Base Training: Block 2

I'm in my 2nd week of block II of base training, which has an emphasis on the swim.  The weekly breakdown looks like this:

4 swims
3 bikes
3 runs
1-2 weight training


My main goals for this block is to get my swimming volume up to around 12K yards a week, which is about 3K yards per swim session.  Due to time constraints I end up getting about 2500 in on most days, but am able to make up the volume in a long session on the weekends.  Here is what a typical swim session looks like:

500 warm up
250 kick
250 pull
400, 300, 200, 100, 100, 200, 300, 400 (alternate every other one with hand paddles.




My body and mind are handling the training pretty well thus far as the sessions haven't been terribly long.  We'll ramp up the volume within the next few weeks w/ 1 long run, 1 long bike, and 1 long swim throughout the week which will deepen my overall fitness and likely pay dividends in the long term.  The main keys for success now are low intensity work, good nutrition, and active recovery.  Happy training!