John’s take on the Half Ironman

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 07:06 Written by Steve Tuesday, 29 July 2008 07:06

He felt the full weight of middle age shake his exhausted frame as the fog poured across the muddy blanket of ground his feet were soaking on in the early morning haze. The attendant marked his wife, first on the upper arm, then on her lower calf making sure to caress her flesh with meaty paws that deliberately stroked his love a little harder than necessary for the benefit of the onlookers. In the midst of the confusion, he ran into a childhood friend. They embraced, not knowing when their paths might cross again. The embrace reminded him that life was coursing through his body, if only to soon be tested in a way that it had never been tested before. The muck of the wet ground added to the stench of slaughter and decay coming from the makeshift toilets all the gape eyed men and women were clamoring to use before they submitted to the pain and anguish that they all had hoped to avoid but knew was on the horizon in the hours to come. As he turned to walk to the edge of the icy water to see her wife herded into a bitter cold bath along with a torrent of writhing bodies, he thought he might be in hell.

While I was in Wisconsin doing triathlons, I ran into my old friend John West. He’s a writer, and has detailed his race experience with a scholarly treatise on the dark underside of the Ironman movement.

Great to see you John!

Ain’t Right

Last Updated on Monday, 28 July 2008 10:55 Written by Steve Monday, 28 July 2008 10:55

Thanks Tate!

Copy and Paste Page Layouts

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 July 2008 09:58 Written by Steve Thursday, 24 July 2008 09:51

The Force.com IDE and the new metadata API have enabled copy and paste moving of Page Layouts. Here’s a quick movie showing just how easy it is: