Probably more relevant to the Northeast than anywhere else, seeing as our trail terrain is pretty uniform in that we don't deal too much with talus/scree etc. How does everyone here usually do vs. the standard White Mountains book time (2 miles = 1 hr, 1000 ft = 1/2 hr, I think). I certainly don't claim to hold any speed records; though I usually beat book time by a decent amount I feel like most people would. Did the round trip Zealand/Guyot/3 Bonds and back again hike today a smidge under 8 1/2 hours, though, pretty impressed with my time for once (book time per NH4000ers website is 12:20). I guess, as a former out of shape slowpoke (my 1st real hike 3 years ago it took me 8 hours to do the Lincoln Lafayette loop, granted in early May conditions), I'm wondering how I stack up against some of the more elite climbers of the area.
Edit: Wrote "train terrain" instead of "trail terrain" the first time around.