Need Encouragement for my half-marathon

lporter229

My half marathon is Sunday and I am scared. I thought I was in good shape for it, but yesterday I went to do an 8 mile run, which was supposed to be an easy taper and it was not a good one. About 5 miles in it started raining. I ended up quitting just after 6 miles as I was feeling miserable. I know I could have kept going, but I didn't, and now I am on a mental sour note with no time to make it up. I would really like to finish under 10 min/mile and now I am wondering if I can do it. This isn't my first half, but it has been 6 years since my last and I feel like I have something to prove to myself. I should concentrate on just finishing, but for some reason I have this thing stuck in my mind that I should be able to do what I did before. I do not want to psych myself out over this. Darn it!