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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Dec;51(12):2451–2457. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002068

Table 1:

Weather and Race Characteristics

Race Year Tamb °C Sky Precip (In) RH (%) WBGT (°C) Finishers Female N (%) Enc/1000 EHS/1000 IIRM
BAA 10K Overall 31898 4.2 0.6
BAA 10K 2012 22.2 CLR 0 52 16.1 4561 2536 (55.6) 3.9 0.7 Green
BAA 10K 2013 24.4 FEW, SCT 0 62 19.6 5434 3650 (67.1) 5.7 1.3 Yellow
BAA 10K 2015 17.8 BKN, OVC 0.27 100 17.8 5960 3235 (54.3) 2.5 0 Green
BAA 10K 2016 21.1 FEW 0 61 16.6 7816 4433 (56.7) 4.1 1.0 Green
BAA 10K 2017 23.9 FEW 0 46 16.8 8127 4637 (57.3) 4.7 0.2 Green
F50 Overall 13823 2.9 0.3
F50 2011 25.6 FEW 0 69 21.5 3037 1635 (53.8) 4.3 0.3 Yellow
F50 2012 27.8 FEW 0 38 18.4 2991 1608 (53.8) 0.3 0 Green
F50 2013 27.8 CLR 0 77 24.7 2283 1271 (55.7) 4.4 0.4 Red
F50 2014 26.7 CLR 0 67 22.2 1624 877 (54.0) 2.5 1.2 Red
F50 2015 22.2 CLR 0 55 16.7 1357 709 (52.2) 3.7 0 Green
F50 2016 24.4 CLR 0 42 16.4 1246 626 (50.2) 4 0 Green
F50 2017 26.1 CLR 0 41 17.6 1285 656 (51.1) 1.6 0 Green
B2B Overall 44544 8.7 1.6
B2B 2011 22.2 FEW 0 82 20.1 5876 2924 (49.8) 12.6 1.4 Yellow
B2B 2012 25.6 CLR 0 67 21.2 6105 3156 (51.7) 12.4 3.6 Yellow
B2B 2013 16.7 OVC T 90 15.7 6247 3269 (52.3) 5.8 0.3 Green
B2B 2014 20.6 SCT, OVC 0 87 19.2 6490 3513 (54.1) 7.4 1.1 Yellow
B2B 2015 22.8 FEW 0 62 18 6594 3635 (55.1) 11.1 1.8 Yellow
B2B 2016 23.3 OVC 0 74 20.1 6345 3401 (53.6) 6.5 1.4 Yellow
B2B 2017 21.1 BKN, OVC 0 87 19.7 6887 3742 (54.3) 5.8 1.5 Yellow
Average 23.3 66 18.9 4751 2606 (54.0%)

Incidence rates are expressed as medical encounters per 1000 finishers.

BAA Boston Athletic Association; F50 Finish at the 50; B2B Beach to Beacon; Tamb (°C) Ambient temperature in °Celsius; Sky Sky Conditions; Precip (In) Precipitation in inches; RH Relative Humidity; WBGT (°C) Wet Bulb Globe Temperature in °Celsius; Enc Medical Encounters; EHS Exertional Heat Stroke; IIRM International Institute for Race Medicine alert level. CLR Clear; FEW Few clouds; SCT Scattered clouds; BKN Broken clouds; OVC Overcast;