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Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?

The problem of choosing an optimal strategy for moving in the rain has attracted considerable attention among physicists and other scientists. Taking a novel approach, this paper shows, by studying simple shaped bodies, that the answer depends on the shape and orientation of the moving body and on wind direction and intensity. For different body shapes, the best strategy may be different: in some cases, it is best to run as fast  as possible, while in some others there is an optimal speed.

Video: Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain? by MinutePhysics on Youtube
Article:  Whether or not to run in the rain at http://iopscience.iop.org

Definitely had to do a few homework problems on this for graduate homework sets. Never considered it from this geometric approach before, but it seems to tackle the idea really well.

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    Or you can just watch the mythbusters episode about it.
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