Swimming in a River

As many of you know I am training for a Half Iron Man. On Saturday I had a great day full of Biking and Running, we even went kayaking. While we were kayaking I decided to hop out and swim a bit in the open water. Yikes! I hated it. When I swim in the open water I don't know where I am or how far I've gone...it is a miserable experience. Swimming is my weakness in all triathlons - it's a huge weakness. So with 19 days left until my race I am going to go swim in the lake everyother day. It's a good thing I found a triathlon that will let me do the swim portion in a slow moving river.