Have you ever heard the phrase... "Me thinks he protests too much"?
Many time the very ones shouting the loudest about macroing are the ones that have been doing it all along, and now that they have finished macroing a skill, the want it to be unavailable to others... thus giving THEM an advantage.
Running against a wall or rock will indeed level your running, but running around on roads will do it much faster.
Just feel sorry for those that have no life and like to watch their toon running in place.