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I have a problem that I am not sure if others have. I live in MD and run at night, it gets pretty cold and windy here and my nose will run like as if I have a cold. Why? And is there any way to stop this from happening-other then carrying a Kleenex and blowing my nose every 2 minutes? I don’t ever have this problem, only in the extreme cold weather here.  It is windy, so I assume this plays into it? If you have any advice for me to end this or know of a sight that has information on this, I would greatly appreciate it. Feel ~Michele~

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From the subject line, I thought that this was going to be about my "difficulty breathing while running in the cold problem," but it’s really about my "runny nose while running in the cold problem." Good for you–this is a pretty minor one. In the cold, you probably wear gloves or mittens to stay warm?  I’ve found that a pair of running socks works even better, and they also double as a nasal rag!  Unlike mittens/gloves, you can wash them and pull out another (clean) pair for the next day’s run! (ok, so it makes it a little hard to press the start button on your sports watch…) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have a problem that I am not sure if others have. I live in MD and run at night, it gets pretty cold and windy here and my nose will run like as if I have a cold. Why? And is there any way to stop this from happening-other then carrying a Kleenex and blowing my nose every 2 minutes? I don’t ever have this problem, only in the extreme cold weather here.  It is windy, so I assume this plays into it? If you have any advice for me to end this or know of a sight that has information on this, I would greatly appreciate it. Feel ~Michele~

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I have a problem that I am not sure if others have. I live in MD and run at night, it gets pretty cold and windy here and my nose will run like as if I have a cold. Why? And is there any way to stop this from happening-other then carrying a Kleenex and blowing my nose every 2 minutes? I don’t ever have this problem, only in the extreme cold weather here.  It is windy, so I assume this plays into it? If you have any advice for me to end this or know of a sight that has information on this, I would greatly appreciate it. Feel

This happens to me as soon as the temperature dips much below 45 or 50. In some recent issue of Runners’ World, there was a list of things people said they learned from running. I related to none so much as to, "Running has taught me that I don’t need kleenex to blow my nose." Uck. Seriously, apart from clearing out the nasal passages every few minutes, I haven’t found a better way to deal with it. I love winter running. It’s the rest of winter living that gets me. Kieran

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