I watched a Physics video that was posted by MinutePhysics, the video was about how you can get the least amount of rain on you as possible. The best way to get the least amount of rain on you is to stand still, and that's because rain is not hitting the front of your body only the top of you, when you walk/run you're physically walking/running into the rain drops. The faster you move the wetter you become, but if you're trying to get from on place to another standing still won't get you there. The amount of rain that hits you from the side doesn't matter when you're trying to get from one point to another, the example given was a snow plow, and how it'll plow the same amount of snow no matter what the speed is. Every second the same amount of rain will hit you from the top, every meter you'll hit the same amount of water from the side no matter how fast you're walking/running. The equation is Total Wetness= Wetness per second x Time spent in rain + Wetness per meter x Meters traveled. If you want to stay as dry as possible going from point a to point b you want to minimize the amount of water that's hitting you from above, and to do that you need to get out of the rain as fast as possible, so run. Mythbusters also tested this theory and got the same answer. You can watch the video here:
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