Marathon running and adverse weather conditions: a miscellany.
This paper considers various predisposing and corrective factors for hypothermia and hyperthermia in marathon runners. It is concluded that a race should be cancelled or deferred if the forecast suggests that certain climatic thresholds are likely to be met or crossed.
D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology*; D012420:Running; D014887:Weather