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xiaoma on May 22, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Do you get less wet if you run in the rain?

I've been running on and off for the past 16 years. In my experience, I do not get as wet while running in the rain as I would just standing in it.

I think there must be a missing variable, such as excess water whisking off more quickly, greater evaporation due to heat transfer or maybe something else.

iigs on May 22, 2009 [–]

Perhaps a more forward posture causes the front of your body to be "shaded" by the rest of your body, leaving the front (that you notice more) drier?

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