Running in the rain~

While doing it, I felt an urge to share my "first experience" with people who are still reading my blog. It was something I had prevented doing at all cost after all, and I did it today. I didn't do it by choice. I was halfway through my jogging when the drops fell, and I thought "Fuck it!" and decided to finish off the other half.

Running in the rain! In dramas, it would be romantic, melodramatic, and scenes of "running through the rain to find the dejected person whom you happen to be in love with". For some slightly realistic and practical people, the rain would serve to "wash off your sweat", the wind "cool you down as you run" and such. The unhygienic would say, "If you are thirsty, raise your head and you have a drink". So yeah, plenty of advantages right? You practically levelled up as a man!

Now let me explain why the hell it sucks.

Running in the rain means that while you are moving at slightly higher than normal velocity, you are going against water. For those who swim, you know that water can be a bitch when  you try walking through it. In other words, although it is on a lesser scale, there is water pressure pushing you, making you lose your stamina and balance. Next, with rain, humidity increases in the air. Oxygen intake is lessened, resulting in further stamina sapping.

Wind is awesome, but not when it's blowing rainwater into your eyes while you run. For those wearing spectacles, it'll be covered in water, and visibility will be near zero. So if you fall down while the floor is also slippery, ouch.

As for the rain cooling you down, it is an unhealthy procedure, and should never be done. Do you all know the purpose of warm-up exercises? It's to help your body feel the activity, and also to strengthen your joints to cope with extra stress incurred. When the rain cools your body down while you run (and warming up is most important in jogging), your body involuntarily cools down, and it might result in joint pains. It is also bad for the heart. I mean, everyone should have learnt from a young age that cooling your body down rapidly after exercise is bad for the heart, and have even killed people.

So yeah, now you know. My shoes are also now wet and I certainly hope that they dry off before my jog tomorrow. Well, I'm never likely to run in the rain anytime sooner.