Having seen how bad start line etiquette has become, I'm worried about this. At the last few half marathons I've run, I've been stalled to the point of walking by people that have pushed right to the front, even getting amongst the elites, sprint for 100 metres after the gun and then break into a puffing walk. I saw one lady nearly get taken out at Brooklyn because she was walking well within the first km and as one runner side stepped her, the guy behind him collided with her hard. The other tactic I've seen a lot of recently is people arriving late and joining from the front. Its poor form. I always get to the start, figure out roughly where I would finish within the crowd and then stand there. Five minutes later, two 60 year olds with a Walkers label will push in front. I don't know, maybe I just look that slow to everyone else ????
