I'm a tech racer, but one who believes that winning the race at all costs is far more important than setting a record time. So if a fellow runner looks to be getting ahead, I will take some time out to trip them up and break both their legs. Or if they have something that might help me run faster, I'll quickly stop to beat them up and take it. Or if I can sprint off the track for a bit to grab a new toy that will slow a few others down even more, I will happily do so.
Basically that means I'm constantly at war starting from the second I get axemen, but it's war in the name of science!