Eli5 What makes a running track ‘fast’ , in caparison to a ‘normal’ track? Heard this term a few times at the World Athletic Championship in Eugene, OR
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How hard the ground is.
When you push against the ground either you move or the ground does. Softer grounds will move more and apply less force to you from each stride.
Ex. Imagine full sprinting on a sandy beach The sand would eat all the power you’re trying to push off with and you’d hardly get a step.
Obviously these small differences don’t matter much for our day-to-day life but at the thousanth of a second mark it can matter
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