Blog - Josh Spector

Monthly Summary – March 2011

Here’s March 2011: Swim: 26,800 metersCycling (outdoors): 161.0 milesCycling (indoors): 9:05 (hours)Run: 131.6 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 7 sessions Approximate monthly total training time: 57.25 hours This was a decent training month. I certainly spent a lot of time training, but I’m not confident that it was as targeted as it could have been. I think it’s…

Spending (half) a day on the Backbone Trail

The Backbone Trail stretches 68 (or so) miles through the Santa Monica Mountains from Point Mugu State Park in northern Malibu to Will Rogers State Historic Park in Pacific Palisades. The Backbone is popular with runners because there’s lots of single track, good climbing and descending, a wide variety of terrain, it’s underused so there…

My Morning at the LA Marathon

Once upon a time, I thought I would be running the LA Marathon today. Actually as Billy reminded me a little bit ago, I’d actually mentioned running a there-and-back (i.e. double) LA Marathon today. Today is the six month anniversary of my surgery and I thought it would be a pretty great way to prove…

Pablove Triathlon Team!!

I have some very exciting news to (finally) report! The Pablove Triathlon Team has officially launched. I’ve had the privilege over the last few weeks of working with team founders, Warren and Mike, and the awesome staff at The Pablove Foundation to get the team off the ground. We’ve designed a racing kit, rounded up…

Brooks Minimalist Shoes???

I’ve been reading up on some very exciting news from Brooks recently! They’re finally adding some truly minimalist shoes to their line-up. The PureProject line will debut in October. From their official blog post, it sounds like they’re going to come out with five different models of minimalist, light-weight shoes with varying degrees of support….

Monthly Summary – February 2011

Here’s February 2011: Swim: 22,600 metersCycling (outdoors): 148.8 milesCycling (indoors): 7:05 (hours)Run: 82.5 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 5 sessions Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 45:30 hours Weight: a few pounds too heavy… whatever I’m still finding my way back into this stuff. And trying to find the place where I’m doing enough to make me happy and…

4 signs that I’m “becoming” a triathlete again

I was a runner first, but before I was an ultrarunner I was a triathlete. After racing at Oceanside 70.3 last March, I pretty much swore off triathlons in favor of ultrarunning. I was even seriously considering trying to sell my newly repaired and repainted Guru. But it’s definitely looking like last year was more of…

Fresh Air Fund – NYC Half Marathon Team

In October, I wrote about the

The Good “Hurt”

This morning I was supposed to get up and go for another relatively easy run, but I woke up with sore and tired legs. Not “injured” or “painful” legs. More like “sore” and “tired” legs from a few days of pretty intense training. This was the first time I’d felt that way in months. Instead of…

Monthly Summary – January 2011

Here’s January 2011: Swim: 22,975 meters Cycling (outdoors): 273.5 miles Cycling (indoors): 3:45 (hours) Run: 37.2 miles Strength Training/Yoga: 10 sessions Approximate monthly total training time: 57:30 Weight: a little too much This month’s theme was “Rediscovering My Inner Triathlete”. I swam and biked more than I have in any month since I actually was a triathlete! It’s been…