Race Report: Lactic Edge Sprint Triathlon

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 August 2008 11:02 Written by Steve Thursday, 31 July 2008 07:27

Lactic Edge Sprint Triathlon, Steven’s Point, Wisconsin

A week after the Wautoma tri we made the hour drive further north to Steven’s Point for the 19th annual (just missed the big round number) running of the Lactic Edge Sprint triathlon.

Fresh off my first podium appearance I wanted to do well but suspected I would be outclassed. Steven’s Point is a bigger town with a university, the race was on a Saturday, and it was an established race.

It turned out to be larger, but more loosely run than our previous race. It wasn’t chip timed, and it wasn’t the standard sprint distances, clocking in with a 500m swim, 18 mile bike, and a 3 mile run.

We swam in the Wisconsin river, which was wind-whipped and tamarack stained. You couldn’t see the bottom, even in 6 inches of water. The swim started up-wind and up-current, which wasn’t the most pleasant experience I’ve ever had. I self-selected into the elite wave, not knowing if I was seriously over estimating my relative speed.

I hit the bike somewhere in the middle of the pack of my wave. On the relatively long bike leg, I got passed by about 4 guys. Again, I’m a slow runner, so I knew I wasn’t going to pick up places on the run. But I only lost two positions. One of the guys who passed me was Brian, the guy I passed in the Wautoma tri. Way to get me back!

The finish was a real joy. I was very happy to be done racing and I crossed the line with my kids, Malcolm and Louise, which was really fun. The crowd cheered for them and they were all smiles!

I ended up 2nd in my age group and 18th overall. Prior to the Wautoma race I’d never cracked the top 10 in my age group, so I was really happy. I won a beer glass with the race name on it!

Overall Place: 15
Age Group Place: 2
Overall Time: 1:22:53.6
Swim: 7:42.9
Bike: 50:59.4
Run: 24:11.3

While I look incredibly tired, I want to contrast that with this shot of my wife looking like she’s having the time of her life.

Well, it turns out she was having a blast! Beth had a great race, finished very strong and experienced some great camaraderie along the way. Hopefully we’ll do more triathlons together soon. I want to thank my parents for bringing the kids up for the race–it was really fun to have a cheering section!

Idea: Allow VisualForce Detail Page to be an edit form

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 09:05 Written by Steve Wednesday, 30 July 2008 09:05

I would like to create a VisualForce page to override the Edit page for my objects. I can do this now, but I have to build the form by hand. Please enable the “Detail” component, which renders the correct page layout for the object/profile combo, to be put into edit mode.

This would be incredible, because I could then put a conditions-based redirect after the save action to send my User to the next action. This could be:

* a page for next steps on a recently won Opportunity
* a page outlining research steps for a newly created Account

This is a very powerful platform feature I’d love to see!

Force.com blog from Sydney, AU

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 07:26 Written by Steve Tuesday, 29 July 2008 07:26

I just got a note from John Rotenstein announcing his blogging efforts around his Salesforce.com work. Always nice to hear a new voice, especially someone who has applied his Salesforce.com love all the way through to his blog skin.

John also brings up the valid point that Summer ’08 is really Winter ’08 for Australians. To address this, I think the next release of Salesforce should be called “Salesforce 98.”