This past weekend was a big one for me (Andrea). My graduation ceremony for my Master degree (MS in Urban Policy Analysis and Management, in case you were wondering) was Friday. And on Saturday Murph and I were jointly awarded the "spirit cape" at practice. The spirit cape is a TNT t-shirt that gets passed between team members that are recognized for a few moments for their contributions to the team. While you have the shirt you add something to it. I am/was very honored.

Murph and I are gingerly proceeding with our training. I am experimenting with my knee troubles and he is fighting off foot troubles--cultivated in the marathon a year ago. We're quite a pair. I have started PT and with a little tape on the old knees had a pretty good run on Saturday.

The good news is that we timed our 1/2 mile swims this weekend and we've both shaved significant time off since we began training. I dropped about 3 and 1/2 minutes and Murph has dropped 5 minutes. He's gaining on me!