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Walking or running: How can I get to the finish drier?


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So you stay drier in a rainstorm

How could it be otherwise: Suddenly a heavy shower comes - and one has once again no umbrella in the handbag. But does it help now to run or walk?

Sometimes it's like hell: In a minute is bright sunshine and then it suddenly rains like from buckets. The fact that you do not come home dry is almost logical. But have you ever wondered if it would be worth running fast to stay drier? Or does not make sense, because then you "caught" more raindrops, as if you would go on normally ...?!

Basically, the question is not as easy to answer as you would initially think. Whether one is hit more by the rain has different factors. The larger the area on which the drops can rise, the more one "catches" oneself. Smaller area = fewer drops, larger area = more drops. Logical.

Further one can say that, given the case that the rain comes directly, in the same mass and dead straight from above, the same amount of water hits the ground. The key factor: the amount of water is the same, only the time it can hit your body before you can save yourself in the dry is important. A longer way to the finish in the rain will make you more soaked. Here it helps to run very fast and to reach the goal quickly. Conclusion: race lets you arrive drier.

And anyway: Somehow you have the impression of getting wet on the front of the race than on the back. Again, the perception is deceptive. When it rains directly and comes straight from the top, always the same amount of drops hit the earth - no matter how you hurry.

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