If you say "This pace isn't working for me, do you mind if I just go on ahead?", I've met very few hikers who would say no -- except of course cases where that

If you say "This pace isn't working for me, do you mind if I just go on ahead?", I've met very few hikers who would say no -- except of course cases where that would be dangerous. If you just blitz ahead without saying anything, that's going to bother people at a minimum.