Ummm... the day didn't turn out like I'd hoped. I PR'd my swim from my last IM by 20 minutes and PR'd my bike time from last time by 30 minutes. I was on pace to PR my whole time by at least an hour.

Then I DNF'd at mile 133.

Something happened on the 2nd bike loop about mile 80. My stomach started cramping terribly and I got sick twice (my nutrition was solid all summer- I don't know what went wrong). I couldn't take in any fluids or food for the rest of the bike, and I slowed down significantly that last 32 miles. I went from a 16.6 mph avg (which for me is great) to a 15 mph avg at the end of the bike leg. I had a major meltdown at one aid station (crying uncontrollably). Just finishing the last 10 miles was tough- I just kept telling myself to go just one more mile. Then I'd do it and talk myself into one more mile. Sucks because I was on pace to do a sub 7 hour bike. As it was, bike time was 7:26 (7:42 total time).
I sat in T2 for 30 minutes drinking coke and trying to calm my stomach down. A few friends working the race talked me through it and encouraged me to just get on the run and start moving. I did and could only walk. I ran about a minute every 10 minutes, but that was even difficult. I was so nauseous and couldn't hold anything down (and I had about 3 major sobbing events). Finally at mile 17.? I made the decision to stop. And once I handed my chip to a volunteer I was totally at peace with it. I went as far as my body let me, and it wasn't worth harming myself for a silly race. I've done one IM, this was just icing on the cake. I'm OK with it. I'm not even disappointed because I know I went as far as I could safely go. I was crawling along at about 2+ mph at the end and I knew it would take me at least 3 more hours to finish the last 7 miles. I knew I didn't have it in me. Got 2 IV's in the med tent, some anti-nausea medicine and came home. My hubs finished his IM in 13:13. It was a tough day for everyone out there. Stomach issues all around and more walking than I've ever seen at an IM.

It is what it is.
Thanks for your support.

I think I'll stick with halfs. I just don't think this body is meant for IM distance. But at least I completed 1.75 IM events.