Comment on Havenga et al. (2022): Standard heat stress indices may not be appropriate for assessing marathons

Abstract

Open data set: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8348335

Response to Simpson (2024): Standard heat stress indices may not be appropriate for assessing marathons

“…We thank Simpson 1 for his insightful commentary on our research paper 2 , which critically examines the appropriateness of a standard heat stress index for a specific event. In our research, we chose the Universal Thermal Comfort Index (UTCI) to evaluate heat stress during a major ultra-marathon event.…”