Simpson, CH;
(2024)
Comment on Havenga et al. (2022): Standard heat stress indices may not be appropriate for assessing marathons.
South African Journal of Science
, 120
(1/2)
10.17159/sajs.2024/16445.
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Abstract
An article in the July/August 2022 issue (Havenga et al., S Afr J Sci. 2022;118(7/8), Art. #13118) argued that changing the date of the Comrades Marathon from May to August would result in increased heat stress for participants. Heat stress was estimated using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), which is designed to represent a person walking, not running. In this Commentary, I argue that using the UTCI may lead to an underestimation of heat stress for the Comrades Marathon, and that the conclusion that August has worse heat stress than May depends on the assumptions in the estimation of heat stress.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Comment on Havenga et al. (2022): Standard heat stress indices may not be appropriate for assessing marathons |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.17159/sajs.2024/16445 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2024/16445 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | UTCI, Comrades Marathon, heat stress, thermoregulation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10187914 |
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