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A French swimmer is racing to become the first person to swim across the Pacific. Here's what his days in the water are like.

Published by Business Insider on Sun, 21 Oct 2018


More than 1,200 miles from the coast of Japan, a 51-year-old Frenchman is swimming in the Pacific Ocean right now.Or he's eating.Those are pretty much the only two activitiesBenot Lecomte does these days, as he attempts to become the first person to successfully swim across the Pacific Ocean."Iwake up throughout the night because I'm hungry," Lecomte told Business Insider by phone from the 20-meter sailboat, calledSeeker, that's traveling with him.Lecomte set out from Japan in June, and is making his way toward California. An eight-person crew is sailing along with him, collecting data about the health of both the ocean and Lecomte along the way.Their mission is far less concerned about crushing records than it is with breaking bad habits."We're addicted to plastic," Lecomte said. "That's something we need to change."The original plan was to finish this awareness-raising swim in December, but thequest has faced some hiccups. The crew had to turn back in July and take a 20-day break when a series of strong typhoons hit the area.Undeterred, Lecomte is back in the water now, and logging some of his longest daily swims thus far.He said the journey hasn't gotten easier over time, but he and the crew have developed a routine that guides their daily activity. Here's what it's like.SEE ALSO:A 51-year-old just began a 5,500-mile swim across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to San FranciscoEvery day, Lecomte wakes up around 6 a.m. and prepares for another eight-hour day of swimming. He starts off with a hot bowl of oatmeal that's "loaded with nuts and dried fruit," he said.Oatmeal has a high fat content, which helps keep Lecomte full while he swims in the 78-degree waters of the Pacific.Before he gets in the water, he answers a few emails, does a bit of writing, rubs Vaseline on his skin to prevent chafing, and may work on some necessary repairs of his gear.Then he and a crew of two others get in a rubber dinghy and head back to the precise spot where he stopped swimming the day before. (They monitor Lecomte's progress using a GPS tracker.) The crew members point him in the correct direction, and he plops into the water.Lecomte is a little over a fifth of the way through his journey.He tries to swim30 mileseach day, but sometimes hefalls short of that goal.Swimming eight or nine hours per day makes Lecomte so hungry that he usually wakes up three or four times each night to nosh."Sometimes it's just water," he said. But he also drinks protein shakes and eats pasta leftovers as midnight snacks.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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