Blog - Josh Spector

Frustrated. Again.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. A trip to Los Angeles bookended on either side by some particularly busy days at work. I got back Tuesday morning (after taking the red-eye Monday night – yuck!) and today I am finally feeling caught up. Caught up with work, caught up with sleep, caught up with…

Swim start video

I was screwing around on line this weekend and found these videos. Pretty cool stuff! The swim start – I think it looks much worse from the sidelines than it feels from inside. I love that the video opens with the announcer (Mike Reilly?) shouting, “Have the best day of your lives!” I sure don’t…

Two weeks later… Some reflections on IMLP 2008

I’ve been thinking a lot about the race. Probably too much. But this is one side effect of having all this extra time on my hands, while I recover from the race and try to let my IT band heal (which does feel much much better today!). I’ve said it before, but the volunteers really…

Lots of action today…

A few “little” things on my mind today (while I should be working!): Success at the pool! This morning I got up and walked and walked and walked to the Lower East Side to Hamilton Fish Rec Center to try another outdoor city pool. The pool is nearly two miles from our apartment, which under…

Monthly Summary – July 2008

Here’s July 2008: Swim: 19,236 yardsCycling (outdoors): 295.3 milesCycling (indoors): 2:45 (hours)Run: 65.75 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 3 sessions Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 36 hours Weight: 161 pounds (A little light. I definitely feel like I’ve been eating enough. I think that I’ve lost some more upper body muscle mass. This isn’t a shock, but I’d…

No fun!

The pool at my gym is closed until the end of August. WTF? And to add insult to injury, it’s closed for pool deck renovations. My impression is that they’re not making any functional changes. On the bright side, it would have been much worse if it had been closed in June or July. I…

When Jellyfish Attack!

I heard and read about the jellyfish that plagued the swim at the NYC Triathlon last weekend. In the two years that I did the race and from everything I’ve heard there have never been jellyfish in the Hudson during the NYC Tri. This year though, there were swarms. People got stung all over the…

Holy Ultramarathoners!

The JFK 50 is already full! Breathe easy, I got in in time, but it filled up in just about three weeks this year. Maybe it happened that quickly last year, but I have it in my mind that it took much longer. I think they shrunk the field to 1,000 this year (last year…

2008 Ironman Lake Placid

First, a warning: This is going to be l-o-o-o-o-ng. I can already feel it. I tend to write long anyway, and I’m still on a massive adrenaline high from the weekend. If you read this, you’re bound to get a very big dose of Ironman USA. I’ve spent the last few days re-living the race…

Final Results

I’m still working on my race report and hope to have it up later today. In the meantime, here are my final results and splits: Official time: 10:52:47Overall place: 248/2340 (top 10.6%)Age Group place: 51/386 (top 13.2%) Swim: 1:02:49T1: 5:29Bike: 5:48:30T2: 2:21Run: 3:53:38 Elizabeth took this picture and I absolutely love it. You’ll see a…