Running tracks: leisure pitch (area) vs leisure track (way)

When mapping a running track (athletics for non-American English speakers) Is there any reason to prefer leisure=track over leisure=pitch, pitch=athletics? I have always thought that areas were better as they express more detail, but I can sort of see an argument for using a linear way given the fact that people use tracks. The issue with leisure=track is that they probably won’t be used for routing given that they are not highways and routing for someone running on a track seems like overkill.

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