I did a lot of playtesting but I see what you're saying. Aimed for the game Game to be ~10 minutes long so I paced out the trash to hit that with the walking speed in mind. You also do unlock a sprint upgrade reasonably early. Thanks for playing though, I will keep this in mind going forward.
PS: I do agree on the trash over the fence easter egg being too "punishing" but it was added as an easter egg and not a punishment, you shouldn't be throwing it over the fence accidentally (I thought anyway)