I was greeted by quite a surprise yesterday morning when I arrived at the health club. There was a crowd surrounding the basketball court and when I peeked in to see what the commotion was all about I noticed a familiar face on the court. There was Barack Obama! Pretty cool but strange. I was really bummed that I didn't have my cell phone to call Frank to advise him of the news. I was able to observe the "game" from above on the treadmill that looks out over the courts! He never spoke or even acknowledged anyone so it was a little weird. He played for about 1/2 hour and then posed for some photo ops with his teammates and then vanished without a wave goodbye! It felt a little anit-climatic but at least I got to see him. Frank got to the club about 5 minutes too late! He did get to see Bryant Gumbal who was there for HBO. I'm not sure if he was there was Obama or the other basketball players from some of the NC schools. (Duke and UNC) Hopefully the local paper will explain why he was here in Pinehurst!
My hamstrings do seem to be improving however, I'm still babying them. I've been to my chiropractor and massage therapist and have been pulled and poked and prodded and told that all will be fine! I'm just VERY Tight! Stretching is what I need to do but is quite uncomfortable. I've run on the treadmill a couple of times this week and it has been fine although even a 1% incline brought a slight twinge in my hamstring. I've got 15 days until the 100 so hopefully all will be 100% by then. I plan on running on the treadmill tomorrow and then go to the reservoir on Saturday for the real test! I'm going to run about 20 on Saturday. It's pretty flat however there are a couple of baby hills that I'll walk and see how it feels.
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