Many think that LW is all or mostly about hiking faster.
That can be true but not always in the obvious way.
This is a comment from Ray Jardine about his AT hike :
"We started behind virtually every thru-hiker on the trail that year," says Jardine. "But by the time we reached Katahdin, we had passed all but a handful. The thing is, we never passed anyone on the trail. We move too slowly for that. We passed them while they were resting, or sleeping, or taking layover days because they were all so tired from lugging those huge packs."
BTW, I am in the sort of LW zone (Comfortably Light is what I call it) because I carry less weight that way....