am I allowed my lane on the bike path?

[pll]

Today I sortof waved two people over (with a nod of my head) who were riding side by side, coming against me, so I did not have to slow down, and reaped a "whoa" from them -

so question: am I allowed my lane in the bike path?

My two cents: in a narrow path, anyone should be careful about allowing others to go through (whether coming in the opposite direction or from behind, moving faster) -- seeing you come in the opposite direction, the other people should have moved to single file.