Blog - Josh Spector

The (dreaded) Lottery

Each of the past few years I’ve entered the Ironman lottery with the hopes of being one of the lucky 150 American triathletes who would get to race in Kona that year. Each year, I’ve been shut out. For those of you not familiar with the Kona lottery, you shouldn’t feel badly for me not…

Monthly Summary – January 2010

Here’s January: Swim: 19,467 yardsCycling (outdoors): 264.2 milesCycling (indoors): 5:50 (hours)Run: 33.90 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 9 sessions Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 42.25 hours Weight: No scale still, but I’m pretty sure it hasn’t changed much January got off to a rough start, and while it didn’t turn out the way I thought it would, it…

What I Want – Sports Watch

In September I wrote the first of what I thought might be a semi-regular column in this blog called “What I Want”. That “edition” was about automatic social media race updates. This post is the second in that series. Does the fact that it’s been four months mean I haven’t been thinking hard about things…

Going mad

This achilles thing I’ve got going on is funny. And by “funny” I mean maddeningly frustrating, to the point that I sometimes laugh at myself. As you might have noticed, I have been running. For now, I’m doing three to four-or-so miles at a time, and aiming to run two days on, one day off….

Chrissie + Brooks = Champion!

Brooks announced this week that it signed a multi-year partnership deal with uber-stud Ironman kick-asser Chrissie Wellington. That same Chrissie Wellington who has won back-to-back-to-back Ironman World Championships – and broken the course record along the way. That same Chrissie Wellington who has NEVER lost an Ironman race. That same Chrissie Wellington with the amazing…

I’m in!

The 2010 Entry List is online and I’m on it. That’s a relief. I think. 221 days. Let the countdown begin! (Mike – thanks for the very nice and generous offer! It’s obviously much easier for me to race local. I’ll keep Wasatch in mind for 2011!)

Well that was no fun

After waiting two weeks (really five months) to watch the Chargers show a national TV audience how great a team they are, they go and sh*t the bed like that! Bummer. I’m taking a hiatus from Sportscenter and the sports pages so I don’t even know (or want to know) how the “experts” are breaking…

Hmmm…

As I mentioned the other week, I signed up for the Angeles Crest 100. I ran my qualification race, filled out the application and paid my money. Problem is, I’m not sure I’m actually in. I haven’t received any confirmation and the race director hasn’t responded to the two emails I sent him. Normally, I…

Another Motivation to GET BACK RUNNING!

As if I need it… But I found on out Wednesday that I’d been accepted into the 2010 “Brooks I.D.” Program. Brooks sponsors about 2,000 runners around the country who act as ambassadors to help carry out the Brooks mission: “To inspire people to run and be active.“ As you probably know from reading the…

Buy a Block to Build Hope

As some of you will remember, when I was training for my first Ironman in 2007, I decided to raise money to help support the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF). Despite the fact that I haven’t been actively fundraising for them in a few years, I continue to support CAF. I donate to them regularly and…