I've actually been taking it really slowly through Gold, and I'm still not quite at Kanto yet. I just got my eighth badge, so I'll procrastinate for a little while longer, then make my way to the Elite Four and then to the rest of Kanto. (I'm playing before I go to sleep, and I'm at around 43-44 hours of sometimes awake, sometimes less awake play.) I fully plan on reaching Kanto, though, on all of my VC games. (So far, I've barely started Crystal, but I plan on diving into it more once I've had a bit more of my fill of Gold. I may try some sort of challenge on Crystal, but I'm currently undecided.)