Originally Posted by
burnthesheep
Runners: "min/mi for a steady deliberate and enjoyable effort, perform workouts, track pace, track improvements, how to choose a pacer for a run event etc....."
Cyclists: "speed is meaningless and autopause is a sin and a bunch of other old man yells at cloud Fred nonsense getting angry at science, technology, or having 'goals' "
Speed can be much more relative for a cyclist.........but......there's nothing wrong with having goals related to it.
I'm not sure how your fred hot take fits into this, but road running is structured around events with specific standardized distances, so pace is a more directly comparable metric. In cycling, the equivalent would be 40k TT's or track cycling, which are fairly specific compared to running, where almost everyone in the sport does a timed 5k or 10k and uses pace as a training metric. If running had power meters, you'd probably see less focus on pace.
I've seen plenty of runners debate the use of auto-pause as well, especially when it comes to bragging about specific times.