Doubt and Fear

I'm training for the Long Beach International Marathon in October, and so far, its going pretty well.  On Saturday I completed a 15 mile run and I actually am feeling pretty good.  Not too sore.  No stomach issues.  Here's the thing though:  I haven't registered yet.  And why?

Fear.

Twenty-six point two miles is just so freaking far and I am so afraid that I won't be able to do it.  Not only that, but every other Saturday I face a long run that is farther than I have ever run before, and for some reason I have this incredible amount of fear that almost makes me want to pull the plug on the whole idea.  If I don't try then I won't fail, right?

So, what to do?

Well, a few days ago I was perusing pinterest and found this quote that has been bouncing around my head all week:

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will

I definitely don't want doubt to kill my dreams.  Of all the reasons for not doing something, I'm pretty sure that doubt (or fear) is the worst possible one.

So here goes… I'm going to go register right now, because I'm going to punch this doubt in the face.