Blog - Josh Spector

The “Perfect Pushup”

First off, if last week the ocean was a little choppy, this week is was just plain rough. At least the entry and exit were. A big shore break that pushed you back trying to get out and caused many tumbles trying to get back in. A few people even lost their goggles in the…

Badwater!

Two years ago, I posted a review of the movie “Running on the Sun”. It’s a great documentary about the 1999 running of the Badwater Ultramarathon. Badwater is a 135 mile ultramarathon, starting in Death Valley and finishing on Mt. Whitney at 8,360 feet above sea level. Since even before I saw the movie, I’ve…

Recovery Week blues

It’s only Tuesday and I’m already feeling the recovery week blues. Hell, I only finished my Bonelli race report yesterday evening. After the long, relatively intense week last week (13+ hours of training and racing), Coach John insisted that I take a recovery week. And I HATE IT. Already. “Recovery week” means Monday off, no…

Bonelli Olympic Distance Triathlon

My first Southern California race is in the books. It went really well and even more importantly, I had fun! I finished in 2:22:29, which was good enough for 27th overall (not counting relay teams) and 6th in a very competitive age group. My swim (24:24) was pretty good, my bike (1:12) was fine, but…

ugh

I got drunk Tuesday night. Real drunk. For the first time in months and months and months. Went to a ballgame in San Diego with a couple friends (above, before the drinking really started), then closed down some bars in the Gaslamp District. Was fun, a lot of fun, but it wasn’t long into Wednesday…

Monthly Summary – May 2009

Here’s May: Swim: 19,876 yardsCycling (outdoors): 430.03 milesCycling (indoors): 1:30 (hours)Run: 58.65 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 1 session Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 42.25 hours Weight: 163 May was a really good month for me. My injuries are under control, I’m getting used to Los Angeles, and I was able to get in a lot of good…

Palomar Mountain ride

I survived! And had a blast. It was one of the hardest rides I’ve done – definitely the hardest ride that wasn’t 100+ miles – and had more climbing than anything I’ve done before. I drove down to San Diego yesterday afternoon, stopping on the way at Will’s to pick up his bike case, which…

Catching up

Where oh where do my days of unemployment go? It’s amazing how “busy” I can be even though I’m not spending any time at an office! It was a really good week of training, the big session was a strong Saturday ride on PCH with some climbing in the canyons (up Mulholland, down Encinal). I…

Group Workouts

Zero group training in four years, now two in 12 hours. BRICK: Last night I met up with the “World Famous” Tuesday Night Griffith Park Brick group for a long brick workout. The group meets at the LA Zoo parking lot at 5:30 on Tuesdays. Last night, we started with about 20 men and women…

Join the Club

After many years of hemming and hawing, I’ve finally joined a tri club.* I officially became a member of the LA Tri Club. The biggest reason I didn’t join a club in NY was geography. There were clubs on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side that did most of their workouts in Central…