Changing Depth of Field focus speed

You can change your base speed using the console, which you can open using the ~ key (or whatever key is to the left of the number strip at the top of your keyboard).

Type player.setav speedmult x where x is the number you want for your walking speed; the default is 100.

You can either increase or decrease this number. Increasing it higher will result in super fast running which man ruin the reality of the game.

I'd recommend player.setav speedmult 125.

In my opinion the default running is way too fast, and the default walking is too slow. While holding Alt to sprint is perfect. The only other way I know to edit these values is to open the core files, like XML with a text editor, but I won't go into that much detail here. You should be able to Google it.

Not only is the horse faster (not even considering their higher base stamina -- Horses can sprint much longer than a stamina-light Dohvakiin!), but they can be ridden while encumbered.

So if two Dovahkiin (Dovahki?) were to race across a flat plain, one on a horse and the other on foot, the horse-bound hero would win every time. Horses are marginally faster

So what about when you're not traveling in a straight line?

Turns out, the horse will still win, as, despite their cumbersome turning, horses flaunt a blatant disregard for physics that can quickly turn into an incredible timesaving path.

Consider: When you're on foot, you must run around any mountains in your path.

Horses, on the other hand, have no qualms with running straight up the mountainous slopes.

Image credit to Emperorr of Reddit.