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I did some audaxes on my track bike once, the furthest I went was a 300.
Afterwards my knee hurt rather a lot and I had a bike fit, which I should have had beforehand, obviously.
I didn't feel that my '80 steel track bike was the limiting factor, I felt I was the limiting factor. Ultimately you can do an audax on anything, but if I was going to do a 300 fixed again I would prefer to do it on a fixed bike with geometry closer to a road bike than a track bike, personally.
I don't really know the geometry of a Pompino but I imagine it is sensible and it definitely takes mudguards and has a full set of bottle bosses (something sadly lacking from my track bike) so seems sensible.
Personally if I'm doing distance fixed I want road drops for the variety of positions available which help deal with fatigue and many hours with your hands on the bars, they seem the obvious choice but I guess bullhorns would be fine if they work for you.