Is it possible to compete with a nose clip on?
Due to some sinus problems (so the doc thinks) I need to swim with a nose clip which is ok if I swim just for me, but a couple weeks ago our coach mentioned something about a some competition in the summer...... I feel so stupid wearing this thing on my nose..... Am I the only one? If there a better way to fix my sinus problem? Can it be related to the pool water or am I just making it up? :frustrated:
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I had literally given up swimming (what I call swimming) and really missed it terribly, especially open water on a specific lake (Boerne) near here. Then the miracle, nose clips. Rapture, ecstasy, epiphany. I became complacent and used them always. Two days ago I lost them crossing back from the other shore (freestyle, 800 meters over, then 800 back). I have had sleepless nights of suffocating, days of sinus congestion and burning. I will never, EVER EVER swim without clips, EVER again... as in NEVER EVER!
I had literally given up swimming (what I call swimming) and really missed it terribly, especially open water on a specific lake (Boerne) near here. Then the miracle, nose clips. Rapture, ecstasy, epiphany. I became complacent and used them always. Two days ago I lost them crossing back from the other shore (freestyle, 800 meters over, then 800 back). I have had sleepless nights of suffocating, days of sinus congestion and burning. I will never, EVER EVER swim without clips, EVER again... as in NEVER EVER!
