Buffalo Orange wrote:
This is not difficult, people. The longest event OFTEN contested on tracks is 10000 meters. All the evidence shows that track 10k times are faster overall than road 10k times. Track 5k times are faster than road 5k times. The winner of a typical elite track mile is faster than the winner of the typical 5th avenue mile. The reason the 60-mile record or some stupid thing is faster than the track equivalent is because no one ever races it on the track. If you could get a good field to race 60 miles on a track, the fastest guy who could keep from shooting himself in the head out of pure boredom would probably knock a big chunk of time off the road record.
How often do you see the top 10000m runners in the world peaking for a road 10k though? Similarly, the 5th Avenue mile is not flat and it’s very late in the season. I believe track is faster but your argument works both ways.