Blog - Josh Spector

Update on Recovery – Finding My Way Back

It’s now been four weeks since San Diego 100 and while I’m not “back”, I am getting there. After 12 days with no running, and another 10 of really easy running, I’ve picked it up during the last week. But while I’ve increased the mileage and climbing, I’ve been careful with the level of intensity…

Monthly Summary – June 2013 (and San Gorgonio adventure)

June seemed like a very long month. I’m guessing that’s because it didn’t follow my usual routine at all. June started with my last week of taper for San Diego 100. Then, I ran (and walked) the race. Then, I had a week of recovery, a week of continued, but slightly more active, recovery on…

Recovery Update and the “Curse” of Racing Long

With San Diego 100 nearly three weeks behind me, I’m slowly getting back into running. I made a promise to myself that, no matter how much I felt like running, I would wait at least 10 days. And that’s what I did. I swam a few times, went on some hikes, did yoga and even…

the GoodOnYa bar + Indiegogo campaign

If you’re an observant reader, you might have noticed something about what I’ve worn for my last two races – Coyote Backbone Trail Ultra and San Diego 100 No, it’s not the pink hat. I’ve worn that in every race for nearly four years! It’s the GoodOnYa bar race shirt! GoodOnYa bars are in a word,…

San Diego 100 – Race Report

San Diego 100 was my third 100 mile race. My experiences at Angeles Crest 100 and Bear 100 were fairly similar to one another. The courses are comparable, the conditions were generally comparable and my performance (and finishing time almost to the minute) were comparable. San Diego was an entirely different beast (!). It was nothing like the other…

Better Than a Race Report!

While I am still going to post a full race report (and hopefully it will be worth reading), I have something very special to share. Billy a/k/a L.A. Runner crewed me for 30 miles and then paced me from mile 80 to the finish. While crewing and pacing he shot video and took photos and…

San Diego 100 – I finished!

Official time: 26:38:52 Place: 39/82 (there were over 90 people who dropped, less than a 50% finish rate) I made it. I didn’t have the race I was expecting, but I’d bet that not many people out there this weekend did. It was hotter than anyone predicted (the high in Noble Canyon was supposedly over 100…

The Final Countdown – San Diego 100

In 24 hours, I’ll be just a few minutes into my third 100 mile ultramarathon. This time, it’s the San Diego 100, which starts (and finishes) at the Al Bahr Campground in the Laguna Mountains about 60 miles east of San Diego. I’m happy to report that as I go into the race, I feel…

Monthly Summary – May 2013

May was not the easiest month. I don’t often get too personal on this blog. At least not personal outside of the effects my life has on my training (or the effects my training has on my life). In general, I’m a more private person than that and opening up – especially in such a…

13 Days To Go

We’re spending the Memorial Day weekend out in Palm Springs with some friends. When we came out here in April 2010, I was training for AC and I spent a day running the trails in Joshua Tree National Park. Running in Joshua Tree was great and there are plenty of trails that I didn’t have…