Rain

[desperance]

The last couple of days we've had torrential thunderstorms, interspersed by warm sunshine. Mostly, the sunshine has tempted me out in T-shirts and the thunderstorms have caught me far from home. It's a running joke, except that I refuse to run in rain (I entertain the delightful notion that you get wetter that way, because you run into so many more raindrops that would otherwise have missed you).

Today, though, has been wall-to-wall grey dreary rain, with no hint of either thunder or sun. And it's my last day in Henley, and I did fancy a walk by the river, and I wouldn't ordinarily let the weather put me off but it's horrible out there, more horrible than wet, even; and I really don't fancy hauling a bagful of sodden clothes around, so I am like unto a caged tiger, all sullen and stripy. Come and see me in Aylesbury tomorrow night, and I shall be a bright and shining tiger; today, though, I am as greyscale as the day.

Comments

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

Apparently it's drier to run than walk ... there's lots of uninformed people out there that think they know the answer, and both Mythbusters and Brainiac have done shows on it ... I think the closest to definitive is this article (http://daily.gazette.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VGhlR2F6ZXR0ZS8yMDA0LzA0LzA5I0FyMDAxMDM=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom)

There are variables such as how wide you are (bigger target), how the wind is blowing etc. but it really comes down to "how much area do you expose to the rain x how long do you stay in the rain" so if you can get in out of the rain quicker running, and don't expose more body area doing so, then it's obviously running ... but if you stay out long enough, eventually your socks and underwear get soaked and then you don't get any wetter either way!

[camies.livejournal.com]

I have got soaked getting home twice in the last week. Once may seem like misfortune ... in both cases a patch of blue sky was visible somewhere to the west taunting me that it would be dry soon, but I can see none now.
Quite surprised I wasn't drenched on the bike last night also.