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The weather for the race was ideal with lows around freezing and highs of 51f/10c, scattered cloud and no rain. The first 9 hours were reasonably uneventful. I found a good run/walk pattern that gave me the average pace I was aiming for, and while I had some pain in my legs, things were stable. I had a few low spots during this time, and my [[Mood State]] was generally poor, but I kept moving okay. Around 9 hour into the race several things started to go wrong. My stomach, which had been doing well, started to hurt, though there was no [[Nausea|nausea ]] initially. In addition, my left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piriformis_muscle Piriformis muscle] started to throw a tantrum. I'd been having issues with my Piriformis since the [[2012_Table_Rock_Ultra| Table Rock Ultra]] three weeks earlier, and I'd been using the [[Morton_Stretch| The Morton Stretch]] during the race to keep things under control. I decided to slow up to see if I could bring things under control, but this seemed to make things worse rather than better. The Piriformis made it hard to even walk, and the stomach problems had turned to nausea, so around the 12 hour mark I dropped from the race. The nausea persisted for about 6 hours after I finished running, peaking around 3-4 hour, making the journey home rather grim.