Post Swim Nose Leakage...

Just watch out for those amoeba brain eating things....

More exhaling under-water might help.

It happens to me sometimes.  I never worry about it much. 

However (still not worrying), my wife's nose and sinuses seem to be salt water magnets while she swims.  Every time we swim in the ocean (usually weekly in the summers) she has water pouring out of her nose for hours after.  Just after the swim lots of water comes out.  Then, at home after breakfast, she will lean down to tie her shoe and more water pours out.  Sometimes it goes on for 10 - 12 hours after the swim. 

She has never had any negative consequences from this issue though.  We haven't figured out why it happens and it usually doesn't happen in the pool. 

Just get used to it and laugh at it like we do! 

My nose pretty much starts leaking when I do any sort of exercise. My nose is a veritable snot factory.

Although when I'm swimming its not a problem since I pretty much blow it all out into the pool.  It's probably just some residual chlorine irritating your nasal cavity.

Today was the worst though.  I had to pee during my ride, and I stopped at port-a-potty along the trail.  I held my breath upon entering to avoid breathing the foul aroma, which i assumed to be naturally bolstered by the hot summer air.  I'm not having any problems with this strategy until sometime during mid stream of an unnaturally long , a trickle of snot starts to run down my nose and onto my lips.  Amazingly, I suppress the urge to sniffle to arrest the flow of snot down my face. I can only imagine the horrid smell.  I venture this is my single greatest display of willpower of my young life.

Think of your swims as a giant netty pot treatment!! Only an issue if it begins to cause sinus problems/infections.

All of my swims are OW in the Gulf. When the water is flat I breathe bilaterally. When it's rough or the waves are steep I primarily breathe to one side. Air exits mostly though the higher nostril and a little water trickles in the lower one. Breathing to one side might give the water enough time to find a pocket, whereas breathing bilaterally might expel it before it has a chance.

So far ~12 hours is the maximum time I've had water roll around and leak out. I am starting to stand and bend over for a minute right after my swim so that much of it will drain out right there.