Heat Acclimatization

Hi! I'm wondering how heat acclimatization works.

After doing some runs at 25 degree celcius and some soft cycling at 30 C I'm now at 80 %.

But what does that mean exactly? I guess I'm not 80% ready for 35 or 40 Degree Celsius. Is there a temperature that percentage is connected to? Or am I getting acclimatization totally wrong?

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AgentMax over 1 year ago in reply to Heilrath +1 suggested

Garmin does not disclose further details. Heat is above 22°C and for height it’s above 800m.

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0 Farron over 1 year ago

80% means that you are not fully acclimatized yet.
If you continue training in the same or very similar conditions, you will reach 100%.
However, it is a slow process that can take 4-5 days.
One or even more days off from training will cause your percentage to drop again.

0 Heilrath over 1 year ago in reply to Farron

Actually, I just had a run at 26 degree celcius today and the heat acclimatization jumped from 80 to 100%
The question remains: To what temperature are those 100% connected to? Even at 100% I could do additional acclimatization, for example to 35 degrees.

0 AgentMax over 1 year ago in reply to Heilrath

Garmin does not disclose further details. Heat is above 22°C and for height it’s above 800m.