Wetness

[hugoboss]

Would you get more wet running 1 mile in constant rain, or walking 1 mile in constant rain?

[nickymanley]

Surely you would be less wet if you ran as you will have been out in the rain for less time! (This is assuming you can get in the dry after running the mile!).

[Loosehead]

This was done to death twice recently. The upshot was 10 mins walking/running = equal wetness

1 mile running is less time in the rain therefore less wet. Time is the variable that matters, no speed.

[Mortartube]

Unless it's raining so hard that you and your clothes end up at saturation point, then you can't get any wetter.

[peanut]

this was done on tv as an experiment on tv once, it was not a pouring down rain but they proved that if you walk, the rain tends to only hit the horizontal parts of you. but if you run, you tend to get more wet because you are forcing the water into the whole front of your body.

[badams]

peanut - I suppose if you stood still, and didn't get so wet that the rain was running off your horizontal bits onto your vertical bits, that would be quite correct.  However, if you move at all, or if you are overweight and don't have very many vertical bits (although you do have some bits protected by overhang!), or if you stay out for too long, Loosehead's answer is closest to the truth.

You've also got to factor in wind, and the size of your umbrella.

[peanut]

if you lived in a bubble you would not get wet at all. it would not matter if you rolled fast or slow or even stayed out there for hours.

[newtron]

See this link to calculate how wet you get travelling at different velocities under different conditions.

http://www.dctech.com/physics/features/0600.php

[bruce5755]

I notice that no-one has taken into consideration the amount of perspiration produced by either of these methods!  Wouldn't running produce more sweat than walking?  Then add that to the calculation, try an umbrella! :-)

[stevie21]

Maybe the person in question can run for 1 mile without perspiring? If it's a cold enough night I'm sure I could manage.

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