I did a long easy run at the Gym Friday evening. I had the pleasure of shutting the gym down. We have a big build at work happening first thing next week, and there was a million little things I had to do before I left work, so I did not get out of work […]
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Tonight was interval night at the gym. I did seven intervals: the longest was almost ten minutes at six MPH, the fastest and shortest was at eight MPH and lasted about a minute. Before I got to the gym I really did not want to do intervals, yet once I was done I wanted to
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Wednesday evening I ran 5 miles with Daniel on Lady Bird Lake. It was overcast and tried to rain several times. All in all, it was a very good run; I was not sure how I would do after giving blood two days earlier. At about mile four, I did walk about 200 yards, but
I gave blood today. Last Friday I received a call from the blood center, saying that they needed type O+ blood for a four-year-old boy who was going to have an operation and would require a lot of blood. They needed the blood by Saturday, but with the Rosedale Ride on Saturday and the Capitol
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Today I got a personal record (PR) in the Statesman Capitol 10K. I ran it in 1:09:59. Since I rode the bike for 4 hours in yesterday’s Rosedale Ride, I was not expecting to have a great race time in the 10K. I felt I would be happy just to run the race and not
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Today I rode the Rosedale Bike Ride; what a beautiful day for a ride. The temperature was a bone-chilling fifty degrees at the start, but once the engine was warmed up, I never noticed. I did go back and put on my heavier jersey before the start. It was very overcast the entire day, so
Since no one was able to make it to Barton Creek Green Belt for a trail run, I went to the gym last night for some running on the treadmill. I needed to do my intervals this evening; but since this coming weekend is going to be pretty intense, with the Rosedale Bike ride and
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Today, I went for a bike ride at the Veloway in south Austin. I rode two laps on my own then was joined by Doug. I rode a total of almost 17 miles at an average speed of 14.9 miles per hour, which is down quite a bit from last year. Also, my fastest lap
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Today Daniel and I ran five and a quarter miles at the Barton Creek Greenbelt. We started at the pumping station entrance to the greenbelt. This was the first time that we have started from this location. I believe this is my favorite starting location. We followed the trail down to the creek, then followed
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Victor Louis Alexander Margutti 1913-1980CinematographerFather of Simon, Judy, and Guy Margutti.
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I was hoping for a bicycle ride this evening at the Veloway, but the weather looked really threatening, so instead I went to the gym, after dropping my bicycle off at home. I went to Pure’s north gym. I had two goals: run longer than normal and continue working on speed. So I set the
Albert Margutti served in the court of the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary for about 17 years, and in the court of the Emperor Karl until the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was dissolved at the end of World War I. He became one of Franz Joseph’s personal aides.
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Carlotta Gallo Margutti and Enrico Margutti, Abbazia, 1907 Parents of Albert von Margutti This photo was found among Lisette’s things. The back is inscribed in French, “Best wishes from your Aunt Charlotte and your Uncle Henri.” This picture was taken in the 40th year of their marriage. Very rough translation of the wedding announcement (from
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I ran the Daisy 5K this morning. It was a beautiful morning with a lot of runners out. The race started at the Rogue store, just east of the freeway. The area looked pretty depressed, with numerous homeless people (I think) in sleeping bags on the lot just across the street from the starting point.
Daniel and I went out for our first ride of the season; the season starts when daylight saving time starts. It was a very pleasant ride, I was not sure what to expect, since the weather report called for a high of 93 and wind gusts to 30MPH. It did seem warm when we started,
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Here is a picture of the Rodust family, taken when they lived in San Francisco, on Washington Street, near Larkin, about 1885. Left to right, they are: Bernhard (father), “Addie,” “Birdie,” “Daisy” (in front of Frank), “Frank,” Mary (mother). The father of the family, Bernard Adolf E. Rodust is listed in Record 4913 of the
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This evening we went for the first trail run of the season. Daniel, Doug, Michael, Charles and I met at the powerline entrance to the Green Belt at about 5:30 PM, (after work). Charles was riding his bike, so he went his own way and we did not see him after the start. He went
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Letters from Louis Margutti to his mother in France, immediately following the death of his brother Victor. Three years after his burial in California, Victor’s remains were returned to France to be reburied there.
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This morning I headed out for my Sunday bike ride, but I did not get far. Last week I had the bike into the shop for the annual checkup. One of the things the shop adjusted was the front derailer(dérailleur). This morning, when I went around a corner, I shifted into the small chainring, and
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I ran the Star Flight 5K today. Did not get a PR (Personal Record) for a 5K but was close. I ran the race in 31 minutes which is a pace of 9 minutes and 58 seconds. It is my second race with a sub 10 minute pace, which is good for my first race
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Letters from Victor Margutti, uncle and namesake of Victor M. Margutti, mentioned here as “Baby,” to his mother in France in the summer of 1908, when he came to California to live with his brother Louis. He died in a train accident in Fresno, California, on September 17, 1908. In my translations, I have followed
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Victor Mario Margutti 1906-1994DoctorFather of Marilyn, Laura, and Elizabeth Margutti.
