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I figured the stupidity quotient was such that -- having all of us done these "marathons" and recognizing the risk -- that the solution for a steady pace beneficial to FE is the same as for professional drivers, in main. "Stupidity" being lack of thinking; thinking, trip planning, is enhanced by safety precautions actuarially sound. Thus the link in the above long post.
One can delve more deeply, but this site already covers much on vehicle preparedness, so the same type of attention to the context of covering unfamiliar ground from a gods eye view pays handsomely from a number of energy inputs/outcomes, not just $$. A steady pace is no easy thing to achieve day-after-day on a partial or full cross-continent trip.
Once familiar, it is a stress reducer and one can relax more fully. That alarm clock goes off very early on Day Three. Tortoise and Hare.
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