Notes
Started off fine, if not a little fast but cooled down to a 5:33. Soon after, my breathing became heavy and my stomach turned sour. I slowed down to try to regain some composure, but the next 4 miles just got slower and slower. I was nearly going slower than my warmup by the 5th mile.
Probably would have dropped out if there was a closer way to get back to the start. There were a few moments of hope, but mostly just getting passed and wondering what's going on. Picked it up every so slightly in the last mile.
Still almost dropped out right before the finish to avoid the official time, but turned out I somehow got 3rd in my age group (streak of Leprechaun Chase pint glasses continues). Weird since there were plenty older than me, they just ended up being all just over 35 (I would have been 7th in the 35-39 division, crazy).
New experience with stomach, but continuing my era of failed races. At least it's not continuous.