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Tonight I ran intervals at the gym on the treadmill. It was supposed to be an easy run night, since on Saturday I am running my first 5K of the season. It will be the Starflight 5K. I only ran for thirty minutes and did about four intervals. The first was more a warm up
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I went for a three hour bike ride this morning. It was windy and overcast, so I started about 8 o’clock, a little later than I had hoped, and rode over to Mesa Drive where I went up and down the big hill twice. I had plans to ride down and up one more time
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Saturday I ran five kilometers at the Pure Gym Quarry Lake location. I started about noon and ran for half an hour. The weather was perfect, with the temperature in the mid 70s and a very little wind. This location of Pure Gym is built on the site of an old quarry, which is now
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I ran intervals this evening at the gym. I did 9 intervals with the fastest a bit below eight MPH, of course that did not last long, about forty five seconds. Somewhere near the middle, I ran one interval for two minutes at seven MPH. I think this is helping my speed. I need to
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I did a tempo run this evening. First I warmed up for ten minutes, then I ran for 20 minutes with a slightly increasing pace, the first ten minutes was at 6.1 MPH, the next five minutes was at 6.3 MPH and the last five minutes as at 6.5 MPH. Between each increase I paused
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For my Sunday morning bike ride I rode over to the Mesa Drive hill. It’s a good hill for working your heart and legs. Today I did one repeat, in the coming weeks I hope to increase that to about five repeats. Then go over a little way and start doing the Far West hill.
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Hello World, Billy Bob here. I want to report a most insulting situation foisted on my by my humans. I love and respect them and all, but they certainly have no notion of what they have done to me this time. This afternoon, a sore from a bite wound that I received a few days
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Home of the Chartrey de Menetreux family FEBRUARY 22, 2008
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Denis Victor Amedée Chartrey de MenetreuxBorn 21 July 1831Died 7 April 1899 Father of Laure ChartreyGreat-grandfather of Victor Mario Marguttiand Victor Louis Alexander Margutti
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Tonight was interval night at the gym. I ran for forty minutes and did eight intervals. I started at six MPH and worked up to seven MPH, I did two intervals at seven MPH than started working back down to six MPH. Last night, after I got home, I was exhausted. I think it is
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The following is translated from a typewritten copy in French, presumably prepared for the alumni yearbook mentioned in the title. I give the title of the article in the original French, and my translation after it. My explanatory notes are in square brackets, in italics. I have followed, as much as possible, the punctuation and
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Long easy run at the gym this evening. Ran for 1 hour at 4.5 MPH and covered a little less than 4.5 miles. It took several treadmills before I found one that I liked — the audio seems bad on the North side the building. I watched CNN getting ready for the Texas debate with
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In my earliest memories, when Highway 10 between our house in Pasadena and our grandparents’ house in Redlands passed mostly through farmland, smog was not yet a daily occurence. Our grandparents’ house was surrounded by orange groves, and sheets hung out to dry in the “winter blossom season” (as our grandfather called it) came in
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I had a tempo run at the gym this evening. I ran for 10 minutes to warm up then ran at 6.1 MPH for 10 minutes, then I ran two intervals, the first at 6.5 MPH and the second at 7.0 MPH. I felt very good about the run this evening, I felt I could
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This morning about 7:00 AM I rode the Trek road bike down to watch the AT&T Austin Marathon. I arrived about 30 minutes late, so I decided it would be OK to ride along the route, a block or two away, with occasional visits over to the main route so I could watch the marathon
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I attended a spinning class tonight at the gym today. It felt really good and I am sure it will get me in a lot better shape for the biking season, and that’s only a week or two away. (I have been getting email about the Tri-County Hill Hopper Sunday, February 24, 2008 in Round
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I did a long easy run at the gym this evening. I ran for a hour, burned 550 calories and covered a little over four miles. For most of the way, I had the speed set at five MPH. Every ten minutes I would slow down for a drink of water, then for the last
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Tonight I run two and a half miles on the treadmill at the North Pure Gym. It was my first time at the north facility. The facility was really nice, much larger and the was not as crowded. I jogged on the treadmill for forty five minutes increasing the speed for one minute than decreasing
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Today has been quite a day. Last night on the way home, I noticed that the ride was getting much worse. There has been a vibration coming from the front of the pickup for some time; normally it happened when I got over 65 MPH, but last night it was happening above 55 MPH. When
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My blood pressure and weight for the week: My aerobic exercise for the week were as follows: My morning exercises were:
Tonight I ran intervals on the treadmill at the gym. It went pretty well, my fastest interval was close to 8 MPH, I’m not sure how long I held that speed, I had worked up to that speed by increasing the speed every 30 seconds by about a half mile per hour. I probably held
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I ran for thirty minutes on the treadmill at the gym tonight, the pace was set at six MPH or ten minutes per mile. I was able to hold this pace most of the way, I slowed down three times and the last seven minutes I ran at 5.5 MPH. Unfortunately, my nose started bleeding,
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My blood pressure for this week was as follows: My cardio exercise was as follows: My average weight for the week was 191.8 with 6 samples.
Ran 4 miles today with Daniel and his wife, Andrea at Brushy Creek Park in Cedar Park, Tx. The weather was warm and humid. Daniel and Andrea have been training for the Austin Marathon in two weeks. They have started their taper and according to them, during this period all your aches and pains start
This afternoon I took off work early to have my VO2max tested at the gym. I had carefully worked an extra hour each night this week so I could go get the time for the exam. When I got there the lady that was to give me the exam said that the equipment was not
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I went to the gym again tonight and worked out on the treadmill. I ran an abbreviated set of intervals which consisted of two intervals, where each interval was at 6.5 MPH and lasted for 4 minutes. This is quite a bit less than I was doing a couple of weeks ago. My goal over
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Tonight I worked out at the gym. It went a little better than the night before, because there were not as many people. There was only one person on a treadmill and one person on an elliptical trainer. Last night both sets of equipment were almost full, and that was at about 7 PM. Yesterday
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