And the point of it all is? Maybe the question should be & what does this mean?
What the key should be is for each of us to enjoy our own hike. Is running/jogging on trails any better than running in the woods near home? I'm assuming there is some running/jogging involved?
I haven't run that fast in the woods without having done something that made me think people were chasing me.
I'm too much of a view junkie to ever want to attempt any of these, I have been working on the speed record for getting to & from the trail head though. Yesterday I got back from the gas/liquor store just south of Sugarloaf in five hours & 25 minutes, 25 minutes slower than last time. It's still better than it should be though but this time I let a couple of people pass me & I spent 98% of the time on Route 27 in the correct lane. Last time I spent considerably more time left of center passing bewildered & frightened locals.
(Somewhere a Sunday Driver is wondering why I race on the roads they leisurely drive on)