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Added : Saturday at 14:00

It's an age old question isn't it? Bearing in mind it feels in some areas today that it's been raining since the dawn of time, we came up with this discussion when seeing a shower move in and gradually the walking public move from dawdle to hurried to quickstep and finally run...

You see, when showers arrive we assume they won't get heavier.. Humans have three rain sensor settings on them :-

1. Drizzle - I can deal with that
2. Rain - This is getting a bit silly now
3. What the.....? - Cover, cover!

But the debate about whether to walk or run goes back years, even to year two Met courses, but these days we have a new tool... ChatGPT.

Rain today across Eastern areas and showers tomorrow for many with some heavy ones in the East :-



Right, that's the chart out of the way...

So, we asked ChatGPT "Does running in the rain make you wetter or drier than walking?"

Unfortunately, ChatGPT picked up on the fact that even humans can't agree on this, but here was the overall decision :-

Walking: You are exposed to the rain for a longer period. While walking, rain is falling on your head and shoulders continuously for a longer duration.

Running: You reduce the total exposure time to the rain. Although you will hit more raindrops from the front because you are moving faster, the reduction in time spent in the rain usually means that running results in less overall wetness.

Apparently there have actually been scientific studies on this, but I'm not sitting through a three hour thesis read for this discussion today and instead went with ChatGPTs advice, which is :-

Short Distances: For very short distances, the difference might be negligible.
Longer Distances: For longer distances, running is likely to keep you drier than walking.

In conclusion, if you are trying to minimize how wet you get when caught in the rain, running is generally a better option than walking.

Then again, you could use an umbrella...

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