Nice! Did you ever set up a website describing your training process?
I haven't, although I've been recording everything in a log - so it's just a matter of actually putting it up. My standard week right now looks something like this though:
Monday Morning: Masters Swim/Ocean Swim (alternating weeks):
2-3 Miles (3.3k-4.8k), or about an hour to an hour and a half. Masters swims are shorter set based, pushing for speed, and Ocean Swims are usually focused on increasing stroke cadence.
Monday Evening: Masters Swim:
2 Miles (3.3k), just over an hour. Like Monday morning, this swim is all about shorter individual sets and sprints to push speed.
Tuesday: Off
Wednesday: Distance Swim:
This swim ranges from 10k to 15k, straight swimming. This swim is 2 1/2 - 4 hours in length.
Thursday: Light Swim:
My muscles are usually feeling a little bruised from Wednesday's swim, so I swim rather slowly on Thursday. The point here is just to get in and swim while I'm sore, as at some point no matter how tired and hurt I'm feeling, I'm going to need to keep swimming. This is a very casual swim, 2 miles (3.3k).
Friday: Repeat Monday Evening+:
I'll take whatever workout I swam on Monday, and add to each individual set. Usually it's half-again what I swim in the Evening, with a focus on reducing my rest time between each set. So high heart rate for longer times, with less rest. Ends up around 4k total.
Saturday/Sunday:
One day I'll take off, and the other I'll repeat my Thursday swim. Light workout, rest, recover, and get ready for the following week. Another 3.3k.
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In total, it's between 25k-32k a week. It'll continue to build as my event swims get longer, but even at maximum, I'll top out at around 45k per week. I'll drop one of my two "light" workouts, and instead switch it to another distance swim (open water where possible). It still leaves me at 2 complete rest days per week, which is plenty to let my body recover and the muscle build.
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