Blog - Josh Spector

LA Marathon 2016 and Team NutriBullet Wrap-Up

(Team NutriBullet 2016 Coaches and Mentors at our final practice of the season; pc: Ijaz Azfal) The LA Marathon has come and gone (almost two weeks already, but it’s been just a bit busy around here) and crossing the finish line was bittersweet because while it meant that so many of our dedicated team members…

These two

The loves of my life. Seeing this little guy’s face for the first time is something I will obviously never ever forget. It’s been three weeks since Chase Mekhi Spector was born on the evening of February 2 and it has been a crazy whirlwind. Elizabeth and Chase are healthy and Chase is slowly adjusting…

Monthly Summary – January 2016

(Ventura Half Marathon. PC: I Run With Camera) Our baby boy decided he’s warm and cozy where he is, so at this point, we’ll be having a February baby. January was a good and busy month around our house. We spent a fair amount of time cleaning up, cleaning out, organizing and setting up our place…

2015 Annual Summary

(Maybe my favorite photo of the year) 2015 is more than 2 weeks in the books. It was a roller-coaster of a year with highs and lows in all aspects of my life. First, I was injured and not running, but I was swimming great. Then I was running and swimming. But then just as…

Monthly Summary – December 2015

2015 is done. I’ll write up my usual annual summary in the coming days, but for now, let’s just focus on December. (above photo: Colin Sapire) December was a good training month. Back in October, I decided that I was going to try to get to 500,000 meters of swimming and 950 miles of running for the…

#100FewerThings update

Just about a year ago I set a goal to own 100 Fewer Things. I made it into a bit of a game (calculating the net total by subtracting anything that I acquired) and figured I would get through it by the end of February. I started off strong. By the end of January I…

Monthly Summary – November 2015

I finished radiation on November 2. Putting that behind me was a huge relief. As I wrote last month, physically, it wasn’t that difficult on me (other than fatigue and a sour stomach toward the end, I didn’t really have any symptoms), but it was a huge mental drain. Trying to fit the rest of my schedule…

Calabasas Classic 5k Race Report

5k. Really. I haven’t raced anything like that in probably a decade. And, frankly, I don’t even know how to race a 5k. Something like “start hard and just hope to hang on”? The Calabasas Classic was the first race for Team NutriBullet this year. We’re eight weeks into the program and it was time…

Monthly Summary – October 2015

Another month gone by where I really intended to post a little more (more than none, I know…), but the days just got away from me. A big reason for that is all the time I spent here: That’s the Lineac C treatment room at UCLA’s radiation oncology department. Twenty-two times during October (and five…

Monthly Summary – September 2015

September was a weird month. Life has been chock full of changes recently. And that’s putting it very mildly. This is the first time in a long time that I haven’t had a full-time job. I’m slowly adapting to managing my day and being productive without a fixed schedule. There are some things I really like about…