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Feature request heat/humidity adjusted pace

Since there are online calculators out there, and Garmin can pick up local weather conditions, seems a simple add to show adjusted pace give high temperatures and humidity.

0 Fredderic over 2 years ago

Tricky one to do well, it depends on multiple factors:

- Strongly on your personal heat adaptation (this could come from the watch estimation of heat acclimatization)

- Depends on how hot your body already is, e.g. you can run the first 15 minutes of a run in the heat pretty normally, but after 30 min or so your core body temperature will reach levels that will make you slow down (or at least increase your perceived rate of exertion). Can really only be estimated well with a body temperature sensor, like the one from Core.

- Difference between running a path in direct sun vs one in the shade is huge, watch cannot realistically know this in advance, and even with solar/light sensor, the watch might not be in the right position to realize it even during activity.

- What the runner is wearing makes a big difference, topless vs top vs short vs long etc.

Given that currently something much simpler and more dependable, elevation, is not taken into account properly when calculating "adjusted pace", I would try get these existing (but badly working) parts into better shape instead of building more feature on-top of a shaky foundation.