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Dad and I went to CiCi's Pizza yesterday for lunch. He was ahead of me and asked for the Senior Citizen Discount from the guy behind the counter which works out to $5.44, about two bucks below the regular price. He paid, got his glass, moved on, and then I come up to the counter. "That'll be $5.44, sir," the guy says. Do I look like a senior citizen already? He didn't even ask for an ID. I can ride a bike at 30 mph, do trail runs, and multi-sport races! I have plenty of people who tell me I look way younger than I am!

I took the discount. I'm not nuts or that vain. There are advantages to getting older with all these discounts. I already get hotel rooms at the 50+ rate (sweet!) and our car rental in Colorado was acquired the same way. It's still hard to believe, though.

Started running on a regular basis again. This morning was a short 2-mile effort and I decided to take it easy. I must know nothing about taking it easy since I ran a 8-minute mile pace! I was looking for a 8:30 pace or slower so I could reintroduce the legs to the pavement. The humidity was ridiculous...about 91%...and I was dripping with sweat when I came back in.

I'm starting to drop some weight, getting close to 10 pounds under my heaviest earlier in the year. Most of it is eating fewer snacks, trying my best to moderate the amount I eat in a single sitting, and the heavy workouts in this summer heat. I can lose quite a bit in a training ride but that's mostly water weight and I'll gain a lot of that back in 12 hours. Of course I still eat some things I should be ignoring but that's me being WEAK!! What I'd like to do is be around 160 pounds when the district road races come up in September and have less weight to haul over that hilly course. The trick is keeping the muscle strength during all this and not lose the weight too quickly.

Taz, the cat, came in this morning not looking too good. He has a small gash across his nose and I think he has some aches and pains going on, too. Obviously he got into something with another cat last night. I'll take him to the vet today and see if there's anything else going on with him...it's time for his regular checkup anyway.