Blog - Josh Spector

Double Doctor Day

This morning, when I realized that my car’s GPS has two doctor’s listed as “Favorite Locations”, I got a little bummed out. I used to pride myself on not needing to go to the doctor very often. I guess this is what happens when you start getting old! 🙂 The nice thing though is that…

Franco Bikes

A couple weeks ago – just a few days before I broke my clavicle – I had the privilege of participating in a video and photo shoot for Franco Bicycles. I’ve actually been meaning and meaning to write a post about Franco and the great services and products they offer, but I kept putting it…

Post-Surgery #1

Surgery today went really well. It was a bit longer than expected and I have a fuzzy memory of a conversation with Dr. Modabber in the recovery room about there being more small fragments than he could see on the X-ray. Anyway, I have a long plate (the longest they make – always striving to…

Here we go again!

Are you people starting to think that I actually enjoy surgery? I promise that I don’t. Nonetheless, for the second time in less than a year, tomorrow morning I’m going under. This one doesn’t seem like such a big deal and, compared to the last time, I guess it’s not. But it’s still surgery, it’s…

Broken clavicle update and surgery decision

After breaking my clavicle on Saturday morning, I spent most of Sunday doing research on the injury. I read articles and blog posts online, spoke with friends and friends-of-friends who have either broken their clavicle or are orthopedic surgeons who treat the injury and tried to find surgeons in LA to see on Monday to…

Broken. For real.

This is what your clavicle is supposed to look like: This is what mine looks like after a little bike crash yesterday morning: I’ll explain more about the accident/fall soon. Thankfully, other than the clavicle, I’m fine and my bike escaped totally unscathed. Right now, I’m in a sling, doing research to find an orthopedic…

Monthly Summary – May 2011

Here’s May 2011: Swim: 13,600 metersCycling (outdoors): 264.9 milesCycling (indoors): 0:30 (hours)Run: 98.0 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 6 sessions Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 40.5 hours Weight: ? And with that, May is over. There was Wildflower and then it was May and now it’s June. I’m not entirely sure where it went. It was an “off”…

More Pasadena Half Marathon Photos

This time without the annoying “proof” watermark. It’s sorta obvious that Kate was just having fun, while I was really working!

Pasadena Half Marathon Photo

Since I wasn’t wearing a bib/race number (explained in my race report), I can’t find my official race photos. But I’m in a bunch of Kate’s. This one is the best. Obviously. Also, check the facebook comments for some good humor courtesy of Billy and Colin.

Altra Instinct – Shoe Review

The other week when I posted my review of the K-Swiss R-Ruuz racing flat, I mentioned that I had another shoe review in the works. Today, I’m reviewing the Instinct from brand new running shoe company, Altra Running. I found the Instinct somewhat by chance. In my search this year for a new lightweight everyday…