Another dumb question

It may sound silly, but does the size of your character influence how much ground they can cover in a given period of time? In other words, can a tall, long-legged warrior outrun a short, stumpy warrior?

Here's what made me think of it, running crystals at Aurora Glade with two different characters, using henchmen and no speed skills. The girl ranger that I originally built for my granddaughter,and now use to farm, is very little. She (with me at the wheel) couldn't outrun the mantle in six tries and bypassed that mission.

When I brought my e/mo through there, old longshanks left them in the dust in under five minutes, first try. Granted, the AI seems to be random in that mission.

Any thoughts?

I'd be really surprised if the cosmetic height of the character made a difference in that sense. My ele is very small, and I have no trouble keeping up with bigger characters that I play with on a regular basis. The only reason that I've heard for the advantage of smaller vs. bigger is that supposedly it makes you harder to click on in PvP if you're small.

But that's all just my gut feeling from playing the game. If someone has more fact-ier info, that's cool.

From what I understand, character size doesn't have any advantage over any other size. Kind of silly but it's just a cosmetic thing.