Negatively all over this thread. Let's turn it around.
Look, people have bad races. Sometimes races feel effortless and easy. You easily pull away from your competition and you can make big moves and even though it's painful, the last couple moments are exhilarating, intense and worth it. Sometimes you surprise yourself and run a lot faster than you'd ever thought you would.
Other times, it's just bad from the very beginning and you mentally tap out. You hit the wall in longer races and you end up walking. Happens to everyone. This sounded like a local race that mostly was for fun. And while I don't advocate quitting a race at anytime (unless you are injured) it might be better set realistic goals during the race and save the effort for another day when you are really tuned in and hitting your splits.
This is why we have B races and A races. Those B races PREPARE you for the A race. The poster indicated he was "tanking" the race....so it would be more beneficial to finish hard and think about the next race instead of engaging in some full tilt effort to shave 2 seconds off his time. That's also a poor racing tactic considering he was way out of contention (and why was his competition talking to him in the race? This isn't basketball.)
On A races, you should have absolutely nothing left when you finish. You should be close to vomiting. I'm usually sitting on my ass and trying to get my bearings after really tough "A" races.
And by the way, even if you "lose" by someone outkicking you in the final meters, realize that this has happened to every elite runner out there and probably every runner on this board. Don't take it so hard. Just man up and sign up for another race.