Nostril size and distance running?

White Guys Can't Breath wrote:

I see what you did there...

What do you mean? Even I don't know what I did there. I'm just wondering if bigger nostrils help with running. If it is I could probably make lots of $$$ doing nostril enlargement surgery.

Doesn't everyone breath through their mouth when running?

mouth-breather wrote:

Doesn't everyone breath through their mouth when running?

But some air does come through the nose at least a little bit

Metoo wrote:

mouth-breather wrote:

Doesn't everyone breath through their mouth when running?

But some air does come through the nose at least a little bit

I think you'd better first look up the anatomy of respiration before you speculate something idiotic like nostril size affecting oxygen intake.

Moronic nostril guy wrote:

Metoo wrote:

But some air does come through the nose at least a little bit

I think you'd better first look up the anatomy of respiration before you speculate something idiotic like nostril size affecting oxygen intake.

The plethora of breathe-rite strips seem to indicate it matters. Plus any running animal of note has a big hood scoop.

Komen's nostrils wrote:

Moronic nostril guy wrote:

I think you'd better first look up the anatomy of respiration before you speculate something idiotic like nostril size affecting oxygen intake.

The plethora of breathe-rite strips seem to indicate it matters. Plus any running animal of note has a big hood scoop.

The only thing that breatheright strips indicate is that there are ignorant people.

Komen's nostrils wrote:

Moronic nostril guy wrote:

I think you'd better first look up the anatomy of respiration before you speculate something idiotic like nostril size affecting oxygen intake.

The plethora of breathe-rite strips seem to indicate it matters. Plus any running animal of note has a big hood scoop.

Oh breathe-rite strips are the stuff that my teammates are wearing? I always thought it was for pollen allergies. I never asked because I didn't want to seem rude.

If true does that mean Jews are naturally gifted distance runners?

Moronic nostril guy wrote:

The only thing that breatheright strips indicate is that there are ignorant people.

mazzzzeltaffff wrote:

If true does that mean Jews are naturally gifted distance runners?

Quite the opposite. Jews have long noses with narrow nostrils, which I'd imagine is the worst combination. It would be the short wide noses with wide nostrils that would be most efficient. Come to think of it, that describes East Africans, like this guy:

His nostrils are almost as big as his mouth!

If you're not at altitude then oxygen intake isn't the limiting factor, so no.

I would use nasal strips during indoor season in college. I was a 3000-5000m runner. The air in indoor track stadiums sometimes made me very congested so I tried nasal strips. They seemed to help open up my nasal passages and made it easier to breathe. Did they make a difference? Can't say for sure, but I thought it did so I went with it. So my personal experience would say yes, bigger nostrils or a more open nasal passage would help distance running.

Moronic nostril guy wrote:

Komen's nostrils wrote:

The plethora of breathe-rite strips seem to indicate it matters. Plus any running animal of note has a big hood scoop.

The only thing that breatheright strips indicate is that there are ignorant people.

Yes. Those people are the ones NOT wearing one.

can only process so much o2 wrote:

If you're not at altitude then oxygen intake isn't the limiting factor, so no.

Put a clip on your nose and a sock in your mouth and try to race at sea level.

There have been cases of athletes having championship performances ruined by sinus infections, and even several who had their careers ruined by chronis sinisitus. As far as I understand (and as a sufferer) sinus problems are problems because not enough air is getting through the blocked sinuses.

As somebody suggested above, people here who think it wouldn't matter should try running with a clothes peg on their nose and see if it does or it doesn't affect their times.

You're an idiot if you think that nostril diameter will deliver more air to the lungs.

When you inhale, you get one lungfull of air. No more. Of that one lungfull very little of it binds with hemoglobin. Think of it this way. You cannot fill a glass with more than one glass of water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_tract

How it works wrote:

You're an idiot if you think that nostril diameter will deliver more air to the lungs.

When you inhale, you get one lungfull of air. No more. Of that one lungfull very little of it binds with hemoglobin. Think of it this way. You cannot fill a glass with more than one glass of water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_tract

No so fast, there. Read this:

Wouldn't larger nostrils contribute to more wind-drag?