is it true that walking in the rain gets you just as wet as running? i read this in men's heatlh.?

Question:

might it have to do with the angle of the rain? if it's straight down, 45 degrees, blown by the wind, etc. this is hard to wrap my mind around even though it comes from a reputeable publisher. it seems like if you run, you're in the rain for less time, which equates to less wet.thoughts?

Answers:
You know, MythBusters did an experiment on this once.

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2003/09/mythbusters.html

Read the second bullet point.

Other Answers:
either way your going to get wet.

are you sure it doesn't mean for the duration in your in the rain, not the distance you travel TRUE either way you are ganna get wet, one. with the rain its just water and with sweat well thats urine hahha

Do you get less wet if you move around in the shower?

that was actually a topic for discovery channels mythbusters. you actually get more wet when you run compared to walking. it was tested as a myth and it was true, you get more wet by running.
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mythbusters " Over a hundred yard course, it is better to walk in the rain than run in the rain, if your goal is to not get wet. The difference isn't huge, but over eight trials the running person got wetter. "

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2003/09/mythbusters.html

believe it or not it is not true , if you run Thur rain you get wetter then if you was to walk Thur the rain.

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