No, it wasn't a fell race, Navigator; it was parkrun. So, Llani Boy, it wouldn't seem in accord with the friendly traditions of parkrun to have my back turned on the runners half the time!

Actually, I was posted to a rather interesting marshalling position yesterday. I was at a corner of the playing fields, where the runners come past after half a lap (about 0.5km) and then again after another lap (about 1.5km), when they turn off the playing fields. Then they return to the playing fields from a different direction about a bit more than 4km. So I had leaders lapping the stragglers on the first laps and having to be directed opposite ways; and then leaders returning from the north to be directed west at the same time as stragglers arriving from the south to be directed east.

Anyway, I might ask the Run Director for an arrow on a stick (or maybe two!) if I volunteer again.