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creators_name: Simpson, CH
title: Comment on Havenga et al. (2022): Standard heat stress indices may not be appropriate for assessing marathons
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F34
keywords: UTCI, Comrades Marathon, heat stress, thermoregulation
note: This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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.
date: 2024
date_type: published
publisher: Academy of Science of South Africa
official_url: https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2024/16445
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2247069
doi: 10.17159/sajs.2024/16445
lyricists_name: Simpson, Charles
lyricists_id: CHSIM58
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: South African Journal of Science
volume: 120
number: 1/2
issn: 1996-7489
citation:        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 <https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2024%2F16445>.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10187914/1/SAJS_16445.pdf