Agreed Coops...I rarely let it bother me. But. There is a wider angle to cover here. What we all take for granted as 'freedom' to run hangs by a thread so thin most of us will never see it.
But just imagine for a moment if the situation at OMM last year had turned sour with deaths to competitors...and it turned out those competitors had not followed kit compliance. Can you imagine how the media outcry would have become deafening? Can you imagine the subsequent ramping up of insurance and pressure on RO's?? Such things could squeeze the life out of our little sport.

So when a runner decides not to carry mandatory kit, its not just cheating. Its deliberately putting the future of the sport at risk.