Lucky or Unlucky I Guess I'll Tell You in October

Last Name First Name City, State
WRIGHT BRADLEY O REDLANDS, CA
WRIGHT BRITTNEY S SOUTH JORDAN, UT
WRIGHT CRAIG J REDLANDS, CA
WRIGHT DEREK R SOUTH JORDAN, UT
WRIGHT EMILY A HURRICANE, UT
WRIGHT JOHN LEHI, UT
WRIGHT JOSH SPRINGVILLE, UT
WRIGHT KEVIN L REDLANDS, CA
WRIGHT LISA A ST GEORGE, UT
WRIGHT MELINDA L REDLANDS, CA
WRIGHT MOLLY B JENSEN, UT
WRIGHT PAM SPRINGVILLE, UT
WRIGHT RON SAN ANTONIO, TX
WRIGHT RUSSELL D HURRICANE, UT
WRIGHT SAMUEL C DRAPER, UT
WRIGHT SHAWN K SANTA CLARA, UT
WRIGHT TAYLOR G SAN RAMON, CA

So about a month or so ago when we were at the condo during spring break Craig got up real early, I didn't know what he was doing but soon he crawled back into bed with a smirk on his face. I rolled over and sort of groaned "What's that smirk all about?" He replied, "I just signed you up for the St. George Marathon," "Oh", I said and went back to sleep. See I wasn't too worried about it because it is a lottery system to get in and guess who is very unlucky in lotteries! Craig is a member of the Ten Year Club and has automatic guaranteed entry.
Today I did an 11 mile run, part of my Vikingman training. It went well but all along I'm thinking I'm sure glad I'm not doing 26.2. Well guess what, the lottery results went up tonight, Craig, Kevin, Brad and guess who, yes me got in. Oh dear now I'm really in trouble. And if that wasn't enough trouble, there are now cut-off times at Vikingman, I thought it was just 8 1/2 hour over all, but no, now it's 8 hours (more if you're a faster swimmer, but I'm not). You have an hour and ten minutes to do the swim and 4 hours after the last swimmer exits the water for the bike. This is my big concern, since they usually put the old ladies in the last wave, I don't gain any time and will probably have just 4 hours to do T1 and the bike. I think I'm ok if I don't hit a head wind, but if it is super hot and there's a head wind I may have big problems. I'm feeling ok about the run, but if I don't make the cut-off on the bike I can't even start the run even if I think I have enough time to finish.
So when did this inner athlete in me come out anyway, I'm too old for this. This is my race schedule for the rest of the year:

Vikingman Half Iron Triathlon June 7
Spudman Olympic Distance Triathlon July 26
Lake Arrowhead Triathlon (Sprint) Mid August
St. George Marathon (yes that's 26.2 miles!) October 4
Tour de Tucson November 22

DFL is better than DNF, DNF is better than DNS (at least that's what I keep telling myself)