Quote Originally Posted by nobbut a lad View Post
Strange. I've been running races for over 30 years and, other than the BOFRA races already mentioned, I am struggling to recall a single occasion on which runners have been counted on the start line in the way Lefty describes.
Yeah most was probably wrong, but its quite a common, I assume its also done as part of the kit check in others.

There was none at the Trog, and not at shorter races, but at long or medium races it seems pretty common.