I agree Stolly I found myself with a group that were worn out. So after my efforts I now have no option but to see them safe and try to improve my position at the next roadside CP. Being forced to group with strangers has the recipe for trouble as has proved. Other events like the Lakeland 50 / 100 your on your own. I know it's held in the summer but if you choose to run in the spring then prepare for owt. Rule are rules and should not be broken and perhaps some sort of vetting system needs to be adopted. If you had to look after an exhausted entrant who had kidded their self they are ok to crack on then found they could go no further then I see a bad moon rising....because I know I would suffer and did trying to keep them safe.