Thanks for giving it another go. You are free to traverse the woods however you feel :D
I was told that I missed a lot of 'spooks' unsure if by physical spooks or events or just audible. If this is true because I ran around fast, I'd assume that making a stamina meter to force the player to slow down may be good to have it so they have less chance at missing 'woods section events' ? Depending on how far you can run, how fast stamina replenishes and not making it too bothersome.