Blog - Josh Spector

Monthly Summary – August 2011

Here’s August: Swim: 20,214 metersCycling (outdoors): 302.6 milesCycling (indoors): 5:59 (hours)Run: 88.6 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 7 sessions Approximate monthly total training time: 52:20 In August I finally, sorta, re-found my training groove. It was my highest volume training month since April and I finally got back in the pool after busting my collarbone in June. Thanks to…

Once

365 days ago, I was reveling in the joy of this: That was a good day! What a year it’s been.

Vegan Challenge continues

Eighteen days into the Vegan Challenge and this is really becoming less and less of a “challenge.” I’m still enjoying the vegan diet and haven’t really struggled to find enough good things to eat. The only tough meal last week was a surprising one. Elizabeth and I both got home from work late one night…

Vegan Challenge update + Vitamix

Nine days in and the Vegan Challenge is going great so far. I haven’t had any cravings for anything outside of the diet and I haven’t been particularly tempted to “cheat”. The only time I questioned it was while sitting at the sushi counter at Izaka-ya by Katsu-ya watching my friend chow some nice looking…

Vegan Challenge

This month is a special month in our house. Yesterday, Elizabeth and I started a month-long “Vegan Challenge“! That’s right, Elizabeth and I are going to eat a vegan diet for the month.* Just in case, that means we’re cutting out all animal products – including meat, eggs, dairy and even honey. The obvious question…

Monthly Summary – July 2011

Here’s July: Swim: 0 metersCycling (outdoors): 255.6 milesCycling (indoors): 9:19 (hours)Run: 49.8 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 4 sessions Approximate monthly total training time: 44.5 hours This was the third month out of the the last 10 that was a “get back into training month”. I’m a little tired of it. 🙂 That being said, July was a…

Vacation recap

We’re back from an incredible trip to Maui. It was pretty much a perfect vacation. We spent nine days doing whatever we felt like doing – sleeping, sitting on the beach, playing in the ocean, reading, eating (lots and lots of eating), hiking, snorkeling, scuba diving, walking around and whatever else we felt like doing….

I’ll call it a tie

As I get myself back into shape after the clavicle surgery, I’ve actually been able to get back on the bike before doing any serious running or any swimming whatsoever. After a few weeks on the trainer at home, our trip to Maui came at a perfect time and I’ve been out for two great…

Update – Making Progress!

I’m now four weeks out from the accident when I broke my collarbone and nearly three weeks out from surgery to fix it (19 days to be exact). Things seem to be healing really well. I don’t have any pain and don’t even really have much discomfort for “normal” life things. As for training, I…

Monthly Summary – June 2011

Here’s June 2011: June 13: June 21: That pretty much sums it up. Despite a promising start to the month, breaking my collarbone was a great way to derail training. Absolutely zero training from June 12-28. I finally did a little easy cardio last night on the elliptical and incline walking on the treadmill. It’s…