Blog - Josh Spector

Back in the ocean!

This is where I’ve been swimming this week: Lucky me! It’s been great to get back into the ocean for a little swimming, especially since the water is 75 degrees and calm. I better enjoy it right now, because I have a strong feeling that the next time I’m in the ocean (forOceanside 70.3), the…

New Addition to the Family!

As twitter followers have heard, we adopted a little brother for Charlie last weekend. He’s hidden in the back of the photo above with his big brother and below is a close up. How cute is he?! Nine pound Charlie looks like a giant next to the 2.9 pound puppy. In case you’re wondering, the…

Los Angeles Marathon!

Yep, it’s a surprise to me too, but come 7:20am on Sunday, March 21, I’ll be lining up at the starting line for the LA Marathon! In an effort not to bore you too much, I’ll try to make it brief. Last week, while talking with Coach Jimmy (of the SoCal Coyotes I’ve been running…

Monthly Summary – February 2010

Here’s February: Swim: 11,592 yardsCycling (outdoors): 60 milesCycling (indoors): 8:19 (hours)Run: 123 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 6 sessions Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 37 hours Weight: no scale February 2009 was a good month. My achilles felt good all month, which meant I was able to really start ramping up the running. And more importantly, I was…

Looking back and moving forward

We moved from NYC to LA almost exactly a year ago and for the most part, I haven’t really looked back. (Sorry about that NYC friends, but I do miss you guys!) I’ve had a great year in LA – met a ton of fun people, taken advantage of a lot of what Southern California…

Goodbyes

This was a really long week. I can’t remember the last time I was as happy to get into bed as I was last night. It started about 10 days ago when my grandmother went into the ICU with internal bleeding and kidney failure. Loren and I went down to Laguna Woods to see her…

Group rides

When I first started cycling in early 2005 – and for the next four years of riding – I saw cycling mostly as a necessary evil that I had to work at in order to race triathlons. In those four years, I did pretty much every ride by myself on my triathlon bike. Despite the…

Beautiful Morning!

I ran with the Coyotes again this morning. Today we ran an out-and-back in Temescal Gateway Park. Three miles up, 3.5 down. With spectacular views of the Palisades, Malibu and the Pacific along the way. It was nice to see some friends out there, including another Mila Kunis fan, L.A. Runner. I have to get…

Swimmin’ in the Rain

I love swimming and running in the rain. Today I did both. It’s so friggin’ cool that my outdoor pool is open regardless of the weather. Yet another reason to love living in Southern California! On the other hand, I don’t particularly like cycling in the rain. Cold I can deal with. Wet, no so…

Running with the Coyotes

On October 25 I tried to join the LA Trail Runners Club for a morning trail run in the Santa Monicas. That was the day my achilles issues started and after about three steps, I called it quits and walked back to my car. Since then, I’ve been itching to do a group run on…