They set up a long strip...I'd say 20 meters? Just a guess though...then they had the guy wear a full cloth/cotton jump suit, then they weighed each jump suit on a sensitive scale and the one where the guy had ran weighted relatively more.

Of course there would be a cut off...the walking was just your average "walking" pace, and the running was a swift jog...a kind of jog you'd do if you were going to run a few miles for exercise.

 

Sure enough

SEASON 1

Episode 1: Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?
Jamie and Adam set out to methodically bust three urban legends in the premiere episode of Mythbusters. Smoking in the bathroom — a bad habit made worse when shards of flaming toilet start flying. But is it really possible to explode a commode by spraying a flammable substance down the bowl then lighting a match? Jamie and Adam find out if this myth holds water. Speaking of soggy, do you get wetter running or walking in the rain? And can assassins use bullets made of ice in order to not leave evidence in their victims? Our guys put these fables to the test.

 

i always wondered about that h:

 

yeah i watched that episode too, they claimed that when you run you not only hit the rain drops falling down but you also run into more as you go forward. or something to that effect

 

Haha, couldn't believe him, could ya.

 

You would get wetter running assuming that the rain is falling straight down because you are running into the rain more instead of it hitting you mostly from above it is also hitting you from the front. That's what I think.

Is the bullet of ice one true?

 

No it was false. The bullet melted before it even left the barrel no matter how they did it.

Oh and cell phone and gas station explosions was also false.

 

Thought so.
I knew the cell phone one was bullshit even before they did it.