Indoor record, Huddle still owns the outdoor record
by jclay (2015-02-15 22:44:45)

In reply to: Update: that 2012 winner just broke the ND female 5K record  posted by G.K.Chesterton

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The outdoor record is about 20 second faster than what Seidel just ran.

I am surprised that ND still separates between outdoor and indoor records since USATF and IAAF no longer have separate records.

Thanks for fixing my oversight.
by G.K.Chesterton  (2015-02-17 13:59:00)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I think people still track whether it's indoor or outdoor. Perhaps it's a college thing or perhaps you have more "record-breaking" performances that way. Breaking the indoor record is better than not breaking any record, if you get what I mean. Copy sells.

For example, see http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/renaud-lavillenie-pole-vault-world-record or the link below regarding the pole vault record.