I'm Very Upset At The Letsrun.com Community

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pussies give in to peer pressure.

You cannot catch a virus from running in the rain.

kenyans run in the rain.

M.D... wrote:

You cannot catch a virus from running in the rain.

This is true, you had it before you ran and were destine to come down with it this week. It is the cold and flu season, afterall

Why would you listen to people on here. We're surrounded by idiots.

The common cold is a virus and can not be contracted from being out in cold weather. The only way that you can get a cold is by contracting it from someone who is currently carrying the virus. All that can running in the rain can do to you is weaken your immune system and thus make your body more susceptible to catching a cold.

In short there is not reason that you shouldn't be able to run in the rain and remain healthy. I and many of my runners have done it for years. Just be sure to get warm/take a shower and get in warm clothes soon after you finish running.

sick .... wrote:

I lurk here ALOT, Thanks a lot...

"A lot" is two words. You spelled it both right and wrong in the same post.

sick .... wrote:

Well, on Monday I ran in the rain (~50 degrees out). Tuesday, I woke up very sick. No one in my house is sick. The only cause can be from running in the rain. Since Tuesday, my training has been horrible and my mileage will be low this week. Thanks a lot. Who said you can't get sick from running in the rain??? I just proved it...

Running in the rain does not cause illness. You got sick because you contracted a virus which was passed to you by someone else. The most common way that colds are passed is by touching something that has been handled by someone else who is sick: doorknobs, money, etc.

You did not prove anything except that you are superstitious.

malmo wrote:

[quote]sick .... wrote:

You did not prove anything except that you are superstitious.

And that he is a pussy......

while you don't catch a cold from being cold, the whole point is when you run in the cold or exposed to adverse weather you are making yourself more susceptible to catching one from someone else since your immune defenses are lowered. basic medicine, look it up.

malmo wrote:

sick .... wrote:

Well, on Monday I ran in the rain (~50 degrees out). Tuesday, I woke up very sick. No one in my house is sick. The only cause can be from running in the rain. Since Tuesday, my training has been horrible and my mileage will be low this week. Thanks a lot. Who said you can't get sick from running in the rain??? I just proved it...

Running in the rain does not cause illness. You got sick because you contracted a virus which was passed to you by someone else. The most common way that colds are passed is by touching something that has been handled by someone else who is sick: doorknobs, money, etc.

You did not prove anything except that you are superstitious.

Yes, and no one dies from AIDS.

Germaphobe wrote:

The common cold is a virus and can not be contracted from being out in cold weather. The only way that you can get a cold is by contracting it from someone who is currently carrying the virus. All that can running in the rain can do to you is weaken your immune system and thus make your body more susceptible to catching a cold.

In short there is not reason that you shouldn't be able to run in the rain and remain healthy. I and many of my runners have done it for years. Just be sure to get warm/take a shower and get in warm clothes soon after you finish running.

I hate when people make these idiotic arguments. OK, so it's true that you can't contract the virus from running in the rain, but that doesn't change the fact that he might not have gotten sick if he had chosen to go on a treadmill that day. You said yourself that running in the rain weakens your immune system, thus running in the rain possibly contributed to his sickness.

What the hell does that mean?

Correct. I think I was pretty clear in my agreement with the fact that running in the rain could have contributed to him catching the cold. However, running in the rain will not get you sick by itself and that seemed the be the point the original poster was trying to make.

Yes, you can see why people associate running in the rain with getting ill if one precedes the other fairly regularly for them.

tgtz wrote:

What the hell does that mean?

It means exactly what is says it means: very few people if not none die from AIDS.

look at it this way kid..

you are also giving your an immune system a workout!

Cool huh?