Blog - Josh Spector

Pasadena Half Marathon Race Report

I swear, this one is actually going to be relatively short. I signed up for this half marathon knowing that I was not fully recovered from Wildflower and that I definitely wasn’t trained to set any speed records in a road half marathon. But since it had been over four years since I raced a…

Wildflower’s Done, What’s Next??

Coming down the finish chute at Wildflower. That Pablove Triathlon Team kit looks damn good! And here’s a finish line video from Wildflower. Push start and you can see me coming into the finish. My signature pink hat stands out nicely. Wildflower is behind me and the only other 2011 race I’m signed up for…

K-Swiss K-Ruuz Shoe Review

I have lots of pairs of running shoes. And most of them are Brooks. But recently I’ve been running in a couple different non-Brooks shoes. Today, I’m going to briefly review the K-Swiss K-Ruuz racing flat. (Billy wisely explained to me that “K-Ruuz” is K-Swiss speak for “cruise”) . I’m also working on a review…

Wildflower Long Course Race Report

My plan was to go with a “more photos, less words” theme for this race report. But if you’ve been reading my reports over the years, you know that’s not really my style. So, it looks like you get “more photos, more words”. Lucky you! One of the most exciting parts of Wildflower was that…

Monthly Summary – April 2011

(Wildflower finish line on Friday – taken hoping I’d see it from the other direction sometime early Saturday afternoon) Here’s April 2011: Swim: 23,835 metersCycling (outdoors): 373.1 milesCycling (indoors): 4:25 (hours)Run: 118.7 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 2 sessions Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 54.5 hours April was a good month. My training was fine and I didn’t…

Wildflower – HERE WE GO!

After thinking about this weekend for a few months, the gun for my wave at Wildflower will go off in just about 14 hours. Mike, Warren, Pete, Kim, Bruce and I got up here Thursday morning (Mike, Warren and I made a pit stop at the swanky Travelodge in Paso Robles on Wednesday night). Since arriving, we’ve…

Successful Weekend; Initial Pre-Wildflower Thoughts

Wildflower is in less than a week and I’ve begun slowly shutting my training down. After last weekend’s bonk, I started getting a worried that I was over-trained. Coach Rom talked me through it and we concluded that instead of being over-trained, I’m probably under-recovered. The distinction wasn’t totally obvious at first, but the way I…

Weekend in the Desert

Elizabeth and I went to Palm Springs for the weekend to get a little R&R out of town. It was Coachella weekend out there but just like when we made the trip out there last year, neither of us had plans to go see any music. Last year I was getting ready for ultra season…

Kona Lottery Results

The Ironman Hawaii lottery results were posted this morning. This was the first year in five or six that I didn’t apply for the lottery. Last year I sorta agonized over the decision, but, despite the fact that I was already committed to run Angeles Crest 100, I threw my name – and my money…

Brooks PureProject (minimalist shoes) Update!

As you could probably tell from this blog post a few weeks ago, I’m pretty excited about the Brooks PureProject line-up of minimalist shoes. The shoes aren’t coming out until October, but Brooks recently released some photos of the four different models, which makes me even more excited. Here’s the rad-looking neutral, 7.2 oz, 4mm…