stressfull swim

Water was going up my nose and making it sting. I couldn't catch my breath or my rythm. I still did my usual 1 mile in about 50 mins. The good news is is that I started to incorporate some speed into the swim. This is something that I need to start building (slowly) over the next 5 weeks. I guess I am fortunate that I think nothing of swimming 1 mile when my first triathlon will only be a half mile swim. I just gotta be able to not only swim that 1 mile straight, but do it @ speed.