms or syndromes got worse with daily long walks and which got better. For me the runny nose syndrome got much worse, as did acid reflux, especially in the evening. Sinus headaches (an almost daily occurrence in my normal life) disappeared on the camino, and my back pain was much improved by carrying a pack.
Not sure but I couldn't enjoy any of the wine that everyone else was indulging in.Acid reflux do you think that could have been aggravated by change in diet/beer /water ?
Seriously, this is your body working just the way it should!
The main reason I began walking the Camino was because my specialist told me I had two choices to help treat my Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.
One was chemical chelation. I researched it and found more often than not, the people who went this route ended up with serious liver/kidney damage.
The second was long distance walking.
Why?
Because it caused your body to WORK and to chelate the chemicals (and whatever other toxins are in there) naturally, by raising your metabolism.
Results included runny nose.
Things like fever, runny nose, and even vomiting and diarrhea, are ways your body kill and/or cast off toxins.
People have lost sight of that and treat fever, for instance, when it really would help.
So wipe that runny nose and thank God for a body that works!
Hooray!
Life on the camino, your nose runs and your feet smell.
Did you find that the long walk of the Camino cured you permanently or that you have to do it once a year?
Do shorter daily walks help at all